单词 | stroker |
释义 | strokern. 1. a. One who strokes; spec. one who cures diseases by stroking. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > stroking > [noun] > one who strokera1637 the world > health and disease > healing > healer > paramedic > [noun] > manipulator > masseur or masseuse rubber1616 strokera1637 strokesman1712 masser1787 shampooer1829 masseur1876 anma1877 masseuse1879 massager1889 massagist1889 massor1899 massotherapist1932 Rolfer1971 massage therapist1977 a1637 B. Jonson Magnetick Lady iv. iv. 4 in Wks. (1640) III Kee. What you please, Dame Polish, My Ladies Stroaker. 1665 T. Allen Χειρεξοκη: Excellency of Royal Hand 1 Divers persons.. boasting themselves the seventh Sons, Stroakers, and what not,..promising by their manual Touch, the perfect Cure of those Swellings, commonly called by the name of the Kings Evil. 1666 (title) Rub for Rub; or, an Answer to a Physicians pamphlet, styled the Stroker Stroked. 1668 J. Glanvill Blow at Mod. Sadducism 85 The great discourse now at the Coffee-Houses, and every where, is about Mr. G[reatrak], the famous Irish Stroker. 1851 E. B. Browning Casa Guidi Windows i. xvii. 46 No man would be The stroker of his mane. 1886 Folk-lore Jrnl. 4 361 Erysipelas. This in Donegal is known as The Rose; it..can be cured by a Stroker. 1886 Folk-lore Jrnl. 4 361 The women's friends brought in a ‘stroker’, who rubbed the nurse with bog-moss [etc.]. b. stroker-in in Printing: see quot. 1888. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printer > [noun] > layer of sheets in press layer-on1849 pointer1882 stroker-in1888 1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 134 Stroker-in, the layer-on who strokes in the sheets one by one to be printed. 1902 Daily Chron. 18 Aug. 9/7 Strokers-in (Smart) wanted for printing machine. 2. An implement used for some operation likened to stroking (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > types of tools generally > [noun] > for performing specific processes drawerc1400 blocker1407 roller1728 screena1764 scrieve iron1785 notcher1858 opener1874 truer1875 crimper1876 sheller1883 stroker1884 1884 W. S. B. McLaren Spinning Woollen & Worsted (ed. 2) 161 As it revolves it is met by the stroker.., a wheel with sharp teeth projecting from it... This wheel revolves from left to right, and is used to stroke the wool which projects from the little circle, so as to turn the ends forwards. 1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 134 Stroker, a small implement, generally made of wood and tipped with metal, for ‘stroking in’, or laying on sheets in a printing machine. 3. [ < stroke n.1] One who make strokes in Polo. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > equestrian sports except racing > polo > [noun] > player poloist1876 stroker1895 1895 Outing 26 389/1 The Iowa Clubs are now playing the regulation American game and they bring to it a formidable set of fearless riders and brilliant strokers. Draft additions December 2006 Originally U.S. A motor-vehicle engine which has been adapted by grinding the throws of the crankshaft off centre in order to increase piston displacement or ‘stroke’, thus producing greater power or speed; (also) a motor vehicle with such an engine. Also occasionally: the driver of a stroker (as in quot. 19481). ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of motor vehicle > driver of other types of motor vehicle vanner1893 hot rod1943 hot rodder1947 stroker1948 low rider1966 stocker1976 gas-guzzler1977 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > other types square motor1912 compression-ignition engine1926 square engine1930 stroker1948 rebore1967 1948 Hot Rod Mag. Apr. 11/2 ‘Stroker, dear,’ she purred sweetly, ‘Can you drive with one hand?’ 1948 Hot Rod Mag. Nov. 13/2 Stroker, an engine with a crankshaft stroked above normal. 1965 J. Lawlor How to talk Car 103 Top performing dragsters are often powered by strokers. 1975 D. Minton & F. Melling Superbikes 37/1 The ear-shattering crackles and resonant overtones of so many high-powered strokers. 1987 Hot Rod Aug. 45/2 In a 3500-pound taxicab, Sonny's stroker could ‘dream wheel’ through the quarter's lights at 138 mph. 2000 Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.) 15 June b2/1 Long strokers are known for torque production and lower emissions, but this engine seems to do everything well. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.a1637 |
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