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warmer|ˈwɔːmə(r)|
[f. warm v. + -er1.]
1. A person who warms. poet.
a1595Southwell St. Peter's Compl. 11 Coales were kindled to the warmers cost. 1658Cokaine Poems 249 Tis Loves best musick, all ears charmer, All hearts enthraller, and blouds warmer. 1903Bridges Ep. Socialist 413 Unashamed to have outliv'd Your breeders, feeders, warmers and toiling attendants.
2. A contrivance for warming.
Chiefly with defining word prefixed, as foot-warmer, plate-warmer, vegetable-warmer.
1812–83: see foot n. 35. 1837–75: see plate n. 20 b. 1844T. Webster Encycl. Dom. Econ. 845 The well-known japanned plate warmer for the parlour in small families. Ibid., A lower kind sold in the shops under the name of vegetable warmers, for keeping those dishes of vegetables warm that are not put on the table. 1871Daily News 13 Jan., Covered up till we were nearly suffocated, and with a warmer for our feet. 1894Times 16 Apr. 7/3 The whey is dipped out into large warmers and these placed in the boiler.
3. warmer-up, something that warms oneself or another up; spec. (a) a preliminary item designed to put an audience in a receptive mood; also, one who presents this; (b) a stimulating drink. Also warmer-upper, esp. in sense (b) above.
1960House & Garden Aug. 70/1 A tipple that has been a warmer-upper for British sailors since before Nelson's day. 1962Guardian 22 Dec. 5/2 As so often it is the warmers-up (in this case Gordon and Bunny Jay) who do the hard work. 1972Jazz & Blues Nov. 28/1 Shaw nuff is a very fast warmer-up. 1976Ulverston (Cumbria) News 3 Dec. 19/2 As a ‘warmer-up’ the concert began with a rather pedestrian rendering of the Hebrides overture. 1980Times 9 Dec. 2/1 Stone's Ginger Wine. The original warmer-upper. On its own or as a Stone's Whisky Mac. |