单词 | copper-smith |
释义 | copper-smithn. 1. An artificer in copper; one who manufactures copper utensils. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > copper-smith copper-smith1327 copperer1827 1327 in H. T. Riley Memorials London (1868) 160 Robert de Suttone and Walter le Kew copresmythes. ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vj Roke makers, coper smythes, and lorymers. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Tim. iv. 14 Alexander the coppersmyth did me moche evyll. 1712 London Gaz. No. 5006/4 Fit for any Brasier or Copper Smith's use. 1878 W. E. Gladstone Homer 138 The copper-smith is a pretty familiar personage. 2. The popular name in India of the Crimson-breasted Barbet ( Xantholæma indica). [So Urdu tambayat.] ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Capitonidae (barbet) > megalaima haemacephala copper-smith1862 ironsmith1870 1862 T. C. Jerdon Birds India (1877) I. 316 It has a remarkably loud note which sounds like took-took-took..This sound and the motion of its head, accompanying it, have given origin to the name of coppersmith. 1879 E. Arnold Light of Asia 20 In the mango-sprays The sun-birds flashed; alone at his green forge Toiled the loud Coppersmith. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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