α. 1700s– rimer.
β. 1800s– rymer.
单词 | rymer |
释义 | rymern.1α. 1700s– rimer. β. 1800s– rymer. A post in a weir or lock, in or on which a paddle works up and down. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water > gate, lock, or sluice > other parts of apron1721 pointing door1744 penstock1763 lock seat1787 rymer1794 trip-sill1905 α. β. 1823 Examiner 384/2 The musicians saved themselves by clinging to the rymers of the lock.1872 H. W. Taunt Map of Thames 7 Weirs..are generally composed of three different parts, viz. the bridge, the rymers, and the paddles.1906 Thames & its Story i. 26 The business was accomplished by the working of flood gates or paddles in grooves, and between rymers, to the sill at the bottom.1973 B. Brown Eng. of Henry Taunt 43 An early picture taken at Bell Weir in 1863 shows clearly the intricate arrangement of rymers and paddles of the old weir.2005 J. Schneer Thames xi. 241 When a barge appeared,..the miller would reluctantly lift the rymers.1794 W. Vanderstegen Pres. State Thames 16 Weirs.., made open at pleasure, by taking up the rimers. 1805 Z. Allnutt Consider. on Navigation Thames 22 When the moveable Gates, Overfalls and Rimers are taken away. 1857 P. M. Colquhoun Compan. Oarsman's Guide 19 Into these notches, timbers termed rimers are fitted. 1908 Auto 29 Feb. 291/2 The opening or closing of the navigation passage is effected..by removing a number of the rimers and paddles of which the weir consists. 1961 W. G. Luscombe Canoeing (2008) vi. 69 After use the rimers are replaced and the weir left as it was found. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Rymern.2 Now rare. A late-ripening variety of apple with pale acidic flesh and yellow skin streaked or flushed with red, used chiefly for cooking. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > apple > other apples Bretonc1390 stur1483 marigold apple1577 fritter1591 Margaret1597 critling1611 cat's-head1617 rosiar1620 rose apple1626 snouting1651 roundling1655 mayflower1664 red greening1664 seaming1664 sheep's snout1664 spicing apple1664 violet-apple1664 pomme d'api1676 rathe-ripe1677 rose1678 lady's finger1688 stone apple1736 sops-in-wine1764 stone pippin1769 Manx codlin1818 Rymer1820 Roxbury russet1826 souring1832 genet1833 tompot1836 Wagener1848 flesh and blood1853 pick-thong1871 virgin1886 Jon1931 Idared1942 1820 J. Turner in Hort. Trans. III. 314 The most remarkable of which [sorts] was the Rymer apple. 1860 R. Hogg Fruit Man. 24 Rymer... Large, roundish, regularly formed, and angular. Skin pale yellow, tinged all over with delicate rose. 1905 Garden 11 Mar. 148 Rymer is an Apple not often seen or spoken about; why this should be I do not know. 1920 E. A. Bunyard Handbk. Hardy Fruits 116 Rymer... Now almost out of cultivation, but a good fruit. 2008 Southland (N.Z.) Times (Nexis) 11 Jan. 3 Some not-so-well-known varieties such as gloria mundi, monty's surprise and..rymer (believed to be extinct in Britain). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11794n.21820 |
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