skewern.
/ˈskjuːə/, U.S. /ˈskjuər/, /skjʊ(ə)r/ a. A long wooden or metal pin, used especially to fasten meat or the like together, to keep it in form while being cooked.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > skewer
brochette1483
pudding-pricka1529
scuet1634
skiver1664
skewer1679
skivel1791
1679 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 3) xxi. 100 The Wild Cornel or Dog-wood good to make Mill-Cogs, Pestles,..Butchers Skewers, &c.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 292/2 A Butchers Cambril, Or, between two Scuers.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 315/1 He beareth Azure, two Skewers or Flesh pricks.
1704 J. Swift Full Acct. Battel between Bks. in Tale of Tub 277 He, with Iron Scewer, pierces the tender Sides of both, their Legs and Wings close pinion'd to their Ribs.
1745 J. Swift Direct. to Servants 40 Send up your Meat well stuck with Scewers, to make it look round and plump.
1809 Asiatic Researches (London ed.) 9 60 These leaves are..used all over India to make baskets, and made fast together, with skewers, from the fibres of the bambu.
1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades (1842) 33 [article Bleacher] To these pieces of canvass, the ends of the web of calico..may be fastened by wooden ‘skewers’.
1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §79. 33 It is the wood used by butchers for making wooden skewers.
b. A metal pin used to fasten an article of dress or to secure the hair.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > fastenings > other fastenings
crotcheta1685
skewer1771
back-string1785
guard-chain1832
patte1835
tie-up1896
press-button1908
press fastener1922
Liverpool pennant1933
Velcro1960
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > implements used in styling the hair > [noun] > pin
bodkin1580
skewer1771
hairpin1818
barrette1901
prong pin1902
pin curler1921
kirby grip1926
bobby pin1936
grip1960
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 171 A fringed blanket, fastened about her shoulders with a copper skewer.
1825 J. Bentham Rationale Reward 303 The buckles of the Romans, and the skewers employed by Queen Elizabeth.
1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 205 Two plaited bands of hair..fastened up with a flat silver or gilt skewer.
c. A pin on which a bobbin is placed.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > machine > parts of > spindle
spindle1791
skewer1835
1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 158 But single bobbins are set on skewers in the reel in correspondence with the single spindles on the copping rail.
1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 315/1 The bobbins..are mounted..on a creel which has skewers for their reception.
d. Applied contemptuously to a weapon.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > [noun]
steelOE
edgeOE
brandc1050
bladec1386
sharpc1390
skewer1838
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > knife or dagger > [noun]
saxa800
knifec1175
pricka1350
awla1387
daggerc1386
puncheonc1425
custil1447
punch?1480
murdererc1500
pointela1522
poniard1533
pounce1545
poignado?a1549
slaughmess1548
dirk1557
pistolesea1566
parazone1623
coutel1647
chiv1673
couteau1677
cuttoe1678
sticker1772
cultel1824
skewer1838
snicker1847
shiv1915
chib1929
1838 G. P. R. James Robber I. vii. 174 Let us look at your skewer in a handle, my Lord.
1848 Sinks of London laid Open 124/2 Skewer, sword.
1934 A. Russell Tramp-royal in Wild Austral. xxxviii. 254 There'd be ‘skewers’ flying in all directions. Rotten wounds they'd make—barbed, you know.
e. (See quot.)
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1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Skewers, or Wires, pieces of iron wire from 3 to 6 inches in length, pointed at one end, and turned round into a loop at the other, and employed for the temporary holding of loose pieces in the foundry sand.
Compounds
C1. attributive and in other combinations, as skewer-full, skewer-machine, skewer-maker.
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1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2194/2 Skewer~machine.
1880 Times 10 Dec. 3/4 Tempting the hungry passers-by to purchase a skewer-full of the dainty roast.
?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 46 Skewer Maker.
C2.
skewer-piece n. (see quot. 1867).
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > cut or piece of meat > [noun] > small piece of meat
smatchcock14..
mincing1598
tucet1653
nut1769
taver1808
skewer-piece1832
thumb-bit1847
médaillon1899
medallion1907
1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster III. iii. 39 Strung together like what we call ‘skewer pieces’ on board of a man-of-war.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 629 The meat being then divided into messes, the remnants are cut into small pieces termed skewer-pieces.
skewer tree n. = skewer wood n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > spindle-tree(s)
prickwood1516
spindle-tree1548
prick-timber1578
prickle tree1607
prick tree1671
spindle1712
spindlekin1714
euonymus1767
skewer wood1782
gaiter1796
dogwood1838
spindle-trees1846
louse-berry1866
skewer tree1894
1894 Cornhill Mag. Feb. 164 The square berries of the skewer tree little known except to the birds and the gipsies.
skewer wood n. the spindle-tree, from the wood of which skewers are made.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > spindle-tree(s)
prickwood1516
spindle-tree1548
prick-timber1578
prickle tree1607
prick tree1671
spindle1712
spindlekin1714
euonymus1767
skewer wood1782
gaiter1796
dogwood1838
spindle-trees1846
louse-berry1866
skewer tree1894
1782 J. Scott Poet. Wks. 95 The green skewerwood seeds of scarlet shows.
1863 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants Skewer-wood, from skewers being made of it, a shrub called in the Western counties Skiver-wood, Evonymus Europæus.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
skewerv.
/ˈskjuːə/, U.S. /ˈskjuər/, /skjʊ(ə)r/ 1. reflexive.1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. viii. 139 If thou takest all that trouble of skewering thyself together, like a trussed fowl.figurative.1850 C. Dickens David Copperfield xliii. 443 Britannia, that unfortunate female.., skewered through and through with office-pens and bound..with red tape.1871 E. C. G. Murray Member for Paris II. 10 He..served him up every day to the readers of the Pavois, skewered through and through with an epigram.reflexive.1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind xi. 311 The bird alighted there, and skewered itself upon the lance.
a. transitive. To fasten (meat, etc.) with a skewer; to pierce with a skewer or skewers. Also const. together, up, upon.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of meat > dress animals for food [verb (transitive)] > skewer
broacha1475
embrochea1475
skewer1701
1701 C. Wooley Two Years Jrnl. N.-Y. 23 Some be Bears Skins and Rackoon Skins sewed or skuered together.
1736 Compl. Family-piece i. ii. 118 Skewer them and roast them, or stove or bake them, just as you please.
1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper iii. 58 Skewer your Hare with the Head upon one Shoulder.
1804 ‘Ignotus’ Culina 64 Skewer the fillet as close as possible.
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. v. 57 A piece of stick..upon which were skewered..pieces of beef and pork.
b. To run through, transfix, with a sword or other weapon.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > wound with sharp weapon
woundc760
stickOE
snese?c1225
stokea1300
steekc1300
bearc1330
stangc1340
chop1362
broach1377
foinc1380
strikec1390
borea1400
dag?a1400
gorea1400
gridea1400
staira1400
through-girdc1405
thrustc1410
runc1425
to run throughc1425
traversec1425
spitc1430
through-seeka1500
stitch1527
falchiona1529
stab1530
to stab (a person) in1530
stob?1530
rutc1540
rove?c1550
push1551
foxa1566
stoga1572
poniard1593
dirk1599
bestab1600
poach1602
stiletto1613
stocka1640
inrun1653
stoccado1677
dagger1694
whip1699
bayonetc1700
tomahawk1711
stug1722
chiv1725
kittle1786
sabre1790
halberd1825
jab1825
skewer1837
sword1863
poke1866
spear1869
whinger1892
pig-stick1902
shiv1926
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or penetrate (of weapon) [verb (transitive)] > strike with pointed weapon
prickOE
pritchOE
snese?c1225
threstc1275
stokea1300
bearc1330
stangc1340
broach1377
foinc1380
borea1400
dag?a1400
gorea1400
gridea1400
slot?a1400
staira1400
through-girdc1405
thrustc1410
runc1425
to run throughc1425
traversec1425
spitc1430
through-seeka1500
to run in1509
stab1530
to stab (a person) in1530
accloy1543
push1551
stoga1572
poacha1616
stocka1640
stoccado1677
stug1722
kittle1820
skewer1837
pitchfork1854
poke1866
chib1973
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > make (an opening or hole) [verb (transitive)] > make an opening or hole in or into > bore, pierce, or perforate > with something sharp-pointed > transfix
through-driveOE
through-nimc1275
stickc1330
through-piercec1330
to stick througha1382
preenc1390
spitc1430
thirlc1450
broacha1470
prickc1475
to stick up1528
transfix1590
fix1638
bestick1667
impalea1678
spiculate1835
skewer1837
to strike through1893
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iii. iii. 159 Perhaps not to part, but to fall mutually skewered through with iron.
1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth xliii He felt his arm hot, then cold, and there was an English arrow skewering it.
1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne I. xiii. 214 I thought I was being skewered by a horrid savage.
c. To place upon skewers. Cf. skewer n. c.
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1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 379 There are 1656 under 18 years of age, of whom..108 [are employed] in..skewering cops.
2. To fix, fasten, or secure to or into something else with, or as with, a skewer or skewers; to truss. Const. in, into, to, also down, up.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)] > with stake
stake1621
speek1644
prick1647
pale1703
skewer1781
picket1847
skiver1888
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [verb (transitive)] > weave > processes involved in
reed1812
skewera1834
shed1839
float1878
fill1889
1781 R. B. Sheridan Trip to Scarborough v. ii Why should you..suffer the rascals thus to skewer down my arms like a rabbit!
1799 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 7 139 We'll see what fare the butler's foresight Has skewer'd into my knapsack.
1815 ‘J. Mathers’ Hist. Mr. John Decastro & Brother Bat III. 331 He saw a great long thing lying on the ground skewered up in a white cloth.
1840 Peter Parley's Ann. 364 The grenadier turned down his bayonet, and skewered him to the ground.
1890 Nature 30 Oct. 641 The mats are skewered on to two long bamboos.
3. To fix or thrust (into or through something) like a skewer or skewers.
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1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. xxvi. 300 He skewered his great eyes into mine.
1876 A. J. Evans Through Bosnia iv. 135 They took a sharp stake..and..skewered it right through the carcase.
Derivatives
ˈskewered adj.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > accessories worn in the hair > [adjective] > with a skewer
skewered1868
1868 Daily Tel. 29 May The Chinese belles, with their crimped..and skewered hair.
ˈskewering n.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > general preparation processes > [noun] > skewering
skewering1794
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > [noun] > by boring, piercing, or perforating > with sharp-pointed instrument
stickingeOE
stabbingc1425
steeking1488
jobbinga1578
spitting1623
probing1665
impunction1712
spiking1775
skewering1794
jagging1815
pierce1820
eyelet holing1845
1794 T. Wedge Gen. View Agric. Chester 58 The more perfectly the whey is got out of the cheese, by skewering, thrusting, and pressing, the less air will be left in it.
1804 ‘Ignotus’ Culina 197 Take the steaks,..then roll them up, and secure their form by skewering.
1839 Mag. Domest. Econ. 4 243 The cheese..is turned and the pressure and skewering continued.
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