sledgen.1
/slɛdʒ/, U.S. /slɛdʒ/ a. A large heavy hammer usually wielded with both hands, especially the large hammer used by a blacksmith; a sledgehammer. (See also quot. 1548 at β. .)
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society > occupation and work > equipment > driving or beating tools > [noun] > hammer > sledge-hammer
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Monday1965
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β. 1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Fistuca, an instrument, wherwith piles of wood be dryuen into the ground, called a water pile sledge.1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 135 Eight great iron sledges to breake rockes.1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) viii. 62 They make holes and with a woaden sleadge they sett these hurdels fast in the grounde.1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. ix. 390 I saw a Smith make a Horse-shooe..almost as quick as if another had struck the Sledg to him.1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 236 The solid Ore should be further disunited from the stony part, by spaling with sledges, or cobbing with hammers to a proper size.1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline i. ii. 106 Nothing is left but the blacksmith's sledge.1882 Worcs. Exhib. Catal. iii. 8 Some of the samples..stood 300 blows from a 39 lb. sledge before bending.a1000 in Cockayne Narrat. (1861) 21 We hit uneaþe mid isernum hamerum and slecgum gefyldon.
a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 100 Hwæt sylst us on smiþþan þinre, buton..swegincga beatendra slecgea.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1308 To brynge with him anon anuylt, tange & slegge.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 199 Slegges and hameres, wiþ þe whiche smythes smyteþ..gaddes of iren.
c1475 Partenay 3000 In hys bosom [the giant] put thre gret slegges wrought.
1485 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 40 Slegges of Iren, ij.
1549 in Acts Privy Council (1890) II. 350 Sleges, xxx; shovelles and spades, xvc.
1573 in J. C. Jeaffreson M'sex County Rec. (1886) I. 79 Duo mallua ferri vocata slegges.
b. Used for throwing, as an athletic exercise.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [noun] > specific athletic sports other than running > throwing weight, shot, or ball > hammer
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1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 217 A yong wenche called Crocus, went forth into the fieldes with Mercurie to throw the sledge.
1600 Maydes Metamorphosis iii. i Among the games, myselfe put in a pledge, To trie my strength in throwing of the sledge.
1636 W. Denny in Ann. Dubrensia sig. C2v Some throw the Sledge, and others spurne the Barre.
?1795 H. Macneill Scotland's Scaith 7 Wha wi' Will cou'd..Throw the sledge, or toss the bar?
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sledgen.2
/slɛdʒ/, U.S. /slɛdʒ/ 1.
a. A carriage mounted upon runners instead of wheels, and generally used for travelling over snow or ice; a sleigh. Cf. sled n.1 2.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on runners > [noun] > for transport of people
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sleigh1703
pulka1746
booby-hutch1766
Tom Pung1799
cutter1803
pung1804
kibitka1806
booby-hack1820
pulk1831
booby1841
sleigh-cutter1846
clipper-sled1883
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 42 We hired a sledge for eight stivers, and were drawne thither over the yce and snow.
1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 63 For Winter Travelling, the Muscovites make use of Sledges, made very low.
1709 London Gaz. No. 4507/2 The Diversions of the Carnaval began by a Course of Sledges.
1749 T. Nugent Grand Tour II. 204 The ladies take their recreation in sledges of different shapes.
1810 E. D. Clarke Trav. Var. Countries: Pt. 1st i. 9 They were liable to be..thrown into a sledge, and hurried off to the frontier, or to Siberia.
1885 M. Collins Prettiest Woman in Warsaw I. xi. 171 Arthur detached himself..but not without accepting a seat in a sledge for the drive to the lake.
b. = sled n.1 2b.
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1957 New Scientist 20 June 16/3 The isolation of such a fault may lead to simpler performance studies on restricted imitative devices... They may be built into the man-carrying centrifuge or rocket sledge to observe changes due to acceleration.
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a. A simple form of conveyance, having runners instead of wheels, employed in the transport of goods over ice or snow or in heavy traffic unsuited to wheeled vehicles; = sled n.1 1. Rarely, a similar vehicle with low wheels; a trolley.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on runners > [noun] > for transport of goods
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1684 London Gaz. No. 1904/1 The same Letters add, that 40 Sledges laden with Provisions, had in the night got into Newheusel.
1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 89 Take up the Tree..and carry it on a Sledge, or other Carriage, to the Place designed.
1760 R. Brown Compl. Farmer: Pt. 2 45 In Lancashire they use a sort of sledge that is made with thick wheels to bring their marle out with.
1867 W. W. Smyth Treat. Coal & Coal-mining 146 The sledges have to be still commonly used in putting the coal along the face of the workings to the better roads.
1884 Cent. Mag. Jan. 446/2 Two skids fastened together make a ‘drag’, or ‘sledge’.
b. Formerly used for conveying condemned persons to execution. Cf. sled n.1 1b.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on runners > [noun] > for transport of people > to execution
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1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 258 Being laid upon a Sledg in straw, he is drawn by a Horse to the place of Execution.
1685 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 445 Oates..was this day placed in a sledge (being not able to go by reason of his so late scourging) & dragd from prison to Tyburn, & whip'd againe all the way.
1780 New Newgate Cal. V. 81 They were drawn to the gallows on a sledge, as is usual in the case of coiners.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 315 The sledge is even now preparing to drag thee to the place of execution.
c. A form of drag or skid. Obsolete. rare.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > devices to retard or stop motion > skid or lock to retard motion
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sprag1878
slipper-drag1883
slipper-brake1884
shod1893
1839 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 2 122/2 The sledge or retarder..is formed like a wedge.
d. The skid or runner of an aeroplane.
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1910 Daily Mail Year Bk. 149/2 Beneath the aeroplane are strong skids, or sledges, to take the shock when it alights.
3. Rope-making. A travelling structure of considerable weight to which the rope-yarns are attached at one end.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > rope-making equipment > [noun] > sledge
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1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 56 Sledges are frames made of strong oak, clamped with iron... These sledges are loaded to such a degree as the rope in making requires.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 437 In some cases the rope is made to haul the sledge backwards, by fastening one end of it to the sledge.
1853 C. Tomlinson Cycl. Useful Arts (1854) II. 567/1 The sledge is pulled backwards to stretch the yarns tight.
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General attributive.
sledge-boat n.
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1808 Sporting Mag. 31 22 Sailing on the ice in a sledge-boat.
sledge-crank n.
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1797 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 486/1 (Rope-making) By the motion of the sledge crank the top is forced away from the knot.
sledge-dog n.
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1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxix. 377 The instinct of a sledge-dog makes him perfectly aware of unsafe ice.
sledge-driver n.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of sledge
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1819 Theatr. Inquisitor Apr. 314 Of the literary talent of the stage manager, we have never thought highly, and his ‘Land Storm; or the Sledge Driver and his Dogs’ seems only a little alteration from a piece, called ‘Lowina of Tobolski’..by the same author.
1896 Idler 306/2 Becoming a proficient ‘kayaker’ and sledge-driver.
sledge-head n.
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1924 A. J. Small Frozen Gold i. 15 A..human thunderbolt which hurled at him... A sledge-head knocked up from nowhere and connected with his chin.
1966 S. Heaney Death of Naturalist 41 The cap juts like a gantry's crossbeam, Cowling plated forehead and sledgehead jaw.
sledge-horse n.
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1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 14 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) One of these two Men that guides the Sledge-Horses.
1845 C. H. J. Anderson Swedish Brothers 14 The Norwegian looked in vain for a purchaser for his sledge-horses.
sledge journey n.
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1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. viii. 84 A position which might expedite our sledge journeys in the future.
sledge-load n.
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1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxiii. 288 Their sledge-load of provisions.
sledgemen n.
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1601 in The Phœnix II. 227 Sledgmen, Carmen, Boatmen.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xv. 179 Too cold still..for our sledgemen to set out.
sledge-meter n. a wheel and counting device towed behind a sledge to measure the distance travelled.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring distances > distance travelled
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odometer1702
pedometer1723
pedometer1728
podometer1728
reel measure1803
viameter1845
roadometer1848
trocheameter1857
trechometer1858
cyclometer1880
pedimeter1890
passometer1902
sledge-meter1902
speedometer1929
mileometer1953
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > instrument panel or dashboard > odometer
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viameter1845
trocheameter1857
trechometer1858
cyclometer1880
sledge-meter1902
speedometer1929
mileometer1953
1902 R. F. Scott Jrnl. 18 Nov. in Voy. ‘Discovery’ (1905) 2 xiii. 24 A dull day.., but we plodded on... Starting at 11 a.m., we pushed on for two and a half miles by our sledge-meter.
1929 J. G. Hayes R. E. Peary x. 166 Peary never used a sledgemeter on the Arctic pack, saying it would have been smashed by the rough surface.
1958 Times 2 Jan. 6/5 During last night's painful run the tractors were biting down 2 ft... The 12-hour haul wound a laborious 22 miles through the sledgemeter.
sledge-parties n.
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1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xx. 251 All the sledge-parties were now once more aboard ship.
sledge procession n.
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1762 R. Lloyd Epist. to C. Churchill in Poet. Wks. (1774) 191 So have I seen, amidst the grinning throng, The sledge procession slowly dragg'd along.
sledge road n.
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1678–82 in R. M. Fergusson Logie (1905) II. 65 Thence northward by a sledge road up the brae.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xv. 176 A secure and level sledge-road.
sledge-runner n.
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1852 Zoologist 10 3379 From its tusks are made..sledge-runners.
sledge-team n.
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1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. 380 The breach was large enough to admit a sledge-team.
sledge-way n.
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1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 81 The sledge-way..becomes so well beaten.
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sledgen.3
/slɛdʒ/, U.S. /slɛdʒ/, Australian English /sledʒ/ Cricket (originally and chiefly Australian).
A taunting, critical, or teasing remark made to a player (esp. a batter) in order to affect concentration or confidence. Also in more general use. Cf. sledging n.2
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1989 Canberra Times 20 Feb. 24/7 Cantrell later said he was not upset by Chappell's criticism. ‘He gave me a sledge last week but that's his job I suppose.’
1998 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 16 Feb. (Sport section) 25 (headline) Forget the sledge—actions speak louder than words.
2005 M. Slater & J. Apter Slats 5 ‘See you in five minutes, old boy.’ It was my first sledge in test cricket—and it had come from the mouth of a member of the venerable MCC!
2014 R. Oakeshott Independent Member for Lyne i. 9 Anyone worried about sledging on the cricket field should help a local candidate for the day at an election. You..hear some of the best, and wittiest, sledges.
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sledgev.1
/slɛdʒ/, U.S. /slɛdʒ/ 1. intransitive. To use a sledgehammer.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > work with tools or equipment [verb (intransitive)] > driving or beating tools
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1654 Queen's Coll. Oxford Acc. (MS.) Given to D.L. upon a barg for sledgeing.
2. transitive. To break or drive in (something) with a sledgehammer.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > work with tools or equipment [verb (transitive)] > driving or beating tools
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calla1522
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beetle1608
pickaxe1800
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sledgehammer1834
tack-hammer1865
pin1875
pile-drive1894
staple gun1960
1816 Ann. Reg. 1815 Chron. 4/2 By their continued firing and sledging the door, they at last entered.
1863 B. Taylor Hannah Thurston iv. 51 Miss Dilworth little suspected how many rocks she had sledged into pieces..through Bute Wilson's arm.
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sledgev.2
/slɛdʒ/, U.S. /slɛdʒ/ 1. intransitive. (See quot. 1708.)
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [verb (intransitive)] > draw sledge (of pit-pony)
sledge1708
1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 12 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) We must have two more Horses of a less Value, bought to Sledge out with, or draw the Corves as they come out of the Pit, on a Sledge.
2. To travel in a sledge. Also with it.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > ride in a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > in a sleigh or sledge
slead1689
sleigh1728
sled1780
sleigh-ride1845
sledge1853
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. vi. 45 They boat or sledge it from post to post.
1882 H. Seebohm Siberia in Asia 17 We sledged up one hill and down another.
3. transitive. To carry or convey on a sledge.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > transport goods in vehicle [verb (transitive)] > on a sled or sledge
sled1718
sladea1825
sledge1864
1864 H. W. Wheelwright Spring & Summer in Lapland 204 We left him, intending to sledge him home the next day.
1900 Jrnl. Royal Archæol. Inst. 57 73 The stone having been sledged down the hill.
Derivatives
ˈsledging n.1
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > riding in a sleigh or sledge
sledding1713
carrioling1769
sleighing1775
sleigh-riding1807
sledging1853
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxix. 256 The crew had an hour of sledging.
1876 Daily News 30 Oct. 5/2 The wearisome sledging of a mile a day.
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sledgev.3
/slɛdʒ/, U.S. /slɛdʒ/, Australian English /sledʒ/ Cricket (originally and chiefly Australian).
transitive. To make taunting, critical, or teasing remarks to (an opposing player, esp. a batter) during a match in order to affect the player's concentration or confidence. Also in more general use: to taunt, mock, or tease (a person). Also intransitive. Cf. sledging n.2
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1979 Guardian 6 Nov. (Sports section) 27/ Only yesterday Ian was accused of ‘sledging’ two young Tasmanian batsmen in the Shield game with South Australia.
1980 Sydney Morning Herald 16 Oct. 6/2 This edict should put an end to the disgraceful practice of ‘sledging’ opponents, an abomination that has become rampant in the game over the last few years.
1991 Catalyst 4 27/1 When I grew up, these old standards still applied. You did not argue with referees, or umpires, or show dissent. You did not ‘sledge’ an opponent.
2001 Daily Tel. 31 Jan. 23/2 A cricketer may ‘sledge’—but even Australian wicket-keepers shut up when the batsman is playing his shot.
2014 Advertiser (Austral.) (Nexis) 10 Aug. 64 We constantly bicker about politicians... We sledge them for being forced into an embarrassing backflip.
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