knife-grindern.

Brit.

/ˈnʌɪfˌɡrʌɪndə/, U.S.

/ˈnaɪfˌɡraɪndər/

1. One whose trade it is to grind knives and cutting-tools, esp. in the process of making these; also, an itinerant grinder or sharpener of knives and scissors.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > maker of cutting instruments > [noun] > knife-maker > knife-grinder

knife-grinder1611

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Arruotatore, a sheare or knife grinder.

1797 G. Canning & J. H. Frere Knife-grinder iii Tell me, Knife-grinder, how you came to grind knives?

1813 Examiner 17 May 317/2 Tricks that are called nervous,—such as..playing the knife-grinder with your leg.

1878 N. Amer. Rev. Sept. 265 The case of the Sheffield knife-grinders.

2. A grind-stone, emery-wheel, or other appliance for grinding steel cutting tools.

ΚΠ

1875 in E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II.

a. A name for a species of cicada.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Cicadidae

cicada?a1475

cigala1484

bow-krickel1658

locust1709

harvest-fly1753

spit-insect1755

tettix1775

balm-cricket1783

cicala1821

tree-hopper1836

cicad1855

knife-grinder1859

scissors-grinder1875

jar-fly1880

squeaker1887

New Forest cicada1978

1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon I. ii. vi. 267 The cicada..makes the forest re-echo with a long-sustained noise so curiously resembling that of a cutler's wheel that..it has acquired the highly-appropriate name of the ‘knife-grinder’.

b. The Night-jar or Goatsucker ( Cent. Dict.); see grinder n. 7.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	knife-grinder
释义	knife-grindern. Brit. /ˈnʌɪfˌɡrʌɪndə/, U.S. /ˈnaɪfˌɡraɪndər/ 1. One whose trade it is to grind knives and cutting-tools, esp. in the process of making these; also, an itinerant grinder or sharpener of knives and scissors. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > maker of cutting instruments > [noun] > knife-maker > knife-grinder knife-grinder1611 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Arruotatore, a sheare or knife grinder. 1797 G. Canning & J. H. Frere Knife-grinder iii Tell me, Knife-grinder, how you came to grind knives? 1813 Examiner 17 May 317/2 Tricks that are called nervous,—such as..playing the knife-grinder with your leg. 1878 N. Amer. Rev. Sept. 265 The case of the Sheffield knife-grinders. 2. A grind-stone, emery-wheel, or other appliance for grinding steel cutting tools. ΚΠ 1875 in E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 3. a. A name for a species of cicada. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Cicadidae cicada?a1475 cigala1484 bow-krickel1658 locust1709 harvest-fly1753 spit-insect1755 tettix1775 balm-cricket1783 cicala1821 tree-hopper1836 cicad1855 knife-grinder1859 scissors-grinder1875 jar-fly1880 squeaker1887 New Forest cicada1978 1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon I. ii. vi. 267 The cicada..makes the forest re-echo with a long-sustained noise so curiously resembling that of a cutler's wheel that..it has acquired the highly-appropriate name of the ‘knife-grinder’. b. The Night-jar or Goatsucker ( Cent. Dict.); see grinder n. 7. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611
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