reachern.

Brit.

/ˈriːtʃə/, U.S.

/ˈritʃər/

Forms: see reach v.¹ and -er suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reach v.¹, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < reach v.¹ + -er suffix¹.With senses 1c and 2c compare δ. forms of present tense at reach v.¹ and the discussion of these forms at that entry.

a. A person who or thing which reaches (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > [noun] > reaching > one who or that which reaches (a specific distance)

reacher1598

the world > movement > transference > bringing > [noun] > fetching > one who

fetcher1552

reacher1598

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > one who or that which is successful > one who > one who achieves goal

achiever1800

reacher1819

the world > animals > animal body > [noun] > large animal > animal with a certain reach

reacher1899

1598 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse (new ed.) sig. B2 Hold in your rapier, for though I haue not a long reacher, I haue a short hitter.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A bringer, a reacher.

1617 J. Davies Wits Bedlam Epigram 135 That Reacher onely hath their hearts in hold.

1667 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 111 [Prynne] spoke to Jennings the reacher of the records, that he should let him have any record.

1761 Brit. Mag. 2 63 Thatch your house with t——d, and you'll have more teachers than reachers.

1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto II clxv. 201 The highest reachers Of eloquence in piety and prose.

1899 Daily News 9 Oct. 6/2 Shamrock..has proved herself to be a good runner, a fine reacher.

1912 E. Hermann Eucken & Bergson in A. R. Marble Nobel Prize Winners in Lit. (1925) iii. 56 Eucken stands before us..as the reacher who has most fully..developed the religious implications of ethical idealism.

1958 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 58 210/3 There is the ‘Reacher’ or ‘Retriever’ which enables patients to pick up articles on the floor.

1991 H. Moore Rolling Stock 17 The last few unreachable ones on the apple-tree, the arms of the reacher upraised as if pleading the case with William of Ockham himself.

†b. A kind of beggar. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar > other types of beggar

overlier1449

roger?1536

jarkman1567

Irish toyle1575

jackman1575

chamber-deacon1607

reacher1607

wallet-bearer1611

pie card1931

1607 T. Dekker & G. Wilkins Iests to make you Merie sig. F2 There is a new company arising,..& thus call themselues Reachers, they walke togeither Male and Female [etc.].

c. English regional. In form ratcher. A person who tells lies.

ΚΠ

1866 B. Brierley Fratchingtons 9 Theau'rt a truth-ratcher sometimes.]

1883 Reports Provinc., Devon (E.D.D.) at Retch Why, what a ratcher you be!

1896 Leeds Mercury Weekly Suppl. 1 Aug. Doan't thee believe a word he says. He's t'bigg'st ratcher Ah iver heeard.

1985 K. Howarth Sounds Gradely Ratcher, a tale-teller.

†a. An exaggerated statement. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [noun] > action of exaggerating > instance of

overreacher1589

reacher1613

overtruth1638

stretcher1674

stretch1711

high-flyer1776

windy1933

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage ii. x. 132 Adrian had a Vineyard eighteene miles square, which he hedged with those slaine carkasses, as high as a man can reach (a reacher I thinke).

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Wales 51 I can hardly believe that Reacher, which another writeth of him, that with the palms of his hands he could touch his knees, though he stood upright.

b. English regional (northern) and Scottish. An extraordinary thing or person. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [noun] > a marvel, object of wonder

wonderc700

wonderinga1100

selcouthc1175

sellya1200

ferlyc1275

wondernessc1275

wonder thingc1290

adventurec1300

marvelc1300

marvellingc1400

wonderelc1440

signc1450

admiration1490

wonderment1542

wondering stockc1555

miracle-worker1561

singularity1576

stupor mundi1587

miracle1595

marvellation1599

portent1607

astonishment1611

prodigy1616

magnale1623

magnality1646

mirable1646

phenomenon1741

gaping-stock1817

reacher1825

stunner1829

buster1833

caution1834

merry-go-rounder1838

knock-down1843

astonisher1871

marvelry1874

mazer1876

phenom1881

whizzer1888

knock-out1892

whizz1908

doozy1916

doozer1930

heart-stopper1940

blockbuster1942

ooh-ah1957

mind-blower1968

stonker1987

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. II. 282/1 That's a reeker.

1884 ‘Ab-o'-th'-Yate’ Oddlads' Feight at Crystal Palace 3 Monday wur a reecher, just like bein' in a bakeheawse.

a1903 B. Kirkby in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) V. 56/1 Thah'rt a reiker throo bi me.

c. English regional (northern and west midlands). In form ratcher. A lie.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a falsehood, lie

liec900

leasingc1000

falsehoodc1290

falsedom1297

gabbinga1300

fablec1300

follyc1300

fittenc1440

untruthc1449

crackc1450

fallacy1481

falsity1557

falsedict1579

untroth1581

crackera1625

flam1632

mendacity1646

fairy story1692

false1786

whid1794

gag1805

wrinkle1819

reacher1828

cram1842

untruism1845

crammer1861

inveracity1864

bung1882

fairy tale1896

mistruth1897

post-and-rails1945

pork pie1973

porky1985

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Ratcher, a great lie, a stretcher.

1891 J. Baron Blegburn Dickshonary 57 When yo' hear a weyver tellin' as he addles thirty bob a week, th' year reawnd, yo' may put id deawn as a ratcher.

1901 F. E. Taylor Folk-speech S. Lancs. Ratcher, colloquially applied to a lie.

1994 A. Kellett Yorks. Dict. 147/2 Ratcher, tall story.

3. Nautical. A type of jib used when reaching. Cf. reach v.¹ 16.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > sail set on a stay > jib or sail set on forestay > types of

marabut1622

flying jib1711

storm-jiba1827

spitfire-jib1858

jib topsail1866

reaching foresail1901

reacher1903

jumbo1912

Yankee1912

Yankee jib1912

Genoa1932

Genoa jib1932

slave1934

quad1937

slave jib1948

masthead genoa1958

1903 Outing 42 646/2 Intermediate between the baby and the balloon are various jib-topsails called ‘reachers’ and numbered 1, 2, 3, according to the size.

1959 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 8 June b4/5 His reacher went out of control on the second last leg causing a few trying moments.

1977 P. Johnson Offshore Man. Internat. 152 Under the rule ‘jibs’ includes all fore and after headsails such as genoas, staysails, big~boy/bloopers, reachers and drifters.

1998 Yachts & Yachting 17 Apr. 68/1 We came into Barbuda with a reacher on while ‘Silk Cut’ and the others who got up high on the rhumb line were able to carry spinnakers all the way.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reacher
释义	reachern. Brit. /ˈriːtʃə/, U.S. /ˈritʃər/ Forms: see reach v.¹ and -er suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reach v.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < reach v.¹ + -er suffix¹.With senses 1c and 2c compare δ. forms of present tense at reach v.¹ and the discussion of these forms at that entry. 1. a. A person who or thing which reaches (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > [noun] > reaching > one who or that which reaches (a specific distance) reacher1598 the world > movement > transference > bringing > [noun] > fetching > one who fetcher1552 reacher1598 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > one who or that which is successful > one who > one who achieves goal achiever1800 reacher1819 the world > animals > animal body > [noun] > large animal > animal with a certain reach reacher1899 1598 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse (new ed.) sig. B2 Hold in your rapier, for though I haue not a long reacher, I haue a short hitter. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A bringer, a reacher. 1617 J. Davies Wits Bedlam Epigram 135 That Reacher onely hath their hearts in hold. 1667 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 111 [Prynne] spoke to Jennings the reacher of the records, that he should let him have any record. 1761 Brit. Mag. 2 63 Thatch your house with t——d, and you'll have more teachers than reachers. 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto II clxv. 201 The highest reachers Of eloquence in piety and prose. 1899 Daily News 9 Oct. 6/2 Shamrock..has proved herself to be a good runner, a fine reacher. 1912 E. Hermann Eucken & Bergson in A. R. Marble Nobel Prize Winners in Lit. (1925) iii. 56 Eucken stands before us..as the reacher who has most fully..developed the religious implications of ethical idealism. 1958 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 58 210/3 There is the ‘Reacher’ or ‘Retriever’ which enables patients to pick up articles on the floor. 1991 H. Moore Rolling Stock 17 The last few unreachable ones on the apple-tree, the arms of the reacher upraised as if pleading the case with William of Ockham himself. †b. A kind of beggar. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar > other types of beggar overlier1449 roger?1536 jarkman1567 Irish toyle1575 jackman1575 chamber-deacon1607 reacher1607 wallet-bearer1611 pie card1931 1607 T. Dekker & G. Wilkins Iests to make you Merie sig. F2 There is a new company arising,..& thus call themselues Reachers, they walke togeither Male and Female [etc.]. c. English regional. In form ratcher. A person who tells lies. ΚΠ 1866 B. Brierley Fratchingtons 9 Theau'rt a truth-ratcher sometimes.] 1883 Reports Provinc., Devon (E.D.D.) at Retch Why, what a ratcher you be! 1896 Leeds Mercury Weekly Suppl. 1 Aug. Doan't thee believe a word he says. He's t'bigg'st ratcher Ah iver heeard. 1985 K. Howarth Sounds Gradely Ratcher, a tale-teller. 2. †a. An exaggerated statement. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [noun] > action of exaggerating > instance of overreacher1589 reacher1613 overtruth1638 stretcher1674 stretch1711 high-flyer1776 windy1933 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage ii. x. 132 Adrian had a Vineyard eighteene miles square, which he hedged with those slaine carkasses, as high as a man can reach (a reacher I thinke). a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Wales 51 I can hardly believe that Reacher, which another writeth of him, that with the palms of his hands he could touch his knees, though he stood upright. b. English regional (northern) and Scottish. An extraordinary thing or person. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [noun] > a marvel, object of wonder wonderc700 wonderinga1100 selcouthc1175 sellya1200 ferlyc1275 wondernessc1275 wonder thingc1290 adventurec1300 marvelc1300 marvellingc1400 wonderelc1440 signc1450 admiration1490 wonderment1542 wondering stockc1555 miracle-worker1561 singularity1576 stupor mundi1587 miracle1595 marvellation1599 portent1607 astonishment1611 prodigy1616 magnale1623 magnality1646 mirable1646 phenomenon1741 gaping-stock1817 reacher1825 stunner1829 buster1833 caution1834 merry-go-rounder1838 knock-down1843 astonisher1871 marvelry1874 mazer1876 phenom1881 whizzer1888 knock-out1892 whizz1908 doozy1916 doozer1930 heart-stopper1940 blockbuster1942 ooh-ah1957 mind-blower1968 stonker1987 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. II. 282/1 That's a reeker. 1884 ‘Ab-o'-th'-Yate’ Oddlads' Feight at Crystal Palace 3 Monday wur a reecher, just like bein' in a bakeheawse. a1903 B. Kirkby in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) V. 56/1 Thah'rt a reiker throo bi me. c. English regional (northern and west midlands). In form ratcher. A lie. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a falsehood, lie liec900 leasingc1000 falsehoodc1290 falsedom1297 gabbinga1300 fablec1300 follyc1300 fittenc1440 untruthc1449 crackc1450 fallacy1481 falsity1557 falsedict1579 untroth1581 crackera1625 flam1632 mendacity1646 fairy story1692 false1786 whid1794 gag1805 wrinkle1819 reacher1828 cram1842 untruism1845 crammer1861 inveracity1864 bung1882 fairy tale1896 mistruth1897 post-and-rails1945 pork pie1973 porky1985 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Ratcher, a great lie, a stretcher. 1891 J. Baron Blegburn Dickshonary 57 When yo' hear a weyver tellin' as he addles thirty bob a week, th' year reawnd, yo' may put id deawn as a ratcher. 1901 F. E. Taylor Folk-speech S. Lancs. Ratcher, colloquially applied to a lie. 1994 A. Kellett Yorks. Dict. 147/2 Ratcher, tall story. 3. Nautical. A type of jib used when reaching. Cf. reach v.¹ 16. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > sail set on a stay > jib or sail set on forestay > types of marabut1622 flying jib1711 storm-jiba1827 spitfire-jib1858 jib topsail1866 reaching foresail1901 reacher1903 jumbo1912 Yankee1912 Yankee jib1912 Genoa1932 Genoa jib1932 slave1934 quad1937 slave jib1948 masthead genoa1958 1903 Outing 42 646/2 Intermediate between the baby and the balloon are various jib-topsails called ‘reachers’ and numbered 1, 2, 3, according to the size. 1959 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 8 June b4/5 His reacher went out of control on the second last leg causing a few trying moments. 1977 P. Johnson Offshore Man. Internat. 152 Under the rule ‘jibs’ includes all fore and after headsails such as genoas, staysails, big~boy/bloopers, reachers and drifters. 1998 Yachts & Yachting 17 Apr. 68/1 We came into Barbuda with a reacher on while ‘Silk Cut’ and the others who got up high on the rhumb line were able to carry spinnakers all the way. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598
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