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单词 grater
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gratern.1

Brit. /ˈɡreɪtə/, U.S. /ˈɡreɪdər/
Forms: Also Middle English -our, Middle English -ere.
Etymology: < Old French grateor, gratour (13th cent. in Godefroy, of a person), < grater to grate v.1In sense 1 possibly (in spite of the form) < Old French *gratoir (modern French grattoir, first in Cotgrave 1611) or *gratoire (found only in 16th cent.).
1. An instrument with a rough indented surface used for grating or rasping; esp. a kitchen utensil, having a rasping surface formed by punching holes which raise protuberances, and used for grating ginger, nutmegs, etc.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > grater
myour1316
grater1390
grate14..
bread grate1452
ginger grate1530
nutmeg-grater1623
bread grater1624
cheese grater1848
1390–1 Earl Derby's Exped. (Camden) 24 Pro j gratour.
1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. viii. 185 People..muche like vnto dogges, with mouthes roughe like a grater.
1577 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Three Bookes iii. f. 103 Thei..Grate it in certaine Graters, whiche are made of Nedles.
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 5 The Common Fly: her eyes are most neatly dimpled with innumerable little cavities like a small grater or thimble.
1737 Compl. Family-piece (ed. 2) i. ii. 154 Take raw Carrots and scrape them clean, grate them with a Grater.
1824 R. Southey Bk. of Church (1841) 183 They bound chains round the body, which eat into the flesh; or fastened graters upon the breast and back.
1872 C. W. Heaton Exper. Chem. iv. iii. 311 Rasp some potatoes on a grater.
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Grater (Book~binding), an iron instrument used by the forwarder in rubbing the backs of sewed books after pasting.
2.
a. A scraper. Obsolete.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > scraper
scrapple1354
grate14..
scraper1552
grater1580
slick1883
duck-bill1911
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Vn racloir, a grater, a scraper.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 315/2 A Dough scrape, or a Grater..with this they scrape and cleanse the sides and bottom of the Kneading Trough from the Dough that sticks to it.
b. Heraldry. A glazier's tool figured in the arms of the Glaziers' Company.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of implements > [noun] > glazier's grater
grater1780
1780 J. Edmondson Compl. Body Heraldry II. (Gloss.) Grater, an instrument used by Glaziers.
1847 H. Gough Gloss. Terms Brit. Heraldry Grater or Glaziers' Nippers, called also Grazier, or Grosing-iron.
3. One who or that which grates; chiefly figurative said of a person (or thing) that performs some harassing, exhausting, or ‘wearing’ process. Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [noun] > one who or that which harasses
pursuera1382
running sore1453
pesta1522
gall1537
grater1549
plaguer1598
afflicter1600
inflicter1605
a thorn in the flesh or side1611
incubus1648
cumber1669
harasser1707
scunner1796
tin kettle1796
pester1810
pesterer1824
baitera1845
pestilence1886
nudnik1916
14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 610/3 Scarifactor et Scarifactrix, a gratere.
1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Tij I requyre you not to be overscrupulous graters of the bare woords.
1566 R. Ascham Let. 14 Apr. in Nugæ Antiquæ (1769) I. 145 Those that be the great graters for gayne and profitt.
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxvii. 144 Repulse in great hope is a perillous grater.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Racleur, a scraper, a rasper, a grater.
1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. iii. sig. B7v He is no base grater of his Tythes, and will not wrangle for the odde Egge.
4. U.S. (See quot. 1878.)
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1878 H. B. Stowe Poganuc People xix. 217 ‘You can find some of them sweet-flag “graters” if you want.’ This was the blossom-bud of the sweet flag, which when young and tender was reckoned a delicacy among omnivorous children.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

gratern.2

Etymology: Perhaps an extension of grate n.1, or possibly merely an error.
Obsolete.
Apparently a kind of wooden grating or hurdle.
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > hurdle
hurdlec725
flakec1330
grater1598
wattle1640
bara1642
tray1829
slat1883
flake-hurdle1890
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes To make grater-wise, to make like a hurdle, to hurdle.
?1623 J. Taylor Wks. (1630) iii. 103/2 Washing boules, and beetles went to wracke, old graters and stooles were turn'd to ashes, mouse~traps and tinder boxes came to light.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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