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单词 decker
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deckern.1

Brit. /ˈdɛkə/, U.S. /ˈdɛkər/
Etymology: < deck v. + -er suffix1.
One who decks or adorns.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration > adorner or decorator
flourishera1387
hightera1387
embellisher1479
garnisher?1518
adornera1522
trickerc1550
decker1555
decorator1755
1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. viii. 167 The Yndians are..greate deckers and trimmers of them selues.
1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Afeytador A barber, a trimmer, a decker.
1803 Pic Nic No. 2. 3 I am but a sort of table-decker.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

deckern.2

Brit. /ˈdɛkə/, U.S. /ˈdɛkər/
Etymology: < deck n.1 + -er suffix1 1.
1.
a. A vessel having (a specified number of) decks, as in two-decker, three-decker, etc.
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1795 Hull Advertiser 25 July 2/4 Admiral Hotham's large ships, that is, the three deckers.
1805 in Naval Chron. 15 204 The Santissima Trinidada, the Spanish four-decker.
b. transferred. Applied to a kind of oven: see quot. 18842. See also double-decker n., single-decker (s.v. single adj. Compounds 2b(b)), three-decker n., two-decker n.
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1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 120/2 Mason's Patent Hot-Air Continuous Baking Two Decker Oven.
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. ‘Extra’ 24 July 3/2 Patent continuous-baking ‘decker’ ovens—i.e., ovens piled upon each other, which are heated by one furnace.
2.
a. A workman employed on the deck of a ship.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > deck-hand
decker1800
deck-hand1844
roustabout1860
rouster1870
deck-boy1900
deckie1913
deckie-learner1934
1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames iv. 180 The Deckers, or persons who hoist up the Cargo upon deck.
b. A deck-passenger. colloquial.
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1866 The Colonist (Belize) 5 May 2/1 Passengers arrived. In the Packet—Mr. and Mrs. D...and 79 deckers.
3. One who rolls logs on a skidway. U.S.
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1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail viii. 57 He decided to advance Bob Stratton to the post, that ‘decker’ having had more or less experience the year before.
1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 35
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