beatern.
/ˈbiːtə/, U.S. /ˈbidər/ He who, or that which, beats. (In various senses of the verb.)
1.
a. A person who beats; one who strikes repeated blows, a striker; a punisher; one who ‘beats’ or walks the streets (obsolete); one who beats metals, e.g. a gold-beater; one who beats a drum, etc.
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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > one who beats
beater1483
lambacker1593
breecher1611
trouncerc1630
flaybreech1671
flogger1708
drubbera1721
thrasher?1853
swisher1884
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > other people of low rank or condition > [noun] > street people > street loafer or ruffian
beater1483
lazzaro1650
Mun1691
Hawcubite1712
blackguard1732
lazzarone1792
1483 Cath. Angl. 30 A beter, verberator..baculator.
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cxxiiii Of nyght watchers & beters of the stretes playnge by nyght on instrumentes.
a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 4v Even the wisest of your great beaters, do as oft punishe nature, as they do correcte faultes.
1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 45 He must the hand that bastinades him kisse; And give his beater thanks with all his heart.
b. A man employed in rousing and driving game.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > attendant at hunt > one rousing game or beater
teisera1425
starter1607
shackatory1630
rouser1801
beater1845
flanker1893
1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 105 The intelligence with which these Spanish beaters track and recover a wounded deer.
1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon II. viii. iv. 350 The beaters address themselves to drive in the elephants.
c. In combination, as beater up.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > others concerned with military affairs > [noun] > one who supplies soldiers
outputterc1650
beater up1711
1711 E. Ward Vulgus Britannicus (ed. 3) iii. 87 Who were beholders Of these the Beaters up for Soldiers.
2.
a. An instrument or contrivance for beating; generally, an implement for beating flat or pounding; but used in many specific technical senses (see quots.).
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society > occupation and work > equipment > driving or beating tools > [noun]
drivel1296
beater1611
plegnic1612
driver1625
madge1870
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Eschandole,..Thatchers Beater.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rabat..a beater, the staffe wherwith Plaisterers beat their morter.
1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) (at Ball) A Printer's ball, Pompet, or beater.
1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Building The mortar must be well beaten with a beater.
1828 H. Steuart Planter's Guide 303 Wooden Beater, made in the fashion of the beater used by paviers.
1851 G. C. Greenwell Gloss. Terms Coal Trade (ed. 2) Beater, an iron rod, used for stemming or tamping a hole, preparatory to blasting.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 210/1 The beater [in cotton-spinning]..is composed of two, and sometimes three iron bars or blades.
1883 Good Words July 442/1 Pounding it [rice] in a wooden or stone mortar with hard wooden beaters.
1883 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 234 All armed with one or two long switches of birch called technically ‘beaters’ or ‘trees.’
b. Paper-making. A pulping machine. Also attributive and in other combinations, as beater plate, beater roll; beater-man n. the operative who has charge of a pulping machine or beating-engine.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > paper-making equipment > [noun] > for pulping
beater1825
beating-engine1825
rag engine1825
stuff engine1839
poacher1866
poaching engine1870
breaking-enginea1877
Hollander1878
breaker1880
kollergang1890
pulp stone1892
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > maker of paper > [noun] > involved in specific process
hot-presser1621
coucher1751
vat-man1839
sizer1863
rag engineer1875
beater-man1880
paper-glosser1882
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 368 [Paper manufacture] The only difference between the washing-engine and the beater is that the teeth of the latter are finer.
1880 J. Dunbar Pract. Papermaker 44 Two chests should be used, the beaterman emptying into the one, and the machineman working from the other.
1880 J. Dunbar Pract. Papermaker 71 The beater roll and plate should..be in good order.
3. A person or thing that beats or excels others. U.S. colloquial.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent person or thing
carbunclea1350
swanc1386
phoenixc1400
diamondc1440
broocha1464
surmounterc1500
sovereign?a1513
primrose peerless1523
superlative1577
transcendent1593
Arabian birda1616
crack1637
first rate1681
peach1710
phoenicle1711
admiration1717
spanker1751
first-raterc1760
no slouch of1767
nailer1806
tip-topper1822
ripper1825
ripstaver1828
apotheosis1832
clinker1836
clipper1836
bird1839
keener1839
ripsnorter1840
beater1845
firecracker1845
pumpkin1845
screamer1846
stunner1847
bottler1855
beaut1866
bobby-dazzler1866
one out of the box1867
stem-winder1875
corker1877
trimmer1878
hot stuff1884
daisy1886
jim-dandy1887
cracker1891
jim-hickey1895
peacherino1896
pippin1897
alpha plus1898
peacherine1900
pip1900
humdinger1905
bosker1906
hummer1907
good egg1914
superstar1914
the berries1918
bee's knee1923
the cat's whiskers1923
smash1923
smash hit1923
brahma1925
dilly1935
piss-cutter1935
killer1937
killer-diller1938
a hard act to follow1942
peacheroo1942
bitch1946
brammerc1950
hot shit1960
Tiffany1973
bollocks1981
1845 S. Judd Margaret ii. v. 283 Take it by and large..and she is the beater of all.
1886 Harper's Mag. Sept. 580/2 I've heerd news that beats the beater!
1886 Harper's Mag. Nov. 835/1 Well, for getting sunthin outer northing, she's a beater!
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