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单词 spalliard
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spalliardn.1

Forms: Also 1600s spaliard, 1800s spallier.
Etymology: Of obscure origin: compare spadiard n.
Obsolete. rare.
A labourer engaged in tin-mining.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of fruit > [noun] > fruit-frame > row of trees trained on
spalliard1625
espalier1712
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > one who mines metals > tin-miner
tinner1357
spalliard1625
tin-miner1899
1625 Laws Stannaries (1808) xii. 21 A labouring tinner, a blower, owner of blowing-houses, a spalliard, or adventurer.
a1628 J. Doddridge Hist. Wales, Cornewall & Chester (1630) 93 The laborious search for Tynne in those dayes, euen as it is vsed by the Spaliard at this day with great industrie and paines.
1836 R. Polwhele Hist. Cornwall Gloss. 91/2 Spallier, a labourer in tin-works. See Acts of the Stannary Parliaments.]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

spalliardn.2

Etymology: Variant of espalier n.
regional.
= espalier n. 2.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > cultivated or valued > [noun] > fruit-tree > wall-tree or standard
standard1625
wall-tree1653
stander1660
espalier1664
wall-fruit1669
mural1684
waller1688
wall1707
cordon1878
spalliard1888
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Spalliard, espalier, a trained fruit tree. I think, sir, we must dig up that spalliard plum.
1920 E. Pound Umbra 114 Come buds on bough and spalliard pleach.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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