单词 | drainer |
释义 | drainern. 1. One who drains; esp. one whose business is to construct field-drains. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun] > other types of drainage > drainer drainer1611 underdraining1805 underdrainer1835 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Espuiseur, a drayner; exhauster, emptier of moisture. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Bedf. 115 The Drayners of the fenns, have..secured the Country against his power for the future. 1667 Duchess of Newcastle Life Duke of Newcastle iv. iii. 162 It is a part of Prudence in a Commonwealth or Kingdom to encourage drayners. 1717 S. Sewall Diary 23 Aug. (1973) II. 859 Gave the workmen 2s, Dreaners 6d. 1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. II. iii. xiv. 341 As the drainer cuts his drain in the greensward of the meadows. 1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. ix. 235 This drainer to the dregs O' the draught of conversation. 2. That which drains; a drain; a vessel in which moist substances are put to drain. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > action or process of extracting > [noun] > vessel in which substances are drained drainer1598 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > [noun] > sewer cockey1390 gutterc1440 soughc1440 sew1475 withdraught1493 sink1499 syre1513 closet1531 draught1533 vault1533 drain1552 fleet1583 issue1588 drainer1598 guzzle1598 shore1598 sewer1609 vennel1641 cloaca1656 cuniculus1670 pend1817 thurrock1847 sewer line1977 the world > matter > liquid > action or process of extracting > [noun] > one who or that which extracts > by draining drainer1598 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Gocciolatoio, a gutter or drainer in a house. 1662 W. Dugdale Hist. Imbanking & Drayning Fens 164 An old gote and drainer called Symond's gote. 1696 J. Edwards Demonstr. Existence God ii. v. 99 The Gall-Bladder in the hollow Part of the Liver, is the Dreiner for Choler. 1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 319 He makes his Theatre to have had Drainers for Water, and a Roof. 1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 165 While the curd is pressing in the drainer, it ought to be set before a good fire. 1880 J. Lomas Man. Alkali Trade 229 The white salt in the drainer may be washed with water. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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