polishern.

Brit.

/ˈpɒlᵻʃə/, U.S.

/ˈpɑləʃər/

Forms: see polish v. and -er suffix¹; also Scottish pre-1700 polysour.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: polish v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < polish v. + -er suffix¹. Compare post-classical Latin polissor (1253 in a British source), Middle French, French polisseur person who polishes (1389 in Middle French as pollisseur).With the Older Scots form polysour compare -or suffix. It is unclear whether the following should be interpreted as showing the Middle English or Anglo-Norman word:1331 Acct. in L. F. Salzman Building in Eng. (1952) iv. 71 [The accounts for St. Stephen's Chapel at Westminster in 1331 show..John Colyn] polysshere.

1. A tool or appliance for polishing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > polishing > [noun] > implement for polishing

polisher1532

rubber1670

polissoir1897

1532 in H. M. Paton Accts. Masters of Wks. (1957) I. 101 For thre waild wanscot for polysouris to the said myln [sc. a horse mill for the armourers]..v lyn burdis for polysouris,..glew..for glewin of the saidis polysouris.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes An iron furbishing toole, a rubber, a polisher.

1668 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 3 840 There must be a Polisher made in the form of a Gutter, excavated its whole length; which may also be hollow'd Spherical by means of a wooden Mould.

1777 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 67 318 The..polisher is..made by covering the tool with sarcenet.

?1790 J. Imison Curious & Misc. Articles (new ed.) 158 in School of Arts (ed. 2) With a penknife now take away all the superfluous pitch from the edge of the polisher.

1850 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. III. 1121 The face of the polisher is roughed up, or thoroughly scraped with an old razor blade or knife.

1881 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (ed. 4) 120 Polishers for steel are either of soft steel, iron, bell-metal, tin, zinc, lead or boxwood.

1946 E. Diehl Bookbinding ii. xxii. 324 The polisher is heated on the tooling stove... When applied to the leather, it must be kept moving constantly to avoid leaving marks.

1989 D. Leavitt Equal Affections 81 A black man was maneuvering a vast polisher over the marble floor.

2. A person who produces a smooth (and usually glossy) surface on anything. Frequently as the second element in compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > polishing > [noun] > one who

furberc1415

furbisherc1440

burnisherc1450

frubbishera1529

polisher1552

glazer1586

frubber1612

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > who smooths, polishes, or flattens

polisher1552

rubber1611

flatter1714

flattener1741

French-polisher1825

planisher1858

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Polisher of old wares to seme salable or new, interpolator.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xx. 207 Polishers of marble or porphirite, who..do set vpon it a goodly glasse.

1685 R. Boyle Ess. Effects of Motion Suppl. 144 A Polisher of Gems.

1723 London Gaz. No. 6187/4 James Whitelegge,..Looking-Glass Polisher.

1753 J. Buchanan Compl. Eng. Scholar i. 76 Marble in a Quarry, which shews none of its inherent Beauties, 'till the skill of the Polisher fetches out the Colours.

1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 607 The thick varnish which polishers or sword-cutlers use.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 5 A polisher of parquet-flooring.

1959 Encounter Aug. 18/1 Instructions transmitted..from on high through a number of middle-ranking personages down to floor polishers.

1997 Daily Tel. 30 Apr. 6/8 Mr Major, by contrast, is surely Rover Man; a Sunday polisher, a wringer of chamois leathers, a vacuumer of footwells.

3. A person who or activity which produces or promotes refinement, culture, or improvement. Cf. polish v. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [noun] > purification or refinement > one who

polisher1589

ennobler1784

purifier1826

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xiv. 105 The..Earle of Surrey & Sir Thomas Wyat the first reformers & polishers of our vulgar Poesie much affecting the stile and measures of the Italian Petrarcha, [etc.].

1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God ix. xvii. 355 You are the neate Polishers of the rude antient Latine and Greeke.

1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman xv. 186 You shall withall finde good Learning..a polisher of inbred rudenesse.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. ix. v. 347 Those great Polishers of our Manners..Dancing-Masters.

1801 H. More Wks. I. 26 Conversation, heav'nly fair..Soft polisher of rugged man!

1843 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 552/2 Without much labour from the polisher, many a dull thing in conversation has made a good thing in print.

1901 R. Garnett Ess. xi. 313 A polisher and stringer of epigrammatic sayings.

2004 Public Opinion (Pa.) (Nexis) 22 Sept. a.34 A ‘starter’ teacher is one who focuses mainly on teaching the student to love music. A ‘polisher’ concentrates on teaching the finer points of musicianship.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	polisher
释义	polishern. Brit. /ˈpɒlᵻʃə/, U.S. /ˈpɑləʃər/ Forms: see polish v. and -er suffix¹; also Scottish pre-1700 polysour. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: polish v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < polish v. + -er suffix¹. Compare post-classical Latin polissor (1253 in a British source), Middle French, French polisseur person who polishes (1389 in Middle French as pollisseur).With the Older Scots form polysour compare -or suffix. It is unclear whether the following should be interpreted as showing the Middle English or Anglo-Norman word:1331 Acct. in L. F. Salzman Building in Eng. (1952) iv. 71 [The accounts for St. Stephen's Chapel at Westminster in 1331 show..John Colyn] polysshere. 1. A tool or appliance for polishing. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > polishing > [noun] > implement for polishing polisher1532 rubber1670 polissoir1897 1532 in H. M. Paton Accts. Masters of Wks. (1957) I. 101 For thre waild wanscot for polysouris to the said myln [sc. a horse mill for the armourers]..v lyn burdis for polysouris,..glew..for glewin of the saidis polysouris. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes An iron furbishing toole, a rubber, a polisher. 1668 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 3 840 There must be a Polisher made in the form of a Gutter, excavated its whole length; which may also be hollow'd Spherical by means of a wooden Mould. 1777 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 67 318 The..polisher is..made by covering the tool with sarcenet. ?1790 J. Imison Curious & Misc. Articles (new ed.) 158 in School of Arts (ed. 2) With a penknife now take away all the superfluous pitch from the edge of the polisher. 1850 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. III. 1121 The face of the polisher is roughed up, or thoroughly scraped with an old razor blade or knife. 1881 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (ed. 4) 120 Polishers for steel are either of soft steel, iron, bell-metal, tin, zinc, lead or boxwood. 1946 E. Diehl Bookbinding ii. xxii. 324 The polisher is heated on the tooling stove... When applied to the leather, it must be kept moving constantly to avoid leaving marks. 1989 D. Leavitt Equal Affections 81 A black man was maneuvering a vast polisher over the marble floor. 2. A person who produces a smooth (and usually glossy) surface on anything. Frequently as the second element in compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > polishing > [noun] > one who furberc1415 furbisherc1440 burnisherc1450 frubbishera1529 polisher1552 glazer1586 frubber1612 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > who smooths, polishes, or flattens polisher1552 rubber1611 flatter1714 flattener1741 French-polisher1825 planisher1858 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Polisher of old wares to seme salable or new, interpolator. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xx. 207 Polishers of marble or porphirite, who..do set vpon it a goodly glasse. 1685 R. Boyle Ess. Effects of Motion Suppl. 144 A Polisher of Gems. 1723 London Gaz. No. 6187/4 James Whitelegge,..Looking-Glass Polisher. 1753 J. Buchanan Compl. Eng. Scholar i. 76 Marble in a Quarry, which shews none of its inherent Beauties, 'till the skill of the Polisher fetches out the Colours. 1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 607 The thick varnish which polishers or sword-cutlers use. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 5 A polisher of parquet-flooring. 1959 Encounter Aug. 18/1 Instructions transmitted..from on high through a number of middle-ranking personages down to floor polishers. 1997 Daily Tel. 30 Apr. 6/8 Mr Major, by contrast, is surely Rover Man; a Sunday polisher, a wringer of chamois leathers, a vacuumer of footwells. 3. A person who or activity which produces or promotes refinement, culture, or improvement. Cf. polish v. 2a. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [noun] > purification or refinement > one who polisher1589 ennobler1784 purifier1826 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xiv. 105 The..Earle of Surrey & Sir Thomas Wyat the first reformers & polishers of our vulgar Poesie much affecting the stile and measures of the Italian Petrarcha, [etc.]. 1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God ix. xvii. 355 You are the neate Polishers of the rude antient Latine and Greeke. 1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman xv. 186 You shall withall finde good Learning..a polisher of inbred rudenesse. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. ix. v. 347 Those great Polishers of our Manners..Dancing-Masters. View more context for this quotation 1801 H. More Wks. I. 26 Conversation, heav'nly fair..Soft polisher of rugged man! 1843 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 552/2 Without much labour from the polisher, many a dull thing in conversation has made a good thing in print. 1901 R. Garnett Ess. xi. 313 A polisher and stringer of epigrammatic sayings. 2004 Public Opinion (Pa.) (Nexis) 22 Sept. a.34 A ‘starter’ teacher is one who focuses mainly on teaching the student to love music. A ‘polisher’ concentrates on teaching the finer points of musicianship. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1532
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