单词 | channeller |
释义 | † channellern.1 Obsolete. rare. A fisherman or sailor in a channel. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > who sails in specific waters channeller?1574 coaster1574 shore-creeper1599 riverman1612 circumnavigator1770 canaller1796 laker1838 river runner1913 ?1574 W. Bourne Regiment for Sea xx. f. 61 It is very good for them that be channellers and occupiers amongst sandes, to know whiche way the tide doth set at euery time of the tide. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2021). channellerchannelern.2 1. A machine used in quarrying for cutting channels or grooves in rock.Frequently with distinguishing word, as bar-channeller, rock-channeller, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > earth-moving and excavating equipment > [noun] > other equipment snow-plough1792 road roller1820 horse-block1825 sludger1839 horsing-block1856 channeller1867 grader1869 push plough1890 snowblade1947 ripper1953 mouldboard1956 groomer1966 1867 Boston Post 20 Mar. 1/4 (advt.) Price, with Spooler, Channeler and Waxer, including patents and starting up, $400. 1895 Trans. Mining Engineers 9 531 The second [drawing] shows the undercutting track-channeller for horizontal channelling. 1897 Rev. of Reviews Nov. 567 What are called channellers have been utilized. 1912 Americana 18 at Rock Excavating Machinery The bar channeler consists of a carriage supporting the cutting engine. 1921 Pop. Mech. Aug. 243/1 One plant has 40 drills and channelers. 2005 R. R. Tatiya Surface & Underground Excavations xvii. 551 (heading) Cutter saw and rock channellers. 2. A person believed to be in contact with the spirits of the dead or other paranormal entities; a medium.Recorded earliest in trance channeller: cf. trance-medium n. at trance n.1 Compounds 1. ΚΠ 1983 S. MacLaine Out on Limb viii. 116 They both worked as trance channelers for entities on the other side to come through. 1986 Walla Walla (Washington) Union-Bull. 28 July 1/3 The prophets from the Old Testament were channelers. 1994 Independent on Sunday 23 Jan. (Review Suppl.) 6/4 Over the past two years, I've been to see about five very, very good channellers. 2001 UFO Mag. Jan. 64/4 (advt.) A channeller or contactee required who can communicate with the Pleiadia race. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1?1574n.21867 |
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