单词 | separator |
释义 | separatorn. 1. One who or something which separates; spec. †one who separates from the Church, a separatist (common in the 17th cent.); a critic who ascribes the Iliad and Odyssey to different authors (transl. of Greek χωρίζων: see chorizontes n.). ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > sectarianism > [noun] > person sectator?1541 sectary1558 sectare1563 sectuary1592 disjunctive1596 separator1607 swermer1607 swermerian1607 separatist1608 sectist1612 separate1612 opinionist1613 separistc1616 seeker1617 sectarist1618 sectarian1827 come-outer1840 denominationalist1870 disjunctionist1872 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > study of poetry > [noun] > study of Homeric poems > one who > holding specific theory Wolfian1875 separator1878 separatist1903 1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist ii. vi. 74 The scandal which the ceremonies giue to the Separators is greater then that which is giuen by images to Turks. 1608 R. Bernard Christian Advert. 48 (margin) The grieuous sinnes of the Separators. 1684 R. Baxter Acct. Twelve Arguments 42 in Catholick Communion Defended Are these no Scandals? or not greater than offending or displeasing the dissenting Separators? 1843 R. W. Emerson Transcendentalist in Dial Jan. 304 This retirement does not proceed from any whim on the part of these separators. 1860 S. Wilberforce Addr. Ordination 227 In such cases, the least offences are great separators, and..angry tempers need to be handled with the gentlest and most discerning touch. 1878 Examiner 2 Mar. 273/1 So Professor Jebb is a ‘separater’ and to a certain extent a follower of Wolf. 1890 Illustr. London News 27 Dec. 810/2 The terminator of delights, the separator of companions, the desolator of abodes. 2. plural. The four teeth, two in each jaw, between the two central and the outer incisor-teeth of a horse. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > mouth or type of > teeth > front tooth or teeth gatherer1696 separators1696 1696 W. Hope tr. J. de Solleysel Compl. Horseman i. i. 3 The midde Teeth or Separaters, which are the two next the Nippers one upon each side of them both above and below, (and called Separaters because they Separate the Nippers from the Corner teeth). 1717 Dict. Rusticum (ed. 2) at Teeth The Middle-teeth or Separaters (so call'd because they separate the Nippers from the Corner-teeth). 1808 T. H. Horne Compl. Grazier (ed. 3) Introd. 20 When the horse is coming four years old he loses his four separaters or middle teeth. 3. An instrument or appliance for separating. a. An apparatus for separating grain from refuse, or for separating the various sizes of grain. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > sifting > [noun] > sieve sievec725 riddereOE hair-sievea1100 riddlelOE sift1499 try?a1500 searcer1540 range-sieve1542 ranging sieve1548 cribble1565 cribe1570 screen1573 sifter1611 scryc1615 clensieve1623 cernicle1657 incernicle1657 ranch-sievea1665 duster1667 drum1702 fry1707 harp1788 lawn-sieve1804 trial1825 separator1830 lawn1853 shaker1906 chinois1937 microscreen1959 1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. I. x. 347 After leaving the cooling floor the grain is let into the separator. 1880 J. W. Hill Illustr. Guide Agric. Implem. 5 Combined Double Aspirator, Separator, and Smutter. 1884 Bath Herald 27 Dec. 6/4 From the silos the wheat runs into a separator, which extracts the large and small refuse and dirt. 1884 Bath Herald 27 Dec. 6/4 In the purifying process the grain passes over a magnetic separator..which is sure to attract and hold fast..pieces of iron [etc.]. b. Weaving. = rave n.2 3. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > loom > reed or slay slayc1050 reed1595 raddle1648 niffler1752 evener1785 ravel1805 sniffle1805 separator1831 rave1888 shed-stick1910 shed-rod1968 1831 G. R. Porter Treat. Silk Manuf. 220 The instrument used for the purpose of guiding the threads of the warp and of spreading them regularly upon the yarn-roll is called a separator or ravel. 1842 J. Bischoff Woollen Manuf. II. 412 In order that the warp may be laid evenly on the beam, an instrument is used similar to the reel... It is called a ravel or separator, and is composed of strips of cane fastened into a rail of wood [etc.]. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 734/1 In the beaming, the weaver sometimes employs a rude sort of instrument called a separator or ravel. c. = cream-separator n. at cream n.2 Compounds 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of dairy produce > [noun] > formation of cream > cream-separator pancheon1601 creamer1858 centrifuge1866 milk separator1869 cream-separator1884 separator1884 18841 [see sense 3a]. 1887 Daily News 20 May 6/5 A separator takes in the milk hot from the cow, whirls it round at a great speed, and in two minutes the cream flows out at one pipe and the milk at another. d. A partition, a plate interposed between compartments, e.g. in a voltaic battery, a beehive, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > [noun] > that which is interjacent > and separates two things > a partition interclose1344 enterclosea1430 partition1545 distinction1578 membrane1631 septuma1638 diaphragm1660 midriff1660 cloison1693 separationc1720 dispartation1779 separator1881 1881 T. W. Cowan Brit. Bee-keeper's Guide Bk. viii. 43 Never use sections without separators. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Aug. 10/2 The plates are zinc and carbon, the zinc being immersed in dilute sulphuric acid—the carbon in a solution of nitrate of soda. A porous separator keeps the liquids apart, save for diffusion through its pores. 1889 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 51 These pieces of paper, or thin card, can be placed by the side of the slide, thus acting as a separater and preventing breakage when they are carried about. e. Telegraphy. (See quot. 1891.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > telegraph > [noun] > other parts of telegraphs electric wire1819 pecker1858 sounder1860 motograph1874 contact-point1879 phonopore1885 phonophore1886 separator1891 syntonizer1900 power buzzer1918 1891 Man. Instr. Army Telegr. 86 Separators provide a simple means of doubling the capacity for work of a telegraph line, by providing on the same wire Morse and vibration circuits which are independent of each other. f. A contrivance for separating water from steam. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for altering consistency > [noun] > separating apparatus > for water from steam separator1834 1834 N. W. Cundy Inland Transit (ed. 2) 74 The purpose of the separator is to disengage or separate the water from the steam in which it is mechanically suspended. 1855 D. K. Clark Railway Machinery 152/2 Edwards' Separator, for disengaging Priming. 1901 Feilden's Mag. 4 415 A cylindrical water separator. g. In various applications. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for altering consistency > [noun] > separating apparatus separatory1706 centrifugal1813 centrifuge1866 separator1881 cyclone1898 elutriator1904 microcentrifuge1937 hydro-cyclone1952 sedimenter1962 hydroclone1965 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 173 Separator. 1. A machine for separating, with the aid of water or air, materials of different specific gravity... 2. Any machine for separating materials, as the magnetic separator, for separating magnetite from its gangue. 1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 51/1 Automatic Rain-water Separators, to reject the foul and store the clean water from roofs. 1889 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 312 The centrifugal separator..is an apparatus..employed by manufacturers who want to separate relatively heavy matters suspended in a liquid. 4. Mathematics. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [noun] > two-dimensional > closed curve > circle > on a sphere great circle?1530 great circle1594 secondary circle1704 secondary1715 orthodrome1855 separator1869 1869 A. Cayley Coll. Math. Papers (1894) VII. 402 The parallel through S to a ray meets the sphere in two points, poles of a great circle which I call a ‘separator’. 5. attributive. ΚΠ 1896 W. T. Brannt Pract. Treat. Animal & Veg. Fats & Oils II. 313 The oil..is, however, still mixed with some water, from which it is separated by means of a separator funnel. 1897 Daily News 23 Feb. 7/6 One of the engineers went to open the port bulkhead stop valve, when a separator pipe burst. Derivatives ˈseparatress n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > [noun] > that which is interjacent > and separates two things horizona1387 divisionc1400 long divisionc1400 departinga1475 departure1523 separation1615 separatress1630 intercept1821 distancer1884 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 117 The Severne, the separatresse of Wales and England. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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