单词 | setter-up |
释义 | setter-upn. One who sets up (in any sense). ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > [noun] > making (more) powerful > one who setter-up1563 society > occupation and work > worker > employer > [noun] > one who sets another up in business setter-up1563 the world > space > relative position > vertical position > [noun] > setting upright > one who erectora1552 setter-up1563 up-puttera1578 the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [noun] > innovation or avant-gardism > innovator or avant-gardist novelist1593 innovator1598 novateur1600 novator1600 noveller1604 novist1660 setter-up1713 innovationist1800 vanguardist1934 avant-gardist1940 society > communication > printing > printer > [noun] > compositor compositor1569 composer1634 setter1648 galley slave1683 typo1816 type-sticker1842 typist1843 setter-up1853 case man1855 typesetter1867 comp1870 compositress1885 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > machine > one who sets up setter-up?1881 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > other people involved with weaving pattern-maker1787 reader1839 pattern reader1858 tackler1864 healder?1881 loomer1881 setter-up?1881 taper?1881 tuner1885 tape-sizer1891 intaker1921 1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Agst. Peril Idol. iii. 59 b The erecter, setter vp, and mainteyner of Images in Churches and Temples. 1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 ii. iii. 37 Thou setter vp and puller downe of kings. 1607 T. Middleton Michaelmas Terme ii. sig. Ev I am but a yong setter vp, the vttermost I dare venture vppon't is three-score pound. a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Honest Mans Fortune ii. i, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ttttt3v/2 Old occupations have too many setters up to prosper. 1713 G. Berkeley Three Dialogues Hylas & Philonous iii. 165 I do not pretend to be a Setter-up of new notions. 1853 R. S. Hawker in Life & Lett. (1905) 251 Neither can I congratulate your Setter-up [i.e. compositor] on his accuracy. 1876 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids viii. 134 Dardanus first setter-up and sire of Ilian wall. ?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 43 Spinning and weaving machine maker... Setter-up. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1563 |
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