单词 | tubber |
释义 | tubbern.1 1. a. One who makes tubs, a cooper. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of containers or receptacles > [noun] > maker of casks or cooper cooperc1415 trusser1535 hooper1552 tubman1677 tubber1825 tub-thumper1872 barrel-maker1883 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Tubber, a cooper, a maker of tubs. 1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield Tubber, a cooper. b. One who uses a tub in any industrial process, or transports material in tubs. ΚΠ 1881 Instr. Census Clerks (1885) 78 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §§ 043, 338 2. One who lives in a tub, a cynic like Diogenes. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant by type of accommodation > [noun] > dweller in tub tubber1891 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [noun] > philosophy of the Cynics > adherent of cynic1539 tubber1891 1891 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 374 A concession to Diogenes and other tubbers. 3. A rowing man who is ‘coached’ in a ‘tub’.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1894 Sporting Life (Philadelphia) 28 Feb. 6/2 Shortly after four o'clock tubbing practice was begun... Lewis and Kerrison were the third set of tubbers taken out. 4. One who tubs: see tub v. 1b. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2021). tubbern.2 local. A tool used in Cornish mines: = beele n.2 ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > mining equipment > [noun] > miner's pick pulypyk1360 twibillc1440 mandrel1516 hack?a1558 two-billc1619 tubber1671 fouldenhead1747 poll-pick1747 tubbal1847 moil1871 dresser1881 1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2104 The Instruments commonly used in Mines, that serve for ripping the Loads... A Beele or Cornish Tubber (i.e. double points) of 8 l. or 10 l. weight, sharped at both ends, well steeled and holed in the middle. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Tubber-Men are the people who work with this tool,..called in other places beel-men. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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