单词 | verser |
释义 | versern.1 A writer of verse; a verseman, versifier. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > [noun] > minor poet or poetaster rhymera1500 versifier1531 rhythmer1577 rhymester1593 poetizer1599 jingler1600 penny poet1600 poetaster1601 verser?1611 versemonger1634 poetitoa1637 foot poet1641 verseman1652 sonneteer1667 tinkler1689 verse-wright1729 rhymist1763 bardling1813 coupleteer1818 verse-smith1820 poetling1830 versicler1860 bardlet1867 poeticule1872 poetast1892 ?1611 G. Chapman in tr. Homer Iliads xiii. Comm. Such as abuse the name of Critics as many versers do of poets. 1647 J. Cleveland Poems in Char. London-diurnall (Wing C4662) 39 O That I could but vote my selfe a Poet!.. Or, like the Doctors Militant, could get Dub'd at adventures Verser Banneret! a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 225 He thought not Bartas a Poet, but a Verser, because he wrote not Fiction. 1854 M. Oliphant Magdalen Hepburn I. 9 The archer Simon,..a verser as much as a bowman. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 21 Aug. 4/1 The invidious task of separating the poets from the versers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † versern.2 Cant. One of a gang of cozeners or swindlers (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] feature14.. frauderc1475 prowler1519 lurcher1528 defrauder1552 frauditor1553 taker-upc1555 verserc1555 fogger1564 Jack-in-the-box1570 gilenyer1590 foist1591 rutter1591 crossbiter1592 sharker1594 shark1600 bat-fowler1602 cheater1606 foister1610 operator1611 fraudsman1613 projector1615 smoke-sellera1618 decoy1618 firkera1626 scandaroon1631 snapa1640 cunning shaver1652 knight of industrya1658 chouse1658 cheat1664 sharper1681 jockey1683 rooker1683 fool-finder1685 rookster1697 sheep-shearer1699 bubbler1720 gyp1728 bite1742 swindler1770 pigeon1780 mace1781 gouger1790 needle1790 fly-by-night1796 sharp1797 skinner1797 diddler1803 mace cove1811 mace-gloak1819 macer1819 flat-catcher1821 moonlight wanderer1823 burner1838 Peter Funk1840 Funk1842 pigeoner1849 maceman1850 bester1856 fiddler1857 highway robber1874 bunco-steerer1875 swizzler1876 forty1879 flim-flammer1881 chouser1883 take-down1888 highbinder1890 fraud1895 Sam Slick1897 grafter1899 come-on1905 verneuker1905 gypster1917 chiseller1918 tweedler1925 rorter1926 gazumper1932 chizzer1935 sharpie1942 sharpster1942 slick1959 slickster1965 rip-off artist1968 shonky1970 rip-off merchant1971 c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Diiii He lightly hath in his company a man of more worship then himself, yt hath the countenance of a possessioner of land and he is called the verser. 1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 1 There bee requisite effectually to act the Art of Conny-catching three seuerall parties: The Setter, the Verser, and the Barnackle. 1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 3 Imagine the Connie is in the Tauerne, then sits downe the Verser, and saith to the Setter; what sirha, wilt thou giue mee a quart of wine or shall I giue thee one? [etc.]. 1606 G. Chapman Monsieur D'Oliue iv. i. F iij b D'Ol. Can he verse? Pac. I, and sett too, my Lord; Hee's both a Setter and a Verser. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1?1611n.2c1555 |
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