单词 | labourage |
释义 | labouragelaboragen. a. A task; a labour. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > instance of labourc1300 labouragea1460 a1460 tr. Dicts & Sayings Philosophers (Helm.) (1999) 271 Peyne the to lerne and to knowe before or grete thinges falle vnto the, as wyffe and children, labourages [a1475 Bodl. labours], or other suche thinges. b. Labouring, labour; work, esp. manual work. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > labour or toil workeOE i-swincheOE swenchOE swote971 swingc1000 swinkOE swinkinga1225 travailc1275 cark1330 sweatc1380 the sweat of (one's) brow (brows), facec1380 laboura1382 swengc1400 labouragec1470 toil1495 laborationa1500 tug1504 urea1510 carp1548 turmoil1569 moil1612 praelabour1663 fatigue1669 insudation1669 till?a1800 Kaffir work1848 graft1853 workfulness1854 collar-work1871 yakka1888 swot1899 heavy lifting1934 c1470 tr. R. D'Argenteuil's French Bible (Cleveland) (1977) 88 (MED) What man wold by any of hem for to be hys sclaue or bondman for his labourage, he ordeyned that xxx of hem shuld be sold for a peny. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope vi. x. f. cii They retorned to theyr labourage. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Arbeydinge, labourage, labouring, or taking paines. 1773 J. Hanway Great Advantage Eating Pure & Genuine Bread 28 Salt, yeast,..coals, wood, journeyman-baker, and labourage,—0:5:6. 1860 in Trades' Societies & Strikes 515 The shipwrights, men who have served a seven years' apprenticeship, first class artisans, insist upon doing such labourage as carrying wood and making stages. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] eartheOE earingOE ploughing1374 fallowing1426 labouragec1475 ardagh1483 eara1500 fallowa1500 arder1581 waining1585 stitch1600 caruage1610 furrow1610 till1647 aration1663 bouting1733 breast-ploughing1754 prairie-breaking1845 sodbusting1965 the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > cultivated land > plot of cultivated land acreOE plotlOE inhook1214 table?1440 culturea1475 labouragec1475 land1731 lazy-bed1743 ladang1783 shamba1840 c1475 (?c1451) Bk. Noblesse (Royal) (1860) 70 In tilieng, ering, and labourage of his londis to bere corne and fruit. c1475 (?c1451) Bk. Noblesse (Royal) (1860) 65 Labouragis and approwementis of londes and pastures. 1481 tr. Cicero De Senectute (Caxton) sig. e7v Wise olde men proceden by naturelle reason in the labourages and tillyng of landys. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. xxi. sig. ee v Whiche by huntynges endammagen gretely cornes, grasse, or other labourages. 1521 tr. C. de Pisan Body of Polycye sig. p.iiv Actylyus the ryght worshyp full and noble Romayne that was taken frome the labourage to be made Emperoure, and as he wente at the ploughe in the felde, the knyghtes founde hym and made hym chefe conduysoure and rewler of all the Romayne hoost. 1683 J. Dalrymple Decisions Lords of Council & Session I. 89 The medling with the Plough Goods in time of Labourage, when the Pursuer put other Goods before the Defender. 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. Contents 185 How to cultivate Fruit Gardens..Of the labourage and Tillage of them. 1794 R. Lowe Gen. View Agric. Nottingham 110 Upon taking an average of the expence of labourage of my hop grounds for four years, I find it cost me four pounds per acre, for the working part only. 3. a. Payment levied for unloading, and moving cargo, as from a ship to a warehouse, distribution point, vehicle, etc. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [noun] > expenses > for labour or wages labourage1715 labour cost1821 pay bill1828 wage bill1919 wage-price1946 wage cost1958 1715 T. B. Holland Merchant's Compan. 64 The other incident Charges are various, according to the Quality of the Goods, viz. Labourage, Warehouse-Room, Lighter-Hire, Crane-Duty, [etc.]. 1826 MS. Bill of John Earle, Hull Laborage, Shipping, and Wharfage 4s. 1850 Hull Packet & E. Riding Times 6 Dec. 6/1 The Dock Company had already made several reductions in labourage and wharfage of goods in transit, and had also intimated publicly their intention of making a reduction of 20 per cent. upon the dock dues. 1890 East. Morning News 14 Feb. 3/5 I allude specially to the question of labourage, which shows a very great increase. 1923 Times 27 Jan. 9/6 (advt.) Harbour Dock, Wharf and Pier rates, dues and charges (other than Labourage) on Ships. b. The work of unloading and moving cargo in this way. Now rare. ΚΠ 1767 Considerations Navigable Communication Forth & Clyde 10 An amazing annual sum might be saved to the public..by making proper quays and conveniencies there for landing coals, wood, corn, or such bulky goods, directly to the warehouses or carriages, without the expence and other bad consequences attending double labourage and lighterage. 1828 J. Manning & A. Ryland Rep. Cases King's Bench I. 56 The sum..included not only the charges due to the defendants, for the wharfage, labourage (which comprises landing, weighing, and delivery), and rent, of the..flax..but also charges of the same nature due to them in respect of other goods. 1840 Morning Chron. 10 Oct. A considerable portion of the labourage of the port will be lost, the transshipment of goods from foreign vessels to river craft being dispensed with. 1865 Aberdeen Jrnl. 27 Dec. 1/6 Wanted, by the Aberdeen Harbour Commissioners, contractors for executing certain horse work and labourage at the Railway leading from the Harbour to the Bents. 1900 Birmingham Daily Post 30 Aug. The Great Western, London and North-Western, and Midland Railway Companies give notice that on and from the 3rd September, 1900 a revised scale of charges will come into operation..for the following services:—warehouse rent and wharfage; cartage..; labourage and sundry services. 1943 Times 13 Sept. 1/5 Rates of pay and conditions of employment in all branches of stevedoring and other dock labourage operations in the South Wales Ports. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1460 |
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