relayern.1
/ˌriːˈleɪə/, U.S. /riˈleɪər/ 1. A person or animal that lays something again. Cf. re-lay v.2 rare.
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1851 H. B. Hall tr. E. Blaze Sportsman & his Dog 71 Partridges, whose eggs have been taken by the mowers, sometimes make another nest with success, and which are termed relayers [Fr. recoquée].
1897 Liverpool Daily Post 11 June 6/5 Rowlands Edwards, of Borth, a relayer of rails.
1961 Times 15 Feb. 7 A railway relayer..was killed by an electric train near Northwick Park station..yesterday.
2. Railways (originally and chiefly U.S.). As a mass noun: a length of rail too worn for heavy usage but which is suitable for re-laying on a line with lighter traffic. Chiefly attributive, esp. in relayer rail. Now rare.
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1899 Biennial Rep. Railroad Commissioners South Dakota 112 The lines in South Dakota are laid with what is called relayer steel, steel rails that have been used elsewhere.
1910 Ann. Rep. N.Y. Public Service Comm., 2nd District I. App. S. 1017 10.10 miles of new 90-lb. rail have been laid in main track, and 3.66 miles of re-layer rail, replacing worn lighter rail.
1914 L. E. Fischer Econ. Inter-urban Railways iv. 51 Twenty years' use of rail will reduce its value from the cost of new rail to the cost of relayer.
1942 Kingston (N.Y.) Daily Freeman 30 Sept. 9/3 80 percent of the new steel used on the railroad makes available for rescue an equal amount, either in the form of scrap or relayer rail.
1999 Africa News (Nexis) 18 Nov. The possibility of purchasing relayer rail material from South Africa for use in the construction of the..Northern Rail Extension.
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relayern.2
/ˈriːleɪə/, U.S. /ˈriˌleɪər/ 1. Baseball. A fielder who acts as the middle player in a relay play. See relay n.1 3c.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball player > [noun] > fielder or baseman
centre field1835
short stopc1837
base player1842
outfielder1855
short1856
short field1856
baseman1857
left field1857
right field1857
short fielder1857
third baseman1857
right fielder1860
centre1866
infielder1867
scout1870
relayer1910
sacker1914
first base1959
1910 Eau Claire (Wisconsin) Leader 1 June 2/3 Downing in the haste to get the ball back where it could be of some account, threw it badly to relayer Callahan.
1940 News Palladium (Bent Harbor, Mich.) 7 Dec. 10/1 Rotoni was thrown out at the plate on Duitsman's fast throw to Catcher Stoeber, with Andy Sabota as the relayer.
2007 LAist (Nexis) 17 Apr. Running deep into the outfield to be the relayer.
2. A person who participates in a relay race.
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1932 Daily News (Huntington, Pa.) 26 Apr. 12/3 (heading) Princeton relayers strong.
1976 Winnipeg Free Press 23 June 76/2 A swimmer whose slim hopes of making the team as a freestyle relayer vanished.
2004 Observer (Nexis) 26 Dec. 6 Britain's sprint relayers had gained a reputation for regarding the baton as something to drop rather than pass on.
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relayern.3
/ˈriːleɪə/, U.S. /riˈleɪər/, /rəˈleɪər/, /ˈriˌleɪər/ A person who or thing which relays something (in various senses of the verb). Cf. relay v.1
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1924 J. C. Archer Mystical Elem. in Mohammed iv. 42 (note) We must bear in mind..that Anas ibn Mālik is one of the least trustworthy relayers of Hadīth.
1952 Sci. News Let. 26 Apr. 260/2 How could the moon be used as a message relayer?
1974 R. Huang Taxation & Govt. in 16th-cent. Ming China i. 23 The provincial government served mainly as a relayer of revenue.
2003 Tulsa (Oklahoma) World (Nexis) 7 Sept. e1 The virus also deposits a Trojan horse, or hacker back door, that can be used to turn victims' PCs into relayers of spam e-mail.
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