| 单词 | inspector of mines |
| 释义 | > as lemmasinspector of mines a. One who inspects or looks carefully at or into; an overseer, a superintendent; spec. an officer appointed to examine into, and supervise or report upon, the working of some department or institution in which numerous persons are employed, or the due observance of certain laws and regulations, as inspector of schools, inspector of weights and measures, inspector of factories, inspector of mines, inspector of explosives, inspector of public nuisances, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [adjective] > of or relating to inspector inspector1602 inspectorial1753 inspectoral1864 society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > superintendent > inspector inspector1602 society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > inspector searcher1432 veedor1589 inspector1602 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > [noun] > formal or official > person conducting viewer1415 searcher1432 vesiar?a1500 vesiater1517 looker1552 vissier1566 inspector1602 sighter1708 roundsman1837 snooper1928 1602 F. Herring Discov. Stratagems in tr. J. Oberndorf Anatomyes True Physition 78 The Eternall, as a carefull Inspector and sincere Judge of them. 1660 J. Milton Readie Way Free Commonw. (ed. 2) 44 They..must raise and manage the public revenue, at least with som inspectors deputed for satisfaction of the people, how it is imploid. 1734 Visct. Bolingbroke Let. to Swift 15 Sept. in J. Swift Wks. (1841) II. 725 I wrote to you a long letter some time ago..did the inspectors of private correspondence stop it? 1791 J. Bentham Panopticon i. Postscr. 93 An Inspector in his way to the prisoners' Stair-case from the Inspection-Gallery. 1802 A. Hamilton in N.Y. Evening Post 19 Jan. 2/5 When the excise on distilled spirits was established, three different descriptions of officers were instituted..Supervisors, Inspectors, and Collectors. 1898 Hazell's Ann. 208/2 Occasional unannounced visits of the inspector, in lieu of the annual examination. < as lemmas |
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