| 单词 | taker meer |
| 释义 | > as lemmastaker meer taker meer n. [ < taker n. + meer, variant of mere n.2] English regional (Derbyshire); now historical and rare a meer (see mere n.2 2) allocated to another miner after the founder (founder n.4 2) has taken his portion; cf. founder-meer at founder n.4 3. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > portion worked by a miner > in lead-mine founder-meer1653 taker meer1653 1653 E. Manlove Liberties & Customes Lead-mines Derby 46 But yet a difference may be taken clear, Betwixt a founder, and a taker meer. 1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. U4v Taker, he that takes a Mear or Mears, from him that is the Founder; several Men may take one after another, if they think it may be worth their while, and then the Mears so taken go by some Name or other, as A's Taker Mear, or B's Taker Mear, or their second or third Taker Mears, to distinguish them from the Founders, and one Taker from another. 1758 Let. 16 Apr. in W. Hardy Miners Guide (1762) 72 You are desired to arrest the Founder called Calves-Head in Carsington Pasture, in your Liberty, with all the Taker Meers, or Possessions for Meers thereunto belonging. 1863 Derby Mercury 11 Feb. 3 The founder of Nether Mart Rose..was indefinite as to range, and no taker meers were taken up from it. 1998 J. H. Rieuwerts Gloss. Derbyshire Lead Mining Terms 76/2 Each taker meer was..freed by giving the first dish of ore obtained from that meer to the Barmaster. < as lemmas |
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