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单词 keelman
释义 I. keelman1|ˈkiːlmən|
[keel n.2]
One who works on a keel or barge.
1516Patent Roll 8 Hen. VIII, Pt. 1, m. 15–16 (P.R.O.) The craftes of..Porters, Kelemen, Sclatters.1592Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees 1860) 251 Henrie Robinsone of the towne of Newcastell-upon-Tyne, keillman.1695Lond. Gaz. No. 3193/3 Newcastle, June 12... The Keel Men are gone to work again.1774Wesley Wks. (1872) IV. 21 In the morning I preached at the Ballast-Hills among the glassmen, keelmen, and sailors.1829Southey Sir T. More (1831) II. 56 It has become a place of colliers and keelmen.
II. ˈkeelman2 Sc.
[keel n.3]
1. A dealer in keel or ruddle.
1796Acc. in Scott Old Mort. Introd. (1862) 8 To 3 Chappins of Yell with Sandy the Keelman, 0 0 9.
2. One of a class of Irish linen-dealers (see quot.).
1821Brenner Irish Linen Trade in Cassell's Gt. Indust. Gt. Brit. (1878–80) II. xvi. 196 The ‘Keelmen’ were so-called from the first persons who got into the trade being very illiterate, and, unable to write in ordinary characters, they marked on each piece of linen the price at which it was bought with ‘keel’.
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