单词 | daysman |
释义 | daysmann. 1. An arbitrator; a mediator. Cf. earlier daying n.2, dayment n. Chiefly archaic and historical in later use. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > settlement of dispute, arbitration > [noun] > one who arbitrates arbitrer1382 judge1385 umpire?c1400 overman1424 arbitrator1426 oversman1492 daysman1530 referendary1546 arbiter1548 referee1549 moderator1556 awarder1561 deciser1563 decider?1568 decisor1569 settler1598 disceptator1623 umpirer1650 referrer1661 society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > settling quarrels or disputes > arbitration > arbitrator noumperec1350 umpire?c1400 arbitrator1426 mid-man1459 wardsman1482 appointer1523 daysman1530 arbiter1548 moderator1556 oddsman1571 compromitter1579 compromiser1598 compromittee1602 umpirer1650 goodman1836 honest broker1878 leopard-skin chief1933 leopard-skin priest1951 1530 Bible (Tyndale) Exod. xxi. f. xxxviv Then shall he be mersed, acordynge as the womans husbonde will laye to his charge, and he shall paye as the dayesmen appoynte him. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job ix. 33 Nether is there eny dayes man to reproue both the partes, or to laye his honde betwixte us. 1573 New Custome i. ii. sig. Aivv If neighbours were at variance they ran not streight to lawe. Daiesmen tooke vp the matter, and cost not them a strawe. c1613 ( in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 82 Sir, the dayes men cannot agre us. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy Democritus to Rdr. 50 They had some common arbitrators, or dayesmen in euery towne, that made a friendly composition betwixt man and man. 1692 T. Cole Disc. Christian Relig. ii. vi. 153 We..must Perish Eternally, unless some means be found out to reconcile us to God again; some dayes-man to umpire the business between God and us, and to take up the quarrel. 1746 J. Hervey Medit. among Tombs 12 Death, like some able Days-man, has laid his Hand on the contending Parties. 1777 W. Dodd Thoughts in Prison 102 On earth Such golden mercy reigns not: here is found No potent Day's-Man; here no ransom full, No clement Mediator. 1844 T. B. Macaulay Barère in Edinb. Rev. Apr. 294 Spurning out of their way the daysman who strives to take his stand between them. 1912 Homiletic Rev. Jan. 33/1 No man is so fitted to be a day's-man between the various classes of society as the minister. 1988 S. Rappaport Worlds within Worlds (2002) vi. 206 In such cases two to four arbitrators, called ‘daysmen’, were chosen either by the assistants or by each of the parties to the conflict. a. A man who takes advantage of the present day, rather than waiting for future opportunities. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1598 F. Bacon Sacred Medit. in Essaies (new ed.) f. 16v For we ought to be daies-men, and not to morrowes men, considering the shortnesse of our time. b. A man who lives for a day; (in quot.) a man considered as mortal and transient. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [noun] > transience > transient thing or being shadowa1272 breathc1275 cloudc1384 cherry-fair1393 transitorya1500 fume1531 forwhilea1557 flitter1623 ephemeran1643 daysman1658 transient1660 fugitive1683 transiency1728 ephemera1751 ephemeron1771 perishable1822 toadstool1823 evanescence1830 a sometime thing1935 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 951 We should by them [sc. flies] be put in minde of our own frailty..; we are in Pindars account but ἐπώμεροι [L. original also has ἐπώμεροι], Daiesmen, i.e. of a daies continuance. 3. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > one who works at specific time or hours night worker1601 daysman?1614 nightman1620 dayworker1802 dayman1821 full-timer1839 whole-timer1840 all-night man1861 part-timer1886 all-timer1891 over-timer1910 Saturdayite1932 nine-to-fiver1945 ?1614 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses x. 147 The Nights watch weigh'd At twice the Daies ward; since the charge thats laid Vpon the Nights-man (besides breach of sleepe) Exceeds the Daies-mans [no direct equivalent in Gk. original]. b. A man who is hired or paid by the day; a day labourer; a casual labourer. Cf. earlier dayman n. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > hireling > hired by the day journeyman1463 day labourer1528 daytal1548 serviceman1582 dayman1584 dayworker1587 daysman1617 journeywoman1733 journey-workman1756 darger1803 peon1826 jour1835 dataller1844 dargsman1845 journey-worker1887 journalier1891 1617 S. Ward Balme from Gilead 52 Hee is a good Dayes-man, or Iourney-man, or Tasker. 1650 J. Durant Discov. Glorious Love ii. 64 One reporteth of a great Prince, who (its said) tooke upon him both the habit, and imployment of a dayes-man, working to build a house. 1750 W. Ellis Country Housewife's Family Compan. 16 A Days-man's (as we call them in Hertfordshire) or Labourer's Wife. 1775 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 28 Aug. (1778) The year's wages of a day's man, constantly employed, is now ascertained. Forty-eight weeks at 10 s. is 24 l. and the harvest month 3 l. 10 s. is 27 l. 10 s. a-year, no beer. 1868 H. Bushnell Serm. Living Subj. 111 We..pile up what we think good acts on one another, as some day's man might the cents of his wages. 1903 Messiah Pulpit 16 Jan. 3 The first man [i.e. Adam]..was a workingman, raised up from the dust by the Most High to be His day's man. 1998 G. Hill Triumph of Love 52 I am seen to work my daysman's stint in the foul mill. Derivatives ˈdaysmanship n. rare the work of a daysman (sense 1); arbitration, mediation. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > settlement of dispute, arbitration > [noun] daying1447 arbitrage1480 dayment1519 umpirage1519 arbitry1535 awardshipc1547 arbitrament1549 settling1553 umpireship1565 arbitrating1648 daysmanship1649 arbitrationa1661 settlement1777 umpirism1792 adjudicature1859 1649 J. Lightfoot Battle with Wasp's Nest in Wks. (1825) I. 407 If you be so good a reconciler, I pray begin at home: the Evangelists need none of your day'smanship. 1911 H. C. Mabie Divine Reason of Cross v. 90 The gospel mediation is the work of one indivisible Deity notwithstanding the composite element in the daysmanship. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1530 |
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