单词 | tallow-chandler |
释义 | tallow-chandlern. One whose trade is to make or sell tallow candles. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of candles chandler1389 tallow-chandler1406 wax-chandler1418 tallower1882 the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > one who makes or sells chandler1389 wax-maker14.. tallow-chandler1406 wax-chandler1418 candle-maker1611 candle-wright1766 maggot-boiler1788 1406 Close Roll 7 Hen. IV b Simon atte Holke, Talogh~chaundeler. 1431 Patent Roll, 9 Henry VI 11 June (P.R.O.: C 66/429) m. 25 Henricus Pollard Ciuis & Talghchaundeler London. ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vv Talowe chaundelers, hostelers, and glouers. 1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 595 Neither does a Tallow-Chandler smell those horrible Scents and pernicious Fumes that old Tallow sends forth when it is melted. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1780 II. 335 [Ld. Granville:] A letter, expressed in terms not good enough for a tallow-chandler to have used. 1876 L. Stephen Hist. Eng. Thought 18th Cent. I. iii. v. 163 He was early apprenticed to a tallow-chandler. Derivatives tallow-ˈchandlering n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > selling or sale of specific things > [noun] > tallow tallow-chandlery1815 tallow-chandlering1837 tallow-chandling1876 1837–8 W. M. Thackeray Yellowplush Corr. i Her father being a bankrup in the tallow-chandlering way. tallow-ˈchandling n. (cf. market gardening n.) the operation or business of a tallow-chandler. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > selling or sale of specific things > [noun] > tallow tallow-chandlery1815 tallow-chandlering1837 tallow-chandling1876 1876 L. Stephen Hist. Eng. Thought 18th Cent. I. iii. v. 163 The exception to his tallow-chandling was a short residence with Sir Joseph. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1406 |
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