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† ˈurinator Obs.
[a. L. ūrīnātor, agent-noun f. ūrīnārī to dive.]
One who dives under water; = diver 1.
In frequent use from c 1655 to c 1685.
1648Wilkins Math. Magic ii. v. 183 It is observed, that a barrell or cap..will not serve a Urinator or Diver for respiration. 1682Beale Let. in Boyle's Wks. (1772) VI. 446 His majesty's urinator, Mr. Curtis, published in the Gazette, how he had practised. Ibid., Which minds me how easy it were..for our merchants, in all their voyages, to be furnished with such urinators. 1691Ray Creation i. (1692) 73 All those Relations of Urinators belong only to those places where they have dived. |