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单词 grass seeder
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grass seedern.

Brit. /ˈɡrɑː(s) siːdə/, /ˈɡra(s) siːdə/, U.S. /ˈɡræ(s) ˌsidər/
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by compounding. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: grass n.1, seeder n.; grass seed at grass n.1 Compounds 1a, -er suffix1.
Etymology: In sense 1 grass n.1 + seeder n. In sense 2 < grass seed at grass n.1 Compounds 1a + -er suffix1. Compare slightly earlier grass seeding n. 2.
1. Agriculture. Any of various devices or machines for sowing grass seed.
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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > sowing and planting equipment > [noun] > apparatus for sowing
sower1728
seeder1759
planter1850
grass seeder1854
scatterer1868
broadcaster1934
1854 Ohio Cultivator 1 Aug. 236/1 A Grass Seeder may also be obtained with the machine, to go before the drill teeth and sow broadcast.
1908 R. A. Moore & E. J. Delwiche Grains & Forage Crops for N. Wisconsin 17 Where no grass seeder attachment is used, any of the hand grass seeders may be used, or the clover seed may be sown by hand.
2012 Associated Press State & Local Wire (Nexis) 20 Sept. An 18-foot flatbed trailer and a grass seeder disappeared from outside an equipment auction business in Manhattan.
2. New Zealand. A person who gathers grass seed (esp. that of cocksfoot) for sale. Cf. cocksfooter n. Now historical and rare.
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1885 Akoroa (N.Z.) Mail 27 Feb. I am a grass seeder or anything. I have much need of a horse in my work.
1936 C. R. Allen Poor Scholar xix. 202 The grass-seeder would entrust his cheque to the squatter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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