| 单词 | touch warden |
| 释义 | > as lemmastouch warden touch warden n. now chiefly historical an official appointed to assay precious metals; cf. sense I.figurative in quot. 1644, punning on sense 8a. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > assayer say master1548 assayer1618 touch warden1644 assay-master1647 prover1683 Master of Assay1706 essayer1870 1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 172 The grape of the Index [finger]..is..chiefe Touch-warden to the King of the five senses. 1677 W. Badcock Touch-stone Gold & Silver Wares 30 The Wardens that are to make the Assays and mark the Silver, are now called the Touch-Wardens. 1864 Temple Bar Dec. 75 One of their chief officers was their Touch-Warden, he who assayed gold by the touchstone. 2002 M. Mulvihill Ingenious Ireland i. 56/1 In charge is the assay master or ‘touch warden’, a title that derives from the days when gold was tested by rubbing it on a touchstone of basaltic rock. < as lemmas |
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