单词 | knapper |
释义 | † knappern.1 Scottish. Obsolete. rare. ‘A boor, a menial’ (Jamieson). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > low or vulgar person > [noun] gadlinga1300 geggea1300 churlc1300 filec1300 jot1362 scoutc1380 beggara1400 carla1400 turnbroach14.. villainc1400 gnoffc1405 fellowc1425 cavelc1430 haskardc1487 hastardc1489 foumart1508 strummel?a1513 knapper1513 hogshead?1518 jockeya1529 dreng1535 sneakbill1546 Jack1548 rag1566 scald1575 huddle and twang1578 sneaksby1580 companion1581 lowling1581 besognier1584 patchcock1596 grill1597 sneaksbill1602 scum1607 turnspit1607 cocoloch1610 compeer1612 dust-worm1621 besonioa1625 world-worma1625 besognea1652 gippo1651 Jacky1653 mechanic1699 fustya1732 grub-worm1752 raff1778 person1782 rough scuff1816 spalpeen1817 bum1825 sculpin1834 soap-lock1840 tinka1843 'Arry1874 scruff1896 scruffo1959 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid viii. Prol. 121 Grathit lyke sum knappar [Camb. MS. gnappar]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † knappern.2 Obsolete. One who bites abruptly, or snaps. ΚΠ a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 153 Off seme byttaris and beist gnapparis, Off stomok steillaris and cat knapparis. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rongeur, a gnawer, knapper, nibler. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2021). knappern.3 dialect and local. 1. One who or that which ‘knaps’; one who knaps or breaks stones, flints, or the like; esp. one whose occupation is the shaping of flints by strokes of a hammer. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > worker with stone > [noun] > who breaks stones stone-breaker1827 knapper1870 metallician1890 1870 Spectator 13 Aug. 976 They [sc. flints] then pass into the hands of the ‘knapper’. His implements are a small anvil, called a ‘stake’, set obliquely..and a ‘knapping~hammer’ of fine steel, of which the face is set obliquely also... One smart blow strikes off the rough end, another detaches a piece of the proper size for a gun-flint. 1894 Athenæum 27 Jan. 111/1 ‘Knapping’ flints, as practised on Brandon Heath, in Suffolk, is exceedingly hard work, though there the ‘knapper’ labours for ‘his own hand’. 2. A hammer used for shaping flints; also, Scottish a stone-breaker's hammer; a knapping-hammer. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > driving or beating tools > [noun] > hammer > hammer for use on stone pick1357 kevel-mell1360 stone-hammer1411 knapper1787 walling hammer1841 marteline1875 bush-hammer1885 1787 A. Shirrefs Jamie & Bess iv. i A finer lad..ne'er cocked his knapper to the lift. 1882 Athenæum 16 Dec. 818/1 Palæolithic implements,..together with the flint tools, or knappers, by which they were shaped. 1882 Athenæum 16 Dec. 818/2 Neolithic knappers were shown,..with knapping hammers of the seventeenth or eighteenth century. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). knappern.4 slang. or dialect. The knee. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > knee > [noun] kneec825 knop14.. marrowbone1506 gigot1687 knapper1767 prayer-bones1877 bender1925 knobblies1953 1767 T. Bridges Homer Travestie (ed. 2) I. v. 157 The bully on his bare Kneppers knelt down. 1770 T. Bridges Burlesque Transl. Homer II. x. 157 On his knappers down he dropt. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Nappers, the knees. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11513n.2?a1513n.31787n.41767 |
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