†One who mixes (obsolete); one who prepares (clay, mortar, etc.); one who tempers (steel).
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > steelworkers (7) temperera1617 †One who mixes (obsolete); one who prepares (clay, mortar, etc.); one who tempers (steel). steel-worker1624 Objective, with agent-nouns, as steel-erector, steel-maker, steel-worker; with verbal nouns and participial adjectives, as steel-making, steel-pie… Bessemer maker1864 Bessemer process. A process for decarbonizing and desiliconizing pig-iron so as to convert it into steel or malleable iron, by passing currents of… converter1875 spec. (a) One whose business it is to ‘convert’ rough timber: see convert, v. 12b; (b) one whose business it is to convert iron into steel; (c) ‘In… steel-plater1882 steel bender1921 (see quot. 1921). Subcategories:— owner of steelworks (1) |
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