stemmern.1
/ˈstɛmə/ Mining.
1. A metal bar used for stemming; a tamping bar.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for working with other materials > [noun] > with explosives > tamper
pote1372
tamping-bar1838
stemmer1860
tamper1864
tamping-iron1864
1860 Eng. & Foreign Mining Gloss. (new ed.) (Derbyshire Terms) 44 Stemmer, a piece of iron with which the clay is rammed into the shot-holes to make them water-tight.
2. (See quot. 1909.)
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society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for working with other materials > [noun] > with explosives > for making hole through charge
pricker1747
needle1838
stemmer1909
1909 Hawkins' Mech. Dict. Stemmer, in mining, a copper or bronze rod inserted into a powder charge, so as to leave a passage through the tamping for the fuse; a blasting needle.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
stemmern.2
/ˈstɛmə/ (See quot. 1858.)
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by habitat > [noun] > forest tree > tree left standing
standard1473
staddle1543
waver1555
standing1580
sampler1652
stemmer1858
1858 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 19 i. 193 All trees are here [i.e. in Sussex] cut down with the saw, and the stump, though quite level with the ground, is called the stem. This stem throws up shoots all round; the strongest is frequently left, and the rest cut off with the bill-hook. In time this shoot becomes a worthless tree, called a ‘stemmer’.
1878 Notes & Queries 5th Ser. X. 223 The lessee covenants not to cut down tellows and stemners.
1895 Lease (Surrey) All timber and other trees, tellers, stemners, already let to stand for timber and saplings.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
stemmern.3
/ˈstɛmə/ 1. Tobacco Manufacturing. The workman who ‘stems’ tobacco-leaf; a stripper.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > [noun] > one who prepares tobacco
stemmer1895
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II.
2. A machine for stemming grapes, etc.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > tools for preparing fruit or nuts
nutcracker1481
nut-crack1570
nutcrackers1600
crackera1640
crack-nut1656
orange-strainer1688
apple scoop1696
orange-peel cutter1757
apple corer1778
lemon-squeezer1781
corer1789
orange squeezer1815
seeder1865
sweat-box1870
reamer1894
stemmer1898
juicer1938
zester1963
1898 Year-bk. U.S. Dept. Agric. (1899) 558 Crushers and stemmers capable of working up 300 tons of grapes per day.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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