单词 | root cutter |
释义 | root cuttern. 1. A collector of plants and their roots for medicinal purposes; a herbalist; = rhizotomist n. Chiefly historical (as a gloss for the Greek etymon or with reference to ancient Greek medicine). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > alternative practitioner > [noun] > herbalist > collector or maker of herb remedies simplicist1577 simpler1591 simplifier1594 simplist1597 rhizotomist1721 root cutter1729 1729 J. Harle Hist. Ess. State of Physick 81 They preferred them [sc. roots] to the other parts, both for meat and medicine: and therefore doctors, and afterwards their servants and apothecaries were called ριζοτομοι, root cutters. 1827 Q. Jrnl. Sci., Lit., & Art Oct. 337 The ancient apothecaries were called ριζοτομοι, root-cutters; and root-cutters they may still be considered. 1836 Penny Cycl. V. 246/2 From the absurd superstitions of the root-cutters (rhizotomi) of this period it might be imagined that at this time botany was far from having any real existence. 1889 H. E. Handerson tr. J. H. Baas Outl. Hist. Med. 97 Of a still lower rank were the rhizotomists (root-cutters and gatherers), who collected drugs with strange and superstitious ceremonies, often at night. 1985 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 18 92 Theophrastus quotes the root-cutters and drug-sellers and other unnamed sources for ideas about the properties of plants. 2008 D. C. A. Hillman Chem. Muse 166 Root cutters like Epimenides weren't just pharmaceutical technicians of the Classical world. 2. An implement or device used for cutting roots, esp. (a) a tool or machine used to chop root vegetables; (b) an attachment for a plough, etc., which cuts underground tree roots.In quot. 1793: a saw or cutter mounted on the end of a mandrel rotating in a collar. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > harvesting equipment > [noun] > tools for lifting root crop > implement for cutting edible roots root cutter1793 the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > pruning or lopping > root-pruning > implement for root cutter1793 tree-digger1877 1793 S. Bentham Brit. Patent 1951 (1854) 23 By a root cutter of this sort a T shaped channel,..particularly in metal, instead of a dovetail groove, may in this manner be formed at once. 1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. II. 208/2 Scythes, chaff cutter, root cutter. 1833 R. Dolby Cook's Dict. (rev. ed.) 464/2 Take five very red carrots, and as many turnips, cut all these with a root cutter into round pieces an inch long. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1975/2 To bring the roots to a convenient size for the stock and to remove the danger of choking, root-cutters were introduced. 1943 J. Stuart Taps for Private Tussie xxii. 226 You could follow the mule behind a locust-beamed plow with a sharp root cutter in it and hear the roots pop. 1969 E. H. Pinto Treen 18 Root Cutters. The traditional type illustrated..with pivoted knife at one end..was used generally..by apothecaries. 2008 Rental Equipm. Reg. (Nexis) 1 July 30 A couple of new complimentary attachments to our skid-steer line for the landscape industry, a mechanical sod cutter and a newly developed root cutter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1729 |
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