单词 | scourer |
释义 | scourern.1ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > guide, scout, etc. waitc1325 runnera1382 scourera1400 exploratorc1429 discovererc1440 waiter?1473 out-spy1488 scurrier1488 aforeridera1525 fore-rider1548 guide?1548 outscourer1548 scout1555 vanquerer1579 outscout1581 outskirrer1625 scouter1642 scoutinger1642 wood-ranger1734 reconnoiterer1752 feeler1834 a1400 Morte Arth. 3118 Than skyftes þes skouerours, and skippes one hyllis, Discoueres for skulkers that they no skathe lymppene. c1471 Arriv. K. Edw. IV (Camden) 28 The Kynge..sent afore hym his forrydars and scorars, on every syde hym. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 431 Set skouriouris furth the contre to aspye. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iii. l. 103 Send twa skowrrouris to wesy weyll the playne. c1500 Melusine (1895) xxx. 224 Thenne he loked on the ryght syde vpon a lytel mountaynne & sawe the grete batayll, and sawe the watche and the scourers al about the oost. a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. xii. sig. H.ii Oute was oure scurer sente againe,..to shewe them where aboute the place was. 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. iv. f. 34 By the spring of the day the scourers that he sent before to discouer, returned to hym with reporte that Darius was coming. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Antecursor, a fore runner,..a scourer. 1579 L. Digges & T. Digges Stratioticos 109 To give order that the Scowrers come not out of the fielde till the Trumpet sounde. 1826 H. Smith Tor Hill I. 39 The scourers now took the lead, looking vigilantly around them. 2. In the 17th–18th centuries: One who made a practice of roistering through the streets at night, beating the watch, breaking windows, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaker > [noun] > noisy or riotous revellerc1405 roister1549 roisterkin1553 care-away1576 roister-doister1592 mad shaver1611 roarer1622 wassailer1637 scourer1672 roisterer1684 tear-rogue1685 howler1875 the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > ruffianly conduct > ruffian > [noun] > frequenting streets > at night night-walker1422 night-runner1670 scourer1672 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > violent treatment or force > frequenting streets > at night night-walker1422 nightcap1623 night-runner1670 scourer1672 1672 W. Wycherley Love in Wood v. ii No Burgundy man or drunken Scourer will reel my way. 1684 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 120 Several lusty fellows..pull'd down some of the railes before Ball: Coll: and broke windowes in S. Giles and Magd. parishes. These they call ‘Scourers’. 1691 Shadwell (title) The Scowrers. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 276. ⁋3 [He] has been, he tells me, a Scowrer, a Scamperer, a Breaker of Windows. 1716 J. Gay Trivia iii. 74 Who has not heard the Scowrer's Midnight Fame? 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xi. 58 In those days of highwaymen and scourers. 3. One who ranges over (land or sea). ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > one who travels about a place perambulator1611 circulator1744 scourer1878 1878 B. Harte Hoodlum Band ii Who but the Pirate Prodigy—the relentless Boy Scourer of Patagonian seas? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). scourern.2 One who, or a thing which, scours. 1. a. One who polishes or cleanses by hard rubbing. Used esp. as the designation of certain servants in the Royal Household. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > scouring, scrubbing, or rubbing > [noun] > one who scours or rubs scourer1576 rubber1611 offscourer1860 1576 in J. Nichols Progresses Queen Elizabeth (1823) II. 39 Ten services to the Porters and Skowrers of all sides. 1647 L. Haward Charges Crown Revenue 32 Six Porters, and Scourers, Larges at Easter:—5 . 0 . 0. 1662 J. A. Comenius Janua Linguarum Trilinguis 103 The sword-cutler [maketh] swords, which the scourer furbisheth. 1669 E. Chamberlayne Present State Eng. 317 Three Turn~broaches, each 18l. 5s. Two Scowrers, each 18l. 5s. 1767 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! I. 209 So scowerers assist painting, and plaisterers mend statuary. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Catherine ii A small person..acted as scourer, kitchen-wench, and scullion. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 18 Apr. 12/2 The ‘Kitchen Staff’ comprised a chief cook.., two assistant cooks, four scourers, three kitchenmaids. b. figurative (with new). One who furbishes afresh or renovates. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [noun] > renovation or renewal > refurbishment > one who scourer1554 repolisher1593 1554 T. Martin Traictise Marriage of Priestes ii. sig. B Oure menne (beinge but newe scourers of their olde heresie). 2. One who cleans wool, cloth, clothes, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > workers performing other tasks or processes river?c1475 melter1511 sinker1526 folder up1552 wiper1552 scourer1574 heaver1587 stoverc1600 rasper1611 ripper1611 roller1616 smearer1632 waterleadera1650 scooper1668 smiter1670 puncher1681 staker1688 crusher1794 hardener1796 reamer1822 piledriver1826 catcher1832 waterproofer1837 middler1847 culler1850 hanger-on1858 pitcher1865 bumper1871 fine liner1871 bricksetter1883 waxer1890 bottle-oh1898 edger1909 bottle-o-er1915 caster1921 recycler1970 linesperson1973 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > one who washes clothes laundera1350 lavendera1350 laundererc1475 lavendrya1483 washer1530 scourer1756 1574 tr. Life 70. Archbishopp Canterbury sig. Bvijv (margin) His Father was an honest poore man, a scourer or Calender of worsteddes of Norwich. 1688 London Gaz. No. 2328/4 One Zechariah Pickford,..a Scowrer by Trade,..is lately gone away with a Cantoon grey cloth Bed. 1756 S. Foote Englishman return'd from Paris i. 20 Carry..his Coat to a Scowerer's. 1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster II. xiii. 164 Bottlecock and Co., Dyers, Callenderers, and Scourers. 1886 London Gaz. 5 Jan. 68/1 Dyer and Scourer—Robert Pullar, Perth. 3. One who cleans out drains, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > [noun] > clearing drain or sewer > one who scourer?1518 flusherman1851 flusher1882 ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. Bjv Than came a gonge fermourer Other wyse called a masser scourer. 1536 in Gentleman's Mag. (1813) May 427 John Wylkynson of Busshopgate strete in London, scourer of synks. 1540 in Hist. MSS Comm.: MSS Duke of Rutland (1905) IV. 309 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 2606) LXIII. 301 Maser scowrer. 1902 C. G. Harper Cambr., Ely & King's Lynn Road 206 The main drains are scoured by ‘scourers’. 4. An implement or contrivance for scouring or scrubbing. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > scouring, scrubbing, or rubbing > [noun] > implement for scouring or scrubbing rubber1536 scourer1859 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > rubbing or friction > [noun] > one who or that which rubs or scrapes froterer1607 scratcher1674 scraper1788 scrubber1839 abrader1849 abrasive1850 scourer1859 1859 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1858: Arts & Manuf. I. 378 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (35th Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 105, Pt. 1) X Scourer G, blast spouts EF, and fan C, [are] combined and arranged relatively with each other. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 784/1 Scourer, a form of grain cleaner in which the berry is subjected to a rubbing action to remove all extraneous matters. 1885 Harper's Mag. Jan. 276/2 Hides brought to the currying..are put under a ‘scourer’, a machine constructed of a number of diminutive wheels, which are made to move powerfully and swiftly over the yet damp hide. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > instrument for cleaning bore > pull- or push-through scourer1467 jag1844 pull-through1890 push-through1920 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > instrument for cleaning bore moppet1512 scouring-stick1577 scourer1591 spongea1625 scouring-rod1697 sponge-staff1772 gun-brush1799 fire-swab1813 wiping-stick1817 wiper1826 washing-rod1850 sponge cloth1862 swab1863 wiping-rod1875 1467 Maldon (Essex) Court Rolls (Bundle 43, No. 14) 1 posnet, 1 scourour, et 1 ladell. 1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 4 His scowrer must be trimmed on the end with a Lynnen cloth. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Esqueuillon, a Spunge, or Scourer for a peece of Ordnance. 1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale v. 249 With ladles, chargers, skowrers, carthridges. 1631 in R. Sanderson Rymer's Fœdera (1732) XIX. 315 For a new Musket with Mould, Worm and Scowrer. ol. xvs. vid. 1708 London Gaz. No. 4455/4 Fine Triangle Worms.., experienc'd for drawing of Balls out of Pieces, with Scowerers and Washers to them. 1711 Mil. & Sea Dict. (ed. 4) Rammer, or Scourer, is a Rod belonging to all Fire-Arms..serving to thrust down the Powder and Ball. 6. A purgative agent, a cathartic. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > purgative laxativec1386 abstersive?a1425 purgative?a1425 lax1526 purgation1527 cleanser1528 looser1528 laskc1540 purger1558 solutory1561 scouring1575 expulsive1576 purge1593 solutive1605 opener1610 physica1616 calastic1621 loosener1630 minorative1633 relaxativea1637 cathartic1651 eccoprotic1656 vacuative1656 aperitive1671 spurger1681 aperient1682 hypercathartic1706 chalastic1708 scourer1718 drastic1783 solvent1815 purgament1828 dejector1831 laxation1897 mochlic1907 jollop1955 poop-pusher1966 1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis ii. ii. 96 Spleen-wort..has..been reckon'd..a Scowrer of the Spleen. 1840 D. P. Blaine Encycl. Rural Sports §3113. 1002 The process of worm scouring is somewhat mechanical... Sound moss is the best scourer. 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