burstern.

/ˈbəːstə/

Etymology: < burst v. + -er suffix¹.

a. He who, or that which, bursts; spec. (Gunnery) a charge of gunpowder for bursting a shell, or the bag containing it. Hence burster-bag n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > charge > bursting charge

burster1611

bursting charge1858

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rompeur, a burster, a breaker.

1862 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (ed. 9) 193 The segment shells..are each charged with a burster, containing powder.

1876 Daily News 22 Sept. 3/5 The Palliser shells will have capacity for a 25 lbs. burster.

b. figurative. ? An exhausting piece of exercise, something which ‘takes the wind out’ of one.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [noun] > that which wearies or exhausts

stretch1791

overexertion1795

overwork1796

breather1802

trachle1823

winder1825

burster1851

1851 Illustr. London News 99 A pace that would have been a burster to many a fresh man.

c. ? Horse Racing slang. A heavy fall; a ‘cropper’.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > falling down or from erect position (animates) > severe fall

breakneck1563

plumper1810

purl1825

mucker1851

cropper1858

burster1863

smasher1875

crumpler1883

smeller1923

1863 Evening Standard 24 Apr. Benedict came down a burster, and was out of the race.

d. A machine or device for bursting stationery (see burst v. 9d).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > other specific machines > [noun]

reeler1598

driver1659

rubber1747

heading machine1795

bruiser1809

finisher1835

stripper1835

physionotype1836

rotary1836

tetraspaston1842

netting-machine1846

speeder1847

dresser1855

spacer1857

starcher1862

bronzing liquid, machine1865

finishing machine1869

grader1869

brain machine1872

peanut roaster1872

bending machine1874

screw-machine1876

tire-upsetting-machine1877

buncher?1881

flax-breaker1889

oscillator1889

fluoroscope1893

fluorometer1897

mucker1916

spray dryer1921

paver1926

teabagger1940

burster1950

icemaker1953

laminator1958

slipform (concrete) paver1958

extruder1959

Zamboni1965

manipulator1968

wave machine1968

pipelayer1969

walking machine1971

1950 Mod. Office Appliances (Office Appliance Trade Assoc.) (ed. 4) iii. 330 (caption) Burster unit for single-ply forms.

1962 Mode Apr. 14 After the customer's continuous stationery has been decollated on either of these machines, it is fed into a burster for separating into single forms.

1980 Daily Tel. 23 Apr. 3 (Advt.) Products include..filing cabinets,..bursters, decollators and forms handling equipment.

1985 Neat Ideas Catal. Spring 3/1 The new burster pnk610 separates continuous form stationery into separate sheets and stacks them into an adjustable size stacker tray.

2. In Australia and New Zealand: see quot. (Usually buster n.).Recorded earliest in southerly burster n. at southerly adj. and n. Compounds.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind with reference to direction > winds from specific compass points > south > specifically in Australia and New Zealand

buster1848

burster1851

souther1851

1851 Austral. & N.Z. Gaz. 29 Nov. 483 The order of the day has been for some time past, rain, rainbows, and southerly bursters.

1922 W. G. Kendrew Climates of Continents xlvii. 365 A striking roll of cumulus cloud may accompany the Burster, and there is usually heavy rain.

3. Astronomy. = X-ray burster n. at X-ray n. and adj. Compounds 2a; an emitter of other electromagnetic radiation with analogous intermittent emission.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > radio source > [noun] > X-ray burster

burster1976

X-ray burster1976

1976 Nature 17 June 562/2 A new type of time variability of cosmic X-ray sources (‘bursters’) was discovered from Astronomical Netherlands Satellite..observations.

1977 Daily Tel. 30 Apr. 8/4 The explosions have been nicknamed ‘bursters’ since they consist of violent bursts of X-rays and are not associated with the more familiar ‘novae’ and ‘supernovae’ explosions of stars.

1978 J. M. Pasachoff & M. L. Kutner University Astron. xxv. 632 Some two dozen bursters are now known; only a handful are in globular clusters.

1982 Sci. Amer. Mar. 62/3 Of the objects in space that defy the slow rhythms of the stars by emitting short pulses of intense electromagnetic radiation, the ones most recently discovered are the gamma-ray bursters.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	burster
释义	burstern. /ˈbəːstə/ Etymology: < burst v. + -er suffix¹. 1. a. He who, or that which, bursts; spec. (Gunnery) a charge of gunpowder for bursting a shell, or the bag containing it. Hence burster-bag n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > charge > bursting charge burster1611 bursting charge1858 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rompeur, a burster, a breaker. 1862 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (ed. 9) 193 The segment shells..are each charged with a burster, containing powder. 1876 Daily News 22 Sept. 3/5 The Palliser shells will have capacity for a 25 lbs. burster. b. figurative. ? An exhausting piece of exercise, something which ‘takes the wind out’ of one. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [noun] > that which wearies or exhausts stretch1791 overexertion1795 overwork1796 breather1802 trachle1823 winder1825 burster1851 1851 Illustr. London News 99 A pace that would have been a burster to many a fresh man. c. ? Horse Racing slang. A heavy fall; a ‘cropper’. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > falling down or from erect position (animates) > severe fall breakneck1563 plumper1810 purl1825 mucker1851 cropper1858 burster1863 smasher1875 crumpler1883 smeller1923 1863 Evening Standard 24 Apr. Benedict came down a burster, and was out of the race. d. A machine or device for bursting stationery (see burst v. 9d). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > other specific machines > [noun] reeler1598 driver1659 rubber1747 heading machine1795 bruiser1809 finisher1835 stripper1835 physionotype1836 rotary1836 tetraspaston1842 netting-machine1846 speeder1847 dresser1855 spacer1857 starcher1862 bronzing liquid, machine1865 finishing machine1869 grader1869 brain machine1872 peanut roaster1872 bending machine1874 screw-machine1876 tire-upsetting-machine1877 buncher?1881 flax-breaker1889 oscillator1889 fluoroscope1893 fluorometer1897 mucker1916 spray dryer1921 paver1926 teabagger1940 burster1950 icemaker1953 laminator1958 slipform (concrete) paver1958 extruder1959 Zamboni1965 manipulator1968 wave machine1968 pipelayer1969 walking machine1971 1950 Mod. Office Appliances (Office Appliance Trade Assoc.) (ed. 4) iii. 330 (caption) Burster unit for single-ply forms. 1962 Mode Apr. 14 After the customer's continuous stationery has been decollated on either of these machines, it is fed into a burster for separating into single forms. 1980 Daily Tel. 23 Apr. 3 (Advt.) Products include..filing cabinets,..bursters, decollators and forms handling equipment. 1985 Neat Ideas Catal. Spring 3/1 The new burster pnk610 separates continuous form stationery into separate sheets and stacks them into an adjustable size stacker tray. 2. In Australia and New Zealand: see quot. (Usually buster n.).Recorded earliest in southerly burster n. at southerly adj. and n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind with reference to direction > winds from specific compass points > south > specifically in Australia and New Zealand buster1848 burster1851 souther1851 1851 Austral. & N.Z. Gaz. 29 Nov. 483 The order of the day has been for some time past, rain, rainbows, and southerly bursters. 1922 W. G. Kendrew Climates of Continents xlvii. 365 A striking roll of cumulus cloud may accompany the Burster, and there is usually heavy rain. 3. Astronomy. = X-ray burster n. at X-ray n. and adj. Compounds 2a; an emitter of other electromagnetic radiation with analogous intermittent emission. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > radio source > [noun] > X-ray burster burster1976 X-ray burster1976 1976 Nature 17 June 562/2 A new type of time variability of cosmic X-ray sources (‘bursters’) was discovered from Astronomical Netherlands Satellite..observations. 1977 Daily Tel. 30 Apr. 8/4 The explosions have been nicknamed ‘bursters’ since they consist of violent bursts of X-rays and are not associated with the more familiar ‘novae’ and ‘supernovae’ explosions of stars. 1978 J. M. Pasachoff & M. L. Kutner University Astron. xxv. 632 Some two dozen bursters are now known; only a handful are in globular clusters. 1982 Sci. Amer. Mar. 62/3 Of the objects in space that defy the slow rhythms of the stars by emitting short pulses of intense electromagnetic radiation, the ones most recently discovered are the gamma-ray bursters. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1611
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