单词 | staller |
释义 | stallern.1 Historical. 1. The title of a high officer in the reign of Edward the Confessor, equivalent to constable n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > high officials of state > [noun] > constable stallera1100 constablea1240 Constable of France1475 Constable of England1520 Constable of Scotland1596 a1100 Anglo-Saxon Chron. ann. 1047 (MS. D.) Her man utlagode Osgod stallere. 11.. Charter in Kemble Cod. Dipl. IV. 291 On Esgeres stealres, and on Raulfes steallres..gewitnesse on Lincolne. c1200 in Michel Chron. Anglo-Norm. ii. 234 Esegarus regie procurator aule, qui et anglice dictus stallere, i.e. regni vexillifer. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 439 Wee reade in the private historie of the place, The Kings Staller, that is, Standerd bearer..first founded it. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (1897) I. xi. 383 The constable..succeeded to the duties of the Anglo-Saxon staller. 2. Used vaguely for: Officer. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] man of officec1300 officerc1380 officec1440 office manc1459 officiate1500 officiary1505 official1555 gerent1576 officiary1587 office-bearer1593 stallera1627 incumbent1672 designator1683 corrector1690 office-holder1818 city manager1909 postholder1961 a1627 H. Shirley Martyr'd Souldier (1638) ii. iii Sit downe by me your Officiall: Or to come nearer to the efficacy of the word, Your undermost Iaylor, or staller; The word is Lordly and significant. Derivatives ˈstallership n. the office of a ‘staller’. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > [noun] wikec1000 officec1300 bishopricc1384 chairc1384 officeship?a1425 whilec1449 roomc1500 place1558 stallership1868 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. App. 684 A mere lad would hardly have been invested with a stallership. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2021). stallern.2 slang. 1. staller (up): one who ‘stalls up’ or acts as confederate to a pickpocket (see stall v.2 1). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > pickpocket or cutpurse > [noun] > pickpocket > assistant or accomplice stall1591 Adam Tiler1665 bulk1673 bulker1673 staller (up)1819 stickman1862 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. at Stall The stallers up are gratified with such part of the gains acquired as the liberality of the knuckling gentlemen may prompt them to bestow. 1977 New Society 7 July 6/2 At first he was a staller. ‘You get a woman trying to get on a train, someone goes in front of her, stalls her for ten to 15 seconds, and she's forgot about her bag.’ 2. One who stalls or prevaricates; a person who gains time by obstructionism. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] > one who delays tarrier1382 delayer1509 postponer1533 prolonger1548 proroguer1551 deferrer1552 waiter upon God1592 procrastinator1607 temporizer1609 protracter1611 protractor1611 retarder1644 cunctator1654 adjourner1738 postponator1775 putter-off1803 tomorrower1810 offput1856 shelver1881 staller1937 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > crafty dealing > evasion or subterfuge > person fleeter1581 staller1937 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 823/1 Staller, a person constantly, or very good at, making excuses or playing for time. 1977 H. Greene FSO-1 ix. 76 You are..one of the world's most transparent stallers... We are convened to talk about Larry. 1981 ‘W. Haggard’ Money Men vii. 74 He was an experienced staller. Postponing action was called good judgment. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2018). † stallern.3 Obsolete. = stall n.4 ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > bee-keeping > [noun] > beehive hivec725 beehivec1325 ruche1494 skep1494 stall1505 butt1532 pyche1570 bee-stall1572 hive-cot1582 alveary1623 bee-skepa1634 bee-house1675 staller1712 stand1740 bee-gum1817 bink1824 bee-palace1845 1712 J. Warder True Amazons 37 In the Staller are left old sufficient Warriors to train up and well Discipline the young Amazons. 1712 J. Warder True Amazons 132 You had better chuse a Staller of two Years old, than a light Swarm. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1a1100n.21819n.31712 |
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