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单词 stealer
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stealern.1

Brit. /ˈstiːlə/, U.S. /ˈstilər/
Etymology: < steal v.1 + -er suffix1.
a. One who steals; a thief; now only, one who steals something specified.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun]
thief688
bribera1387
stealer1508
taker?a1513
goodfellow1566
snatcher1575
lift1591
liftera1592
larcin1596
Tartar1602
lime-twig1606
outparter1607
Tartarian1608
flick1610
puggard1611
gilt1620
nim1630
highwayman1652
cloyer1659
out-trader1660
Robin Goodfellow1680
birdlime1705
gyp1728
filch1775
kiddy1780
snaveller1781
larcenist1803
pincher1814
geach1821
wharf-rat1823
toucher1837
larcener1839
snammer1839
drummer1856
gun1857
forker1867
gunsmith1869
nabber1880
thiever1899
tea-leaf1903
gun moll1908
nicker1909
knocker-off1926
possum1945
scuffler1961
rip-off1969
1508 Reg. Privy Seal Scot. I. 283/1 He dredis that the stelaris of it [a seal] hes fenȝeit and maid fals lettrez..on his behalff.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 153 Off stomok steillaris and clayth takkaris, A graceles garisoun.
1538 T. Elyot Dict. Plagiarius,..also a stealer of bokes.
1547 W. Baldwin Treat. Morall Phylos. ii. x. sig. Ljv Cut of stealers handes. Hang vp theues and robbers.
1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. viii. 381 The cause why the stealer stole, was want of labouring in his calling.
1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 528/1 Mango,..a stealer away of mens children of seruants that selleth and buyeth them.
1649 J. Owen Serm. H. of C., Of Toleration 44 If so, why doe Adulterers unmolested, behold the violent death of Stealers.
1773 J. Hawkesworth Acct. Voy. Southern Hemisphere II. i. xv. 157 A Chief..whose father's name was Pahairedo, the stealer of boats.
1829 J. Bentham Justice & Codification Petitions iii. 29 The authority, from which the power was thus filched, was..that of some judge or judges, co-ordinate with that of the stealers.
1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion i. v. 45 Older than thou, the stealer of the fire!
b. slang. the ten stealers: the fingers.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [noun]
fingerOE
talons1594
nimblesa1637
the ten stealers1655
Welsh comb1788
forks1819
hooks1829
fingerlet1836
bread hook1845
dactyl1889
grab-hook1946
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 323 By these pickers and stealers. View more context for this quotation]
1655 R. Davenport King Iohn & Matilda iii. sig. E2 Since they have neither eaten bit, nor drunk drop, nor by these ten stealers shall not, till I heare againe from my Lord.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

stealern.2

Brit. /ˈstiːlə/, U.S. /ˈstilər/
Forms: Also steeler.
Etymology: The same word as stealer n.1: compare steal v.1 7.
Nautical.
(See quots.)
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > planking > each continuous line of planking > others
standing strake1607
garboardc1617
bottom planks1724
stealer1805
stealing-strake1830
futtock-plank1846
bilge-plank1867
bottom boarding1869
1805 Shipwright's Vade-mecum 201 It is therefore customary to work, in the bow of such ships, a steeler next under the wale.
1815 W. Burney Falconer's New Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) Steeler, in ship-building, the foremost or aftmost plank in a strake, which is dropped short of the stem or stern-post.
1852 J. Fincham Outl. Ship Building (ed. 3) ii. 26 These planks are called steelers.
1874 S. J. P. Thearle Naval Archit. (new ed.) I. 50 The last plank of the strake which does not extend right forward or aft, as the case may be, is termed a ‘stealer’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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