单词 | foot-maker |
释义 | > as lemmasfoot-maker foot-maker n. Glass-blowing (now historical) a second assistant in a ‘chair’ or team of glass-blowers. ΚΠ 1824 Newcastle Courant 9 Oct. 1/1 (advt.) To Flint Glass-Makers. Wanted, for a Second Caster Place Chair, a Workman, Servitor and Foot Maker. 1881 Spons' Encycl. Industr. Arts III. 1069 Each chair is made up of a ‘workman’, a first assistant or ‘servitor’, a second assistant or ‘footmaker’, and one or more boys. 1908 Trades for London Boys 33 Work is carried on in groups, called ‘chairs’, consisting of three men (a foot-maker, a blower, and a maker) and a boy. 1996 G. Holmér in A.-M. Ericsson et al. Brilliance Swedish Glass, 1818–1939 vi. 91/1 The customary apprenticeship meant working as mold-holder, gatherer, servitor, and foot-maker. < as lemmas |
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