单词 | bell-founder |
释义 | bell-foundern. A founder, caster, or maker of bells. bell-founding n. the art or process of founding or casting bells. bell-foundry n. a place where bells are cast. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of bells bell-yetter1298 bell-maker1483 bell-founder1530 bell-melter1604 bell-caster1628 belleter1891 society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > making of other specific articles or materials > [noun] > bell-making bell-casting1872 bell-founding1872 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 197/2 Bell founder, fondevr de cloches. 1640 tr. J. A. Comenius Janua Linguarum Reserata (new ed.) x. §99 Of bell-metall Bell-founders cast bells. 1856 M. C. Clarke tr. H. Berlioz Treat. Mod. Instrumentation 225 Bell~founders can all manufacture these small cymbals. 1872 H. T. Ellacombe Bells of Church 216 A masterpiece of bellfounding. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmasbell-founder a. One who founds or casts metal, or makes articles of cast metal. Often in combination, with the metal or article specified, as bell-founder, type-founder.See also ironfounder n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > caster or founder yettereOE metal yetterc1400 founder1402 wellera1425 caster1535 1402 in Rot. Parl. III. 520 Bartilmew Dekene, Founder. 1560 Bible (Geneva) Jer. vi. 29 The lead is consumed in the fyre: the founder melteth in vaine. 1637 Decree Starre-Chamber conc. Printing xxvii. sig. G4v That there shall be foure Founders of letters for printing allowed. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. iii. 334 Founders add a little [antimony] to their Bell-Metal, to make it more sonorous. 1705 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) V. 581 Her majesties founder has orders to cast 60 heavy cannon. 1724 J. Swift Let. to Mr. Harding 6 Let Mr. Woods and his Crew of Founders and Tinkers Coyn on. 1892 Labour Commission Gloss. (at cited word) Master founders are the owners or managers of a foundry for making iron or brass castings. < n.1530 as lemmas |
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