fittern.¹

Brit.

/ˈfɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈfɪdər/

Etymology: < fit v.¹ + -er suffix¹.

1. One who or that which fits (see the verb). Also with adverbs, as fitter-out, fitter up.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > [noun] > manual worker > skilled worker or craftsman

wright?a695

craftyeOE

craftimanOE

craftmanc1275

wroughtc1275

master-mana1325

mister mana1325

craftsmana1382

man of craft1389

artificera1393

handcraftman?c1480

handcraftsman1485

mechanic1509

handcrafta1525

handicraftsman1530

artisana1538

handicraftmana1544

handicraft1547

artsman1551

artist1563

mechanician1570

tradesmana1591

mechanical1600

mechanist1606

Daedal?1614

blue apron1629

Daedalus1631

crafter1643

fitter1648

mystery-man1671

toolsman1821

fundi1860

tradie1912

craftspersona1917

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > one who or that which

deviser1487

preparer1532

bespeaker1624

fitter1707

1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een geriever, a Fitter, an Applier, or an Accommodatour.

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry ix. 146 Sowing..with French Furze seed, they reckon a great Improver of their Land, and a fitter of it for corn.

1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 224 Nothing more can be done for a palace than the fitters-up of a modern club have done for it.

a. spec. in various trades (see quots.). Also in combinations, as gas-fitter, hot-water-fitter, etc.

ΚΠ

1851 C. Cist Sketches & Statistics Cincinnati (advt.) Brass and iron founders; fitters of wrought iron welded pipe, for steam, gas, etc.

1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Fitter or Engine Fitter—a working engineer whose duties consist in the fitting together of machine or engine parts.

1892 Labour Comm. Gloss. Fitters, term applied to those persons..who paste together the portions cut out to form the boot-upper, to prepare them for sewing.

1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 37 Fitter, 1. one who notches the tree for felling and after it is felled marks the log lengths into which it is to be cut; 2. one who cuts limbs from felled trees and rings and slits the bark preparatory to peeling tanbark.

1948 L. Levy Music for Movies iii. 22 Films being given a preview to the conductor (or as he was sometimes ingloriously known, the ‘fitter’), with the object of making some attempt at fitting the music to the mood of the film.

b. One who is engaged to supervise the cutting out and making of garments, or the alteration of ready-made garments to suit customers' requirements.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > carrying out specific processes > altering > one who

fitter1858

alteration hand1884

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > carrying out specific processes > other > one who

presser1549

button-hole hand1858

fitter1858

buttonholer1860

buttoner1863

topper1884

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Fitter..a weigher at the mint; a tailor, one who tries on and adjusts articles of dress.

1885 Law Times 80 8 1 A cutter and fitter of wearing apparel.

1896 Daily News 10 Dec. 7/2 She will find that the fitter who receives her presides..at the table where her orders are being carried out.

1906 Daily Chron. 17 July 5/2 She sent the defendants notice that unless they sent a fitter up to make the dress right on the Monday it would be of no use to her.

1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §405 Fitter, dressmaker's fitter, in charge of workrooms in large establishment..; fits garments requiring alterations and takes customers' measurements for length of skirt, etc.

1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Apr. 805/2 The women in the workrooms, the fitters, the mannequins.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

fittern.²

Brit.

/ˈfɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈfɪdər/

Etymology: < fitt v. + -er suffix¹.

local.

One who vends and loads coals; a coal-broker.

ΚΠ

1678 Grant Coal Shillings to Duke of Richmond 18 Dec. in J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle (1789) II. 669 The customers, collectors, fitters, and other..officers..in the said port.

1739 Enq. Reasons Advance Price Coals 31 The Host~men or Fitters at Newcastle are an incorporated Company.

1843 T. Wilson Pitman's Pay 108 The ‘Runnin' Fitters’ stannin' still.

1843 T. Wilson Pitman's Pay 117 Mourn, a' the fitters o' the Quay!

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† fitterv.

Etymology: Perhaps cognate with Middle High German vetze , modern German fetzen rag, scrap, and Old Norse fit hem (see fit n.¹); the verb (perhaps first used in past participle: see fittered adj.) is formed with frequentative suffix -er suffix⁵ common in verbs expressive of the action of breaking into small pieces.

Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. To break into small fragments.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > undergo separation into constituents [verb (intransitive)] > cease to cohere > disintegrate > into small pieces

fitterc1380

foulder1610

shred1647

shoal1733

fritter1794

fragment1961

c1380 [implied in: J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 60 Many raggid & fittrid squyeris. (at fittered adj.)].

c1450 [implied in: J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 1146 Hast þou ben prowde..Of fytered clothes as foles done? (at fittered adj.)].

1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah 319 When Sampson was disposed he brake the cordes and ropes wherewith he was tyed; they fittered and dissolved even as the flaxe which is burnt with the fire.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

n.¹1648

n.²1678

v.c1380

单词	fitter
释义	fittern.¹ Brit. /ˈfɪtə/, U.S. /ˈfɪdər/ Etymology: < fit v.¹ + -er suffix¹. 1. One who or that which fits (see the verb). Also with adverbs, as fitter-out, fitter up. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > [noun] > manual worker > skilled worker or craftsman wright?a695 craftyeOE craftimanOE craftmanc1275 wroughtc1275 master-mana1325 mister mana1325 craftsmana1382 man of craft1389 artificera1393 handcraftman?c1480 handcraftsman1485 mechanic1509 handcrafta1525 handicraftsman1530 artisana1538 handicraftmana1544 handicraft1547 artsman1551 artist1563 mechanician1570 tradesmana1591 mechanical1600 mechanist1606 Daedal?1614 blue apron1629 Daedalus1631 crafter1643 fitter1648 mystery-man1671 toolsman1821 fundi1860 tradie1912 craftspersona1917 the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > one who or that which deviser1487 preparer1532 bespeaker1624 fitter1707 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een geriever, a Fitter, an Applier, or an Accommodatour. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry ix. 146 Sowing..with French Furze seed, they reckon a great Improver of their Land, and a fitter of it for corn. 1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 224 Nothing more can be done for a palace than the fitters-up of a modern club have done for it. 2. a. spec. in various trades (see quots.). Also in combinations, as gas-fitter, hot-water-fitter, etc. ΚΠ 1851 C. Cist Sketches & Statistics Cincinnati (advt.) Brass and iron founders; fitters of wrought iron welded pipe, for steam, gas, etc. 1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Fitter or Engine Fitter—a working engineer whose duties consist in the fitting together of machine or engine parts. 1892 Labour Comm. Gloss. Fitters, term applied to those persons..who paste together the portions cut out to form the boot-upper, to prepare them for sewing. 1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 37 Fitter, 1. one who notches the tree for felling and after it is felled marks the log lengths into which it is to be cut; 2. one who cuts limbs from felled trees and rings and slits the bark preparatory to peeling tanbark. 1948 L. Levy Music for Movies iii. 22 Films being given a preview to the conductor (or as he was sometimes ingloriously known, the ‘fitter’), with the object of making some attempt at fitting the music to the mood of the film. b. One who is engaged to supervise the cutting out and making of garments, or the alteration of ready-made garments to suit customers' requirements. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > carrying out specific processes > altering > one who fitter1858 alteration hand1884 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > carrying out specific processes > other > one who presser1549 button-hole hand1858 fitter1858 buttonholer1860 buttoner1863 topper1884 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Fitter..a weigher at the mint; a tailor, one who tries on and adjusts articles of dress. 1885 Law Times 80 8 1 A cutter and fitter of wearing apparel. 1896 Daily News 10 Dec. 7/2 She will find that the fitter who receives her presides..at the table where her orders are being carried out. 1906 Daily Chron. 17 July 5/2 She sent the defendants notice that unless they sent a fitter up to make the dress right on the Monday it would be of no use to her. 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §405 Fitter, dressmaker's fitter, in charge of workrooms in large establishment..; fits garments requiring alterations and takes customers' measurements for length of skirt, etc. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Apr. 805/2 The women in the workrooms, the fitters, the mannequins. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2022). fittern.² Brit. /ˈfɪtə/, U.S. /ˈfɪdər/ Etymology: < fitt v. + -er suffix¹. local. One who vends and loads coals; a coal-broker. ΚΠ 1678 Grant Coal Shillings to Duke of Richmond 18 Dec. in J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle (1789) II. 669 The customers, collectors, fitters, and other..officers..in the said port. 1739 Enq. Reasons Advance Price Coals 31 The Host~men or Fitters at Newcastle are an incorporated Company. 1843 T. Wilson Pitman's Pay 108 The ‘Runnin' Fitters’ stannin' still. 1843 T. Wilson Pitman's Pay 117 Mourn, a' the fitters o' the Quay! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † fitterv. Etymology: Perhaps cognate with Middle High German vetze , modern German fetzen rag, scrap, and Old Norse fit hem (see fit n.¹); the verb (perhaps first used in past participle: see fittered adj.) is formed with frequentative suffix -er suffix⁵ common in verbs expressive of the action of breaking into small pieces. Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To break into small fragments. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > undergo separation into constituents [verb (intransitive)] > cease to cohere > disintegrate > into small pieces fitterc1380 foulder1610 shred1647 shoal1733 fritter1794 fragment1961 c1380 [implied in: J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 60 Many raggid & fittrid squyeris. (at fittered adj.)]. c1450 [implied in: J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 1146 Hast þou ben prowde..Of fytered clothes as foles done? (at fittered adj.)]. 1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah 319 When Sampson was disposed he brake the cordes and ropes wherewith he was tyed; they fittered and dissolved even as the flaxe which is burnt with the fire. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.¹1648n.²1678v.c1380
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