单词 | seed carrier |
释义 | seed carriern.ΚΠ 1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. xi. sig. G.iii At the lower ende, and foote or base, of the bradyd boody.., there is the beginnyng of an other vessell, which may be called ye seede carier: in latyn, vas semen deferens: whose body is whyte & hardisshe. 1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. xi. sig. G.iiii This parte of the seede cariars may be called the wurme: in latyn, Corpus lumbricosum: for bycause that it hath many conuolucyons as wormes lyeng together haue. 2. a. A person who disseminates or spreads the tenets of another. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > [noun] > person who publisherc1453 bruiter1535 dissipater1537 spreader1542 utterer1549 setter-outc1553 disperser1580 seed carrier1602 divulger1606 propagator1610 promulgera1635 dispreader1636 divulgater1637 promulgater1637 diffuser1645 promulgator1648 disseminator1667 circulator1792 vulgarizer1899 forthteller1920 vulgarisateur1933 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 101 The seed-cariers of these contentions are either close Iesuits, and so will not be knowne, or at least..Iesuited faultors of their pollicies. 1961 Encounter 17 82 The seed-carriers of..intolerant ideas. 2002 J. Salomonsen Enchanted Feminism ii. 75 Starhawk herself learned the Craft from Victor Anderson, who she believes is a seed-carrier of the Faery tradition surviving in America. b. An assistant who replenishes the seed baskets of workers sowing by hand. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > [noun] > sower > sower's assistant seed carrier1844 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 506 If the sacks of seed are conveniently placed, one active seed-carrier will serve two sowers. 1951 S. W. Mintz Cañamelar (Ph.D. diss., Columbia Univ.) iv. 37 An average plot of perhaps fifteen to eighteen cuerdas will require the services of..four paleros, three or four seeders, two seed cleaners, a seed carrier, and one irrigation worker. 3. Originally: a basket or some other container for carrying seed when sowing by hand; = seed-lip n. Later also: that part of a mechanical seed sower containing the seed. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > sowing and planting equipment > [noun] > basket carrying seed seed-liplOE seed-cod1235 hoppera1300 seblet1633 seed-cot1653 seed-cob1691 seed carrier1825 1825 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Agric. ii. iv. i. 368 The seed carrier, or seed basket, is sometimes made of thin veneers of wood, bent into an irregular oval with a hollow to fit the seedsman's side. 1887 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 1 Nov. 527/1 The combination, with a frame having a seed-carrier journaled therin and a plow in advance of said carrier. 1891 San Saba (Texas) Weekly News 16 Oct. His arm was caught in the seed carrier and crushed to a jelly. 1974 J. K. Hatch Corn Farmers of Motupe ii. 85 Perhaps the most common seed carrier is made from a hollow, topless gourd which is attached to the waist by a sturdy piece of hemp string. 1985 Pakistan Agric. 7 177 The tested Minizer, is a hand operated seeder which can be manually carried and operated by man power, and can efficiently sow bean, peas, beet, corn seeds by properly setting the seed carrier plate. 4. An animal that disperses seeds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > [noun] > seed-carrier seed carrier1851 1851 Methodist Q. Rev. July 370 The coral reef..is supplied by some of these seed-carriers of nature. 1880 A. R. Wallace Island Life xii. 238 The dispersal of seeds—Birds as seed-carriers. 1906 Athenæum 12 May 581 Bats and insects may be active seed-carriers. 2006 M. Allaby Temperate Forests iv. 93 Seed carriers must be ‘paid’, and the way to do that is to make the seeds edible. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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