sow-geldern.

Forms: Also 1800s -gilder.

Etymology: < sow n.¹

a. One whose business it is to geld or spay sows.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of pigs > [noun] > spaying sow > one who

sow-gelder?1518

sow-libber1706

?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.iij Here is gylys Iogeler of ayebery And hym sougelder of lothe bery.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 273/1 Sowe geldre, chastrevx de trvyes.

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. R4^v Vpon euerie Stage hee hath beene brought for a Sicophant and a Sow-gelder.

a1627 W. Rowley & T. Middleton Wit at Severall Weapons iv. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Llllll3/2 Why thou sawcy issue of some travelling Sow-gelder, What makes love? thy mouth?

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 131 They never use any of this stuff to their Sow-gelder, or Farrier.

a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 407 A sow-gelder that had cut for me, cut four pigs for a neighbouring farmer.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. iv. viii. 53 Old Echepole, the Sow-gelder.

1820 P. B. Shelley Œdipus Tyrannus i. 11 Call in..Moses the sow-gelder.

1857 G. Borrow Romany Rye I. xvii. 214 Two respectable-looking individuals, whether farmers or sow-gelders, I know not.

b. In references to the horn blown by the gelder to announce his arrival at a place.

ΚΠ

1604 T. Middleton Ant & Nightingale sig. C4^v Winding the Pipe like a Horne..which must needs make him looke like a Sowe-gelder.

1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) iii. ii. ii. iii. 435 There needs no more..but a crier to goe before them..or for defect a sowgelder to blowe.

1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 135 You are disturb'd with the tooting of a sow-gelders horn.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 251. ¶4 The Sowgelder's Horn has indeed something musical in it, but this is seldom heard within the Liberties.

Derivatives

sow-geldering n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of pigs > [noun] > spaying sow

sow-geldering1664

1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 52 Semiramis..Who..lay'd foundation Of Sow-geldering operation.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	sow-gelder
释义	sow-geldern. Forms: Also 1800s -gilder. Etymology: < sow n.¹ a. One whose business it is to geld or spay sows. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of pigs > [noun] > spaying sow > one who sow-gelder?1518 sow-libber1706 ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.iij Here is gylys Iogeler of ayebery And hym sougelder of lothe bery. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 273/1 Sowe geldre, chastrevx de trvyes. 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. R4^v Vpon euerie Stage hee hath beene brought for a Sicophant and a Sow-gelder. a1627 W. Rowley & T. Middleton Wit at Severall Weapons iv. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Llllll3/2 Why thou sawcy issue of some travelling Sow-gelder, What makes love? thy mouth? 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 131 They never use any of this stuff to their Sow-gelder, or Farrier. a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 407 A sow-gelder that had cut for me, cut four pigs for a neighbouring farmer. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. iv. viii. 53 Old Echepole, the Sow-gelder. 1820 P. B. Shelley Œdipus Tyrannus i. 11 Call in..Moses the sow-gelder. 1857 G. Borrow Romany Rye I. xvii. 214 Two respectable-looking individuals, whether farmers or sow-gelders, I know not. b. In references to the horn blown by the gelder to announce his arrival at a place. ΚΠ 1604 T. Middleton Ant & Nightingale sig. C4^v Winding the Pipe like a Horne..which must needs make him looke like a Sowe-gelder. 1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) iii. ii. ii. iii. 435 There needs no more..but a crier to goe before them..or for defect a sowgelder to blowe. 1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 135 You are disturb'd with the tooting of a sow-gelders horn. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 251. ¶4 The Sowgelder's Horn has indeed something musical in it, but this is seldom heard within the Liberties. Derivatives sow-geldering n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of pigs > [noun] > spaying sow sow-geldering1664 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 52 Semiramis..Who..lay'd foundation Of Sow-geldering operation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.?1518
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