单词 | extractor |
释义 | extractorn. 1. One who extracts. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > [noun] > one who abstractor1602 extractor1755 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Spargirique,..an Alchymist, or extractor of quintessences. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋79 The juice..is drawn out by the Extractors, who..resolve the dreggs..of the Parenchyma. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Extractor, the person or instrument by which any thing is extracted. 1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 198 Healer of diseases, and extractor of money. 1868 Morning Star 16 June Mr. Abrams..begged to say that his client was not a corn-cutter, but a corn-extractor. 2. a. One who selects and copies out quotations. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > extract > [noun] > making extracts > one who deflorator1647 excerptor1683 extractor1813 1813 Edinb. Rev. 21 267 A judicious extractor..might accommodate both classes of readers. 1884 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 824/1 The extractor who looks for a fitting pause in the spate of Mr. Ruskin's eloquence. b. spec. in Scots Law. (See quot. 1861.) ΚΠ 1687 Acts Sederunt Scotl. (1740) I. 156 The Lords do extend the priviledges..to..four Extracters in each of the three Clarks Offices of the Session. 1751 Acts Sederunt Scotl. (1753) II. 141 The Lords..do..prohibite all Agents from being Extracters, and all Extracters from Agenting. 1810 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. June [Mr. Thomas Scott] was appointed to the office of an Extractor. 1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) 374/2 Extractor..the official person by whom the extract of a decree or other judicial proceeding is prepared and authenticated. 1868 Act 31 & 32 Victoria c. 101 §51 The decree for such expenses shall be extractable by the extractor of the Court of Session. 3. An instrument for drawing or pulling out anything; esp. that part of a breech-loading gun which removes the cartridge. Also, an instrument for extracting honey from the combs. Cf. honey extractor n. at honey n. and adj. Compounds 1b(a). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > extracting tools screw1697 extractor1753 tack-lifter1858 tickler1875 bleeder1893 1753 N. Torriano Compendium Obstetricii 18 They never turned children..their only Resource was to Knives, Extractors, etc. 1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 168 1 setter. 2 needles. 1 extractor. 1871 Daily News 11 Apr. 6 The loaded man opens the breech of his rifle, uses the extracter, takes out the cartridge. 1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 501/1 To a German apiarian we are indebted for the invention of a machine called the honey-extractor... There are various patterns of the machine, but the principle of all may be said to be the same, that of centrifugal force. 1885 J. J. Manley in Brit. Almanac Compan. 19 Extractors, comb foundations and other appliances used in bee-keeping. 1886 F. G. Jenyns Bk. about Bees 150 When the bee-keeper wishes to obtain the greatest possible quantity of honey he..uses to a great extent the machine called an extractor. 1938–9 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 991 All types of Hives, Extractors, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of dissolving > [noun] > solvent > used to extract extractor1678 1678 W. Salmon tr. Pharmacopœia Londinensis 852/1 The strength of the Extracter or dissolvent. Compounds attributive, as extractor fan n. a ventilation fan in a window, outside wall, etc., which replaces stale air indoors with fresh air. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > ventilator > device for removing foul air air-extractor1819 extractor fanc1945 c1945 Design at Home (C.E.M.A.) 13/1 Extractor fan to remove cooking odours and steam. 1958 Listener 23 Oct. 671/1 You can fit extractor fans in your windows. 1967 ‘M. Hunter’ Cambridgeshire Disaster iv. 26 He..noted the meal half prepared and the whir of the extractor fan. Derivatives exˈtractorship n. the office of an extractor (in sense 2b). ΚΠ 1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott xx Mr. Thomas Scott's appointment to this Extractorship. 1877 Geneal. Mem. Family Sir W. Scott 61 Sir Walter secured for him an extractorship in the General Register House. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1611 |
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