单词 | forester |
释义 | forestern. 1. a. An officer having charge of a forest (see quot. ?1592); also, one who looks after the growing timber on an estate. †forester in or of fee: one who holds his office in fee: see fee n.2 4a. In poetical and romantic use sometimes a huntsman. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > forester woodyera1100 forester1297 fosterc1405 fostress?1553 sylvan1589 saltuary1674 woodsman1694 green jerkin1826 wood-farmer1831 sylviculturist1887 tree farmer1942 sylviculturalist1971 the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > forester > officer in charge of forest woodwardc1050 forester1297 ranger1327 walker1482 keeper1488 wood-master15.. grazierc1503 wood-reeve1579 woodman1594 Warden of the Forest1598 rider1647 conservator1733 woodwarden1748 wood-forester1865 society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > forest or park officials forester1297 ranger1327 paler1464 paleman1503 bow-bearera1552 palester1574 agistor1594 Warden of the Forest1598 gist-taker1626 rider1647 agister1677 gavellerc1692 field ranger1835 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 499 Ne that bailif, ne forester. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 496 Þe forster for his riȝtes Þe left schulder ȝaf he. 1458 Tomb in Newland Ch. (co. Glouc.) Here lythe Jun Wyrall forester of fee. c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1714) 124 Sum Forester of the Kyngs. 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 27 Faire fall that forster that so well can bate his hownde. ?1592 J. Manwood Brefe Coll. Lawes Forest 229 A Forester is an officer of the Forest of the King, or of another man, That is sworn to preserue the Vert and Venison of the same Forest, and to attend vpon the wild beastes within his Bailiwike, and to attache offenders there..and the same to present at the Courtes of the same Forest. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Gg3v/1 Some haue this graunt to them and their heires, and thereby are called Foristers or Fosters in fee. a1657 G. Daniel Poems (1878) I. 67 This wounded Heart..Who whilome was the fairest Beast impal'd, The fforsters cheife delight. 1735 W. Somervile Chace iii. 224 The painful Forrester Climbs the high Hills. 1809 T. Campbell O'Connor's Child viii Come with thy belted forestere. 1843 G. P. R. James Forest Days I. iv. 69 He..rode straight towards the foresters. b. Forester of the King of France: an early title of the governor of Flanders. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > local or district governor > [noun] > of Flanders Forester of the King of Francea1387 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 379 Flaundres..was i-ruled by þe kynges forsters. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxvi. f. lxxxxv The ruler thereof [sc. Flanders] was callyd the forester of the Kynge of Fraunce. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > woodcraft > one versed in forester1655 1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. xvi. 39 You are cryed up, my Lord, to be an excellent Horseman, Huntsman, Forester. 3. a. One who lives in a forest. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > dweller in forest or wood forester1513 forestress1513 sylvan1589 woodlander1774 pinelander1838 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. ix. 15 Quhilk thyng..first steryt the wild forstaris fell To move debait, or mak thame for battell. 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva xxxii. Parænesis §3. 112 Foresters and Bordurers, are not generally so civil, and reasonable, as might be wished. 1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone v. 81 Above the loftiest ridge..Where Foresters or Shepherds dwell. a1817 T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. & N.-Y. (1821) II. 459 A considerable part of those, who begin the cultivation of the wilderness, may be denominated foresters, or Pioneers. b. A bird or beast of the forest; spec. one of the rough ponies bred in the New Forest. In Australian use, the great kangaroo ( Macropus giganteus). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > defined by habitat > [noun] > land-bird > living in trees, woods, or hedges sylvan1612 forester1630 creeper1661 hedge-bird1884 the world > animals > by habitat > [noun] > terrestrial animal > in woods or forests sylvan1612 forester1712 woodlander1774 scrubber1859 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by breed > [noun] > miscellaneous breeds Frison?a1400 jennet1463 garron1540 Galloway1598 ghoonta1613 Goonhilly1640 forester1712 yabu1753 Highland pony1768 Narragansett pacer1777 Suffolk punch1784 Nubian1790 Cleveland bay1796 cob1818 Conestoga1824 marsh tacky1826 Narragansett1826 Russian pony1829 Clydesdale1831 Turkoman1831 Morgan1841 tarpan1841 Waler1849 Percheron1855 Canuck1860 Anglo-Arabian1864 Anglo-Arab1869 Belgium1878 Palouse1881 standardbred1888 Belgium draught horse1889 saddlebred1891 Timor pony1895 Haflinger1899 Argentine1901 Belgian1907 palomino1914 Appaloosa1924 Trakehner1926 Lipizzaner1928 Tennessee walking horse1938 Bhotia1939 cremello1944 Akhal-Teke1947 Palouse horse1947 Tennessee walker1960 Falabella1977 the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Macropodidae > kangaroo > kangaroos of genus Macropus > macropus major (great kangaroo) forest kangaroo1825 forester1832 soldier1898 scrubber1968 1630 W. Davenant Just Italian v. sig. I2v Each featherd Forrester roosts in my Beard. 1712 J. Warder True Amazons 60 The Queen doth so far surpass her Subjects in Shape and Beauty, as the finest Horse that ever ran on Banstead Downs, doth the most common Forrester. 1782 W. Cowper Progress of Error in Poems 362 Without discipline the favourite child, Like a neglected forester, runs wild. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc viii. 281 He loved to see the dappled foresters Browze fearless on their lair. 1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey IV. vi. ii. 73 Vivian took his horse, an old forester, across it with ease. 1832 J. Bischoff Sketch Hist. Van Diemen's Land ii. 27 There are three or four varieties of kangaroos; those most common are denominated the forester and brush kangaroo. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right II. xix. 132 A brace of stray ‘foresters’ from the adjacent ranges. c. A popular name of several moths of the family Zygænidæ. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Zygaenidae > forester forester1819 1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 245 Ino Statices (forester). 1867 H. T. Stainton Brit. Butterflies & Moths 33 The Foresters and Burnets frequent dry grassy slopes. d. = forest-tree n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by habitat > [noun] > forest tree sylvan1632 forester1691 forest-tree1712 dryad1823 1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 138 You may transplant not only any Fruit-trees, but remove almost [sic] any of the Foresters. 1729 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 5) i. ii. 12 Foresters, which require only diligent Weeding and frequent Cleansing, till they are able to shift for themselves. 1845 E. A. Poe Gold-bug in Tales 12 The tulip-tree,..the most magnificent of American foresters. 1893 Illustr. Sporting & Dramatic News 22 July 751/3 A few fruit trees, and a few more arborescent foresters. 4. A member of the ‘friendly society’ known as the ‘Ancient Order of Foresters’. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > insurance association or friendly society > member of forester1851 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 178/1 There are..numerous benefit clubs made up of working-men of every description, such as Old Friends, Odd Fellows, Foresters, [etc.]. 1874 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 37 187 The Ancient Order of Foresters which has now..276 districts [etc.] Compounds forester oats n. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > [noun] > paid in produce scat haver1344 scat malt1438 assize-herring1597 forester oats1794 tribute rice1853 1794 W. Hutchinson Hist. Cumberland I. 166 (note) The tenants..pay forester oats..these oats were a duty paid to the forester [of Inglewood]. forester sphinx n. (see quot. 1867). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Zygaenidae > forester > procris statices forester sphinx1867 1867 H. T. Stainton Brit. Butterflies & Moths 123 Procris statices, the Forester Sphinx. Derivatives ˈforestership n. the office of forester. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > forest or park officials > position of ridership1449 rangership1464 visitation of maners1533 forestershipa1634 a1634 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. (1648) iv. lxxiii. 310 The Forestership is become void. 1886 Athenæum 20 Nov. 672/3 It is now announced that he [Chaucer] held the forestership of North Petherton. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1297 |
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