单词 | barmaster |
释义 | barmastern. A local judge amongst miners: see quot. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > local judge among miners barmastera1661 a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Derb. 229 The Barge-Master keeps his two great Courts twice a year in Barge-Moot-Hall..to decide Controversies, and punish offences betwixt Miners. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Bargh-master, the Surveyor of a Mine. 1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Bv, Bill By the Assistance of the Barmaster. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 292 Bar-master, in Derbyshire, the authority to whom all disputes in lead-mining are referred. He has charge of the standard ‘dish’ or measure used in measuring the ore. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.a1661 |
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