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单词 grainer
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grainern.1

Brit. /ˈɡreɪnə/, U.S. /ˈɡreɪnər/
Etymology: < grain v.1 + -er suffix1.
One who or that which grains.
1. Leather-dressing.
a. (See quots. and cf. bate n.3).
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society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for working with skins or leather > [noun] > tan-vat > types of
bark-vatc1440
bark-cobillc1550
handler1771
grainer1813
roundabout1842
rocker1876
suspender1882
lay-away1885
layer pit1901
1813 H. Davy Elements Agric. Chem. vi. 261 The contents of the grainer, as the pit is called in which soft skins are prepared by dung, must form a very useful manure.
1852 C. Morfit Arts of Tanning, Currying, & Leather-dressing 350 This alkaline lye consists of water impregnated with pigeon's or hen's dung, and is technically termed a grainer, or bate.
1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia Grainer, a vat used in tanning—in the second operation.
b. A tool either for taking off the hair of skins, or for producing the appearance of ‘grain’.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for working with skins or leather > [noun] > for removing flesh or hair
fleshing-iron1547
pilling knife1688
grainer1839
slicker1852
worker1860
scraper1865
beaming machine1874
beaming-tool1874
flesher1885
slater1885
shaver1897
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 769 A grain is formed upon the flesh side with the roughened lead plate or grainer of the curriers.
1852 C. Morfit Arts of Tanning, Currying, & Leather-dressing 384 When nearly dry, the lustre is given with a finely grooved pummel, or grainer, passed over in both directions.
2. Salt-making. (See quot.; cf. grain v.1 2c.
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1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. XIII. 77 The liquid is drawn into other vats called ‘grainers’..[in which] the salt forms very rapidly.
a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 778/2.
3. (See quot. 1891 and cf. grain v.1 5.)
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1891 Labour Commission Gloss. Grainers, men in the printing industry who grain stone with sand for artists doing what is called ‘chalk work’.
4. A house-painter's graining-tool.
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1858 in P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products ; and in later Dicts.
5. One who paints in imitation of the grain of wood or the markings of marble.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > decorator > [noun] > painter > in imitation of wood or marble
grainer1837
1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades (1842) 356 The Grainer, who admirably imitates the grains of woods, marbles, etc.
1887 Paperhanger, Painter, Grainer, etc. 105 Graining is the imitation, strictly speaking, of woods, although the term ‘grainer’ is often used..to signify a painter of marbles as well as of woods.
1891 Daily News 21 Jan. 3/8 A sign writer and grainer.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

grainern.2

Brit. /ˈɡreɪnə/, U.S. /ˈɡreɪnər/
Etymology: < *grain verb ( < grain n.2: compare graining n.3 2) + -er suffix1.
One who uses a pronged fish-spear.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > using spear
spear-fisher1449
spear-fisherman1449
striker1697
spearman1815
gaff-man1875
grainer1894
spear-gunner1951
1894 Outing 24 56/1 Many grainers wore long rubber waders.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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