单词 | save-all |
释义 | save-alln.adj. A. n. 1. a. A means for preventing loss or waste, sometimes (depreciative) as contrasted with something which makes positive gains or profit. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [noun] > thrift or economical management > means of sparer1601 save-alla1655 saver1670 a1655 T. T. de Mayerne Archimagirus Anglo-Gallicus (1658) Pref. 2 This Book is a Save-all; It suffers nothing to be lost. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. xi. 281 Poultry.., as they are fed with what would otherwise be lost, are a meer save-all . View more context for this quotation 1838 Farmers' Reg. Mar. 754/1 They [sc. cows in planting country] are a mere save-all, and accounted clear gains, and make but little of the reliance for profit. 1870 Echo 28 Nov. Wretched shifts and savealls of reserve and recruiting systems are enough to engage their attention, so far as their war administration is concerned. 1916 Photogr. Jrnl. Amer. Dec. 521/1 This must not be taken to imply that acid amidol is a ‘save all’ in case of serious underexposure. b. A holder or fitting in which the last of a candle may be burnt to the end, typically consisting of a small pan with a projecting spike on which to fix the candle. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > support or holder for a candle > [noun] > candlestick > save-all prolonger1650 save-all1655 shove-up socket1751 1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. xxi. 58 In som this light goes out with an ill-favor'd stench; But others have a save-all to preserve it from making any snuff at all. 1682 G. Hartman True Preserver & Restorer of Health xlii. 349 Heat the pin of a Save-all, and then thrust it into the bigger end [of a small candle], and so set it upon a Candle-stick. 1747 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 444/2 Death's a dark-lanthorn, life a candle's-end Stuck on a save-all, soon to end in stink. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 355/1 The tinwares of the swag-barrows are..save-alls, extinguishers, candle-shades, money-boxes, children's plates, and rattles. 1891 Chatterbox 23 May 222/1 Her ‘save-alls’ were tin holders for candle ends... The almost universal use of gas or lamps has long ago done away with the hawking of such ‘save-alls’. 1940 J. E. Wright & D. S. Corbett Pioneer Life in Western Pennsylvania vii. 81 As candles were precious, they were..burned to the very last bit by a small frame of pins and rings called a save-all. 2000 J. E. Crowley Invention of Comfort ii. iv. 133 The deceased father's miserly way of life is represented by a modest pricket candlestick and save-all for candles on the mantle. c. A receptacle for collecting material which would otherwise be lost or wasted; spec. (in later use) an apparatus in a paper mill for recovering fibres from discharged water, and for clarifying the waste water for reuse. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > [noun] > for matter which might be lost save-all1797 1797 Monthly Mag. Apr. 301/1 A refrigerator, from which proceeds an additional worm [i.e. tube], to receive the spirit [in cooling and condensing], before it goes to the save-all. 1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §1443 There is, immediately beneath the fountain [for spirits], a saveall, or pierced plate of pewter, through which the drippings from the glasses percolate, and are collected in a shallow basin below. 1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 71/2 Front Damper acting as a ‘Tidy Betty’ with Cinder-sifter or Save-all attached. 1911 Times 25 Oct. 25/5 One new patent is a ‘save-all’ for use in recovering pulp and other materials from the water discharged from paper-making machines. 1969 Post-Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin) 10 May b2/2 Programs already in use that reduce the mill's loading of the stream..include..reusing and reconditioning water through high-efficiency save-alls. 2008 A. D. Patwardhan Industr. Waste Water Treatm. xi. 112 Waste water..is passed through a ‘save-all’, which separates the fibres by settling, and clarifies the white water for reuse. 2. A stingy or parsimonious person; a miser. Cf. spend-all n. English regional in later use. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] > niggard or mean person > miser or hoarder of wealth chinch?a1300 wretch1303 chincher1333 muckererc1390 mokerarda1400 muglard1440 gatherer?a1513 hoarder?a1513 warner1513 hardhead1519 snudge1545 cob1548 snidge1548 muckmonger1566 mucker1567 miser?1577 scrape-penny1584 money-miser1586 gromwell-gainer1588 muckscrape1589 muckworm1598 scrib1600 muckraker1601 morkin-gnoff1602 scrape-scall1602 incubo1607 accumulator1611 gripe-money1611 scrape-good1611 silver-hider1611 gripe1621 scrapeling1629 clutch1630 scrape-pelfa1640 volpone1672 spare-penny1707 save-all1729 bagger1740 spare-thrift1803 money-codger1818 hunger-rot1828 muckrake1850 muckthrift1852 gripe-penny1860 hugger-mugger1862 Scrooge1940 1729 Daily Post 5 Nov. Complaints of Teazers and Tiplers, Termagants, and Rattle-Heads,..Save-alls, and Spend-alls. 1790 Gen. Evening Post 23 Sept. My son, who before this trip I thought would have been a credit to the Save-Alls of London-Wall..wears half-boots, goes to the play at half-price [etc.]. 1820 J. Keats in R. M. Milnes Life, Lett., & Literary Remains (1848) II. 63 There is old Lord Burleigh, the high-priest of economy, the political save-all. 1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) 83/1 Seàvv o',..a save-all; a niggardly person. 1903 R. Bridges Epist. Socialist in Monthly Rev. July 152 You know how one day Herschel acosted [sic] Such a philanthropical Save-all, who claimed to acomplish [sic] Some greatest happiness for a greatest number. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 255/2 'E's a kype owd save-all him! Yer woernt get nowt owt on 'im. 3. Chiefly English regional (west midlands and north-western). A small container with a slot in which coins are kept; a child's money box. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > money box or chest > [noun] > for savings saving box1691 thrift-box1777 savings box1825 thrift-pot1835 save-all1841 1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua 555 Save-all,..an earthen bottle with slits at the sides, destin'd to receive all the savings of children. 1842 W. Howitt Rural & Domest. Life Germany xvii. 228 In this manner..enter your rooms..monks with their little savealls in their hands, collecting for hospitals. 1848 Illustr. London News 8 Apr. 238 A vessel resembling in form the save-alls manufactured at the present day. When found, it contained a number of Roman bronze coins. 1891 J. Baron Blegburn Dickshonary 59 Save-o' (money box). A varra nice ornyment for th' childer to use. 4. Nautical. A sail set beneath another sail, or between two other sails, to increase a ship's capacity to catch the wind. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > sail set between or below others save-all1846 1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 363 Water-sail, or Save-all, a small sail occasionally set under a main, spanker, or swinging boom. 1885 D. D. Porter Harry Marline xviii. 228 It was the first time the Quickstep had ever met her match in sailing, and even save-alls did not seem to get her along. 1911 Mariner′s Mirror 1 112 In 1775, or soon after, the gaff-topsail began to come in as a save-all. 1933 J. Masefield Bird of Dawning 307 Puff-balls or Save-alls. Extra sails laced to the feet of square sails. 1986 P. O'Brian Reverse of Medal iii. 98 He set studdingsails aloft and alow, with a ringtail to the driver, bonnets, of course, and save-alls under the studdingsails. 5. Chiefly English regional (Cornwall). A pinafore; an overall. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > that covers or protects other clothing > overall overall1631 save-all1847 monkey suit1928 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Save-all,..(2) A child's pinafore. Cornw. 1864 B. Lloyd Ladies Polcarrow 103 Ever since I was a boy in a save-all. 1888 J. Fothergill Lasses of Leverhouse iv. 34 The black alpaca monstrosity which I..denominated a save-all. B. adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective] gnedec900 gripplea1000 fastOE narrow-hearteda1200 narrow?c1225 straitc1290 chinchc1300 nithinga1325 scarcec1330 clama1340 hard1340 scantc1366 sparingc1386 niggardc1400 chinchy?1406 retentivea1450 niggardousa1492 niggish1519 unliberal1533 pinching1548 dry1552 nigh1555 niggardly1560 churlish1566 squeamish1566 niggardish1567 niggard-like1567 holding1569 spare1577 handfast1578 envious1580 close-handed1585 hard-handed1587 curmudgeonly1590 parsimonious?1591 costive1594 hidebound1598 penny-pinching1600 penurious1600 strait-handed1600 club-fisted1601 dry-fisted1604 fast-handed1605 fast-fingered1607 close-fisted1608 near1611 scanting1613 carkingc1620 illiberal1623 clutch-fisteda1634 hideboundeda1640 clutch-fista1643 clunch-fisted1644 unbounteous1645 hard-fisted1646 purse-bound1652 close1654 stingy1659 tenacious1676 scanty1692 sneaking1696 gripe-handed1698 narrow-souled1699 niggardling1704 snippy1727 unindulgent1742 shabby1766 neargoinga1774 cheesemongering1781 split-farthing1787 save-all1788 picked1790 iron-fisted1794 unhandsome1800 scaly1803 nearbegoing1805 tight1805 nippit1808 nipcheese1819 cumin-splitting1822 partan-handed1823 scrimping1823 scrumptious1823 scrimpy1825 meanly1827 skinny1833 pinchfisted1837 mean1840 tight-fisted1843 screwy1844 stinty1849 cheeseparing1857 skinflinty1886 mouly1904 mingy1911 cheapskate1912 picey1937 tight-assed1961 chintzy1964 tightwad1976 1788 ‘P. Pindar’ Brother Peter to Brother Tom 4 For Nature formeth oft a kind Of money-loving, scraping, save-all mind. 1813 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 8 351 The paltry proceedings of those save-all politicians, who boast of their economy in banishing newspapers from the public offices. a1881 R. W. Procter Barber's Shop (1883) xi. 65 Still pursuing his save~all theory of a pin a day is a groat a year. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [adjective] > spread (of sails) abroad1573 save-all1794 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 83 Vessels with one mast..have..above the cross-jack, a small sail, called a save-all top-sail. 1883 P. E. Dabovich Dizionario di Marina 989/2 Toppsegel der Trabakel, Gabbiola, Cacatois volant, Save-all-sail. 3. Designating a receptacle for collecting material which would otherwise be lost or wasted. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adjective] > collecting into one mass or body aggregativea1617 consolidating1707 save-all1823 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 149 The fat of every kind collected in our kitchens, being rendered, or melted down from day to day, and cast into a ‘save-all tub’, will be found to produce very good soap. 1882 Practitioner June 467 Save-all tray below taps untrapped and passing into soil-pipe. 1920 War Expenditures (U.S. House of Representatives, 66th Congr. 2nd Sess.) IV. 4328 2 save-all reservoirs (pits only completed). 2010 P. Bajpai Environmentally Friendly Production of Pulp & Paper v. 223 The rest of this water is passed through a save-all unit, typically a drum or disk filter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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