| 单词 | ringer-and-chain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasringer-and-chain 2. Chiefly in Mining. A crowbar. In later use usually in ringer-and-chain. Now historical.In quots. 1671, 1673 the sense is uncertain. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lever or crowbar > [noun] lever1297 speke1366 crowa1400 gavelock1497 prisea1500 handspoke1513 porter1538 sway1545 handspike1559 heaver1598 coleweigh1600 handspeek1644 forcer1649 ringer1650 ripping-chisel1659 pinch1685 crow-spike1692 Betty1700 wringer1703 crowbar1748 spike1771 pry1803 jemmy1811 crow-iron1817 dog1825 pinchbar1837 jimmy1848 stick1848 pry bar1872 peiser1873 nail bar1929 cane1930 1650 Exchequer Deposition (P.R.O.: E134/1650/Mich 7) m. ii Eight ringers to the valew of two and thurtie shillings. 1671 in G. F. Dow Probate Rec. Essex County, Mass. (1917) II. 252 A par of Tayller shears and Iron Ringer And half a Croscut saw. 1673 Inventory in Rec. & Files Q. Courts Essex County, Mass. (1916) V. 203 Warming pan and a spitt, 8s.; sett of cast boxes and to ex pins, 12s., an Iron Ringer, 5s.; one ould plowshare, 2s. 1817 Trials J. Brandreth & Others II. 460 Q. Was any thing done there? A. The captain said, bring me a ringer, and take in Ben here... Q. What is a ringer? A. An iron bar. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Ringer, a miner's name for a crow bar. 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Ringer and Chain (M[idland Coal-field]), see Dog and Chain. [= ‘An iron lever with a chain attached by which props are withdrawn from the goaf.’] 1906 J. Tonge Princ. & Pract. Coal Mining viii. 151 Many accidents which now occur during the drawing of timber would be obviated if the use of the ringer and chain..were made compulsory. 1914 R. A. S. Redmayne Mod. Pract. in Mining III. vii. 203 The wording of the rule should allow the use of a ringer-and-chain, Sylvester, or other similar appliance. 1999 Mining Hist. 14 38 It [sc. the Sylvester] allowed considerable leverage to be applied; more than four times that of the traditional ‘ringer and chain’. < as lemmas |
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