单词 | dredger |
释义 | dredgern.1 1. One who uses a dredge; esp., in early use, one who dredges oysters. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > for oysters oysterman1305 dredger?a1513 oyster dredger?a1513 waterman1549 oysterera1618 dredger-man1696 tonger1887 tongman1887 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > divers or dredgers > [noun] > dredger dragger1887 dredger1887 dragsman1896 a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 208 Rank beggar, ostir dregar, foule fleggar in the flet. 1572 Lament Lady Scot. in J. G. Dalyell Scotish Poems 16th Cent. (1801) II. 250 It is mair schame in burgh to se beggers Nor is it skaith in Crawmont to want dreggers. 1667 T. Sprat Hist. Royal-Soc. 307 The oysters cast their spawn which the dredgers call their spats. 1723 London Gaz. No. 6196/8 Edmund North, late of Wakerin in Essex, Oyster-Drudger. 1882 Standard 18 Feb. 5/2 The Whitstable dredgers feed, but do not breed oysters. 1887 Daily News 17 Feb. 7/2 The dragging up of the body by a dredger..[with] his dredging apparatus. 2. A boat employed in dredging for oysters. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > vessels fishing for shellfish or crustaceans oyster boat1419 whelk-boat1419 dredger1600 lobster-boat1777 oyster scow1824 oysterer1828 shrimper1851 pungy1852 shrimp-boat1872 Morecambe Bay shrimper1874 crabber1883 skillinger1933 Morecambe Bay prawner1935 1600 in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 586 We..then had sight of a brigandine or a dredger, which the Generall tooke within one houres chase with his two barges. 1888 Public Opinion (N.Y.) 15 Dec. The Maryland steamer..has a two hours' fight with a fleet of oyster pirates..and runs down two of the dredgers. 3. A dredging machine: see quot. 1892. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > earth-moving and excavating equipment > [noun] > dredging equipment dredge1471 clam-shell1508 drag1611 steam dredge1801 dredging-machine1830 hedgehog1838 bag and spoon1840 hydrophore1842 dredger1863 gold dredge1881 gold dredger1897 suction dredge1901 bucket dredge1907 cutter-dredge1913 1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 29 A strangely shaped anchor brought up by the dredger the other day. 1871 Daily News 30 June Any tendency thereto [silting up] may be averted by the steady use of dredgers. 1892 Labour Comm. Gloss. Dredger, vessels fitted with iron buckets and machinery for deepening rivers or bars and keeping harbours or docks from filling up. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). dredgern.2 A box with a perforated lid for sprinkling powder over anything, as a flour-dredger. In quot. 1666, some think = French drageoir, Old French also drageur, ‘a comfet box of silver’, Cotgrave. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > spraying or sprinkling tools dust-box1581 dredger1666 dredging-box1712 spreader1810 dredge-box1812 distributor1853 deflector1887 squirter1888 sprayer1891 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [noun] > scattering in small particles or sprinkling > sprinkling with powder > device for dust-box1581 dredger1666 dredging-box1712 dredge-box1812 pulverizator1871 powder blower1875 powder gun1890 1666 S. Pepys Diary 2 Feb. (1972) VII. 34 To London..and did carry home a Silver Drudger for my cupboard of plate. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Dredger, a Flower Box. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Dredger, Drudger..the box out of which flower is thrown on roast meat. 1819 H. Busk Banquet ii. 189 The drudger, salt-box, cullender and skewer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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