thwackern.
/ˈθwakə/ rare.† 2. A thumper, a whacker; in quot. 1674, a ‘thumping’ lie. Obsolete. rare.
1. One who or that which thwacks; a beater; spec. an implement for beating half-dried pantiles into shape on the thwacking-frame.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > tile-making equipment > [noun]
tile-machine1844
thwacker1867
thwacking-frame1867
criss?1881
1867 R. Hunt Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 6) III. 902 When half-dry the tiles are taken out one by one, placed on the thwacking frame, and beaten with the thwacker to produce the required shape.
1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Thwacking-frame, the tool by which the upper side [of half-dried pantiles] is beaten has the shape of the segment of a cylinder, and is called the thwacker.
1879 G. Meredith Egoist Prelude Like cudgels of carpet-thwackers expelling dust.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a falsehood, lie > blatant, extravagant
a lie with a latchet1580
rapper1611
banger1657
thumper1660
whisker1668
swinger1671
thwacker1674
strapper1677
volunteer1680
hummer1699
swapperc1700
rouser?1770
plumper1776
whopper1791
bouncer1803
yanker1822
rattler1825
whacker1825
falsism1835
crumper1855
bang1879
out-and-outer1880
big lie1939
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 108 It would follow, that our leasting were greater than somewhat else, or greater than it self; Which would be a thwacker.
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