单词 | speeder |
释义 | speedern. 1. One who speeds, aids, or furthers; a helper or forwarder. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > promotion or help forward > [noun] > one who or that which fostrild?c1225 nurser1363 speed1377 promoter1384 furtherer1390 speederc1400 upraiserc1440 promotor1517 nurse1526 advancer1540 promover1545 fosterera1586 increasera1625 fartherer1633 uplifter1650 cultivator1663 upbuilder1865 c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 4798 He made him lord and her leder, And prayed god be her speder. c1440 York Myst. i. 110 To spill vs þu was oure spedar. ?1624 G. Chapman tr. Hymn to Hermes in tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 52 Speeder of Nights spies And guide of all her dreames obscurities. 1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel III. vi. 175 I ain't a speeder of Matrimony, and good's my reason! 1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey II. xiii. 233 For now are all things ready.., The speeders and gifts of well-wishers. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > one who or that which is successful > one who up1536 speeder1580 succeeder1836 get-on1867 riot1909 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 94v Your wooers [will be] good olde Gentlemen before they be speeders. 1592 R. Greene Philomela sig. F He that is a suter in Ieast, maye be a speeder in earnest. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Perdeur The miserable pleader is a miserable speeder; the sparing of a fee is often the spoyle of a cause. 1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 32 Go thy way advocate, thou wilt come back again a speeder. 3. A device or contrivance for quickening or regulating the speed of machinery; also, a kind of roving-machine used in cotton-manufacture. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > other specific machines > [noun] reeler1598 driver1659 rubber1747 heading machine1795 bruiser1809 finisher1835 stripper1835 physionotype1836 rotary1836 tetraspaston1842 netting-machine1846 speeder1847 dresser1855 spacer1857 starcher1862 bronzing liquid, machine1865 finishing machine1869 grader1869 brain machine1872 peanut roaster1872 bending machine1874 screw-machine1876 tire-upsetting-machine1877 buncher?1881 flax-breaker1889 oscillator1889 fluoroscope1893 fluorometer1897 mucker1916 spray dryer1921 paver1926 teabagger1940 burster1950 icemaker1953 laminator1958 slipform (concrete) paver1958 extruder1959 Zamboni1965 manipulator1968 wave machine1968 pipelayer1969 walking machine1971 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > parts regulating movement or speed fly1599 screw1617 fence1678 springboard1772 check-chain1805 speeder1847 1847 Knickerbocker 30 517 A few [girls] tend the ‘warpers’, the ‘spoolers’, and the ‘speeders’. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2261/1 The twist, which is given in the bobbin and fly frame by the rotation of the spindle and flyer, is given in the speeder by an endless belt. 4. One who cycles, motors, etc., at a high rate of speed; a fast car, horse, etc. Also spec. one who exceeds the speed limit in a vehicle. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > one who rides in a vehicle > one fond of travelling at speed speeder1891 speed merchant1913 speed bug1914 speed demon1941 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of motor vehicle > fast or reckless hell driver1699 scorcher1885 automaniac1902 speed merchant1913 speedster1921 thruster1925 cowboy1928 speed hog1928 speeder1974 1891 in Cent. Dict. 1893 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 6 Sept. A certain good-fellowship has been established between the speeders and the city. 1974 R. B. Parker God save Child i. 6 [The police] have to arrest drunks and flag down speeders and break up fights. 5. North American. A small vehicle running on railway tracks used for line maintenance, etc., originally only manually propelled. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > inspection or maintenance vehicle handcar1833 go-devil1893 speeder1905 scooter1917 1905 J. Outram In Heart Canad. Rockies 152 The top of a box car is the choicest of propelling methods, unless one can get a ride on a hand-car or a speeder, with opportunity to slacken speed or stop whenever one desires. 1934 Sun (Baltimore) 6 Aug. 2/1 One hour in advance of the pilot train section men went over the President's route in gasoline ‘speeders’. 1947 A. Saunders Algonquin Story xi. 128 The husband, apparently a section man, had rushed up the tracks on a three-wheeled ‘speeder’ to bring Molly back to help. 1960 J. J. Rowlands Spindrift ii. 107 They had taken him out with pneumonia..fifty miles on a gasoline speeder..at twenty below zero. 1970 R. Paterson & J. Paterson Cranberry Portage xxiii. 152 For days I travelled by locomotive, trolley, speeder, anything moving my way. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1400 |
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