| 释义 |
voicer|ˈvɔɪsə(r)|
[f. voice v.]
†1. Sc. One who votes or has the right to do this; a voter. Obs.
1638[see voice v. 11 b]. 1641R. Baillie Lett. & Jrnls. (1841) I. 350 They..will force the King either to be our agent, and formall voycer to his death, or else doe the world knows not what. 1651in Cramond Ann. Banff (1893) II. 32 He wes..a voicer in Parliament for that ingagement.
2. Organ-building. One who voices the pipes of an organ; esp. a skilled workman whose special task it is to do this.
1879Organ Voicing 12 Touching the manufacture of all pipes, it is of paramount importance to the voicer, that they should be thoroughly well made. 1881W. E. Dickson Pract. Organ-building ix. 119 Thus completed and cleaned over, the pipes are handed to the voicer. 1889Stainer in Grove Dict. Mus. IV. 335/2 Few are equally good voicers both of reed and flue-pipes. |