leave-lookern.

Brit.

/ˈliːvˌlʊkə/, U.S.

/ˈlivˌlʊkər/

Forms: see leave n.¹ and looker n.; also Middle English lenelokers (plural, transmission error), 1500s leaielookers (plural, probably transmission error).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: leave n.¹, looker n.

Etymology: < leave n.¹ + looker n., probably with reference to the officer's powers of checking and granting permission to sell goods.

historical.

A municipal officer in several boroughs of north-west and west central England and North Wales, having certain duties of inspection.The report represented by quot. 1835 records the name in Chester, Denbigh, Liverpool, and Ruthin.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > other municipal officials > [noun] > municipal officials with specific duties

leave-lookerc1371

wood-corder1681

street-keepera1723

c1371 in Registrum vulgariter nuncupatum ‘Rec. Caernarvon’ (1838) 181 Et per illud verbum lene [read leue], quod nichil soluant in aliquo foro seu mercato ad Ministros vocatos lenelokers [read leuelokers].

c1542 in J. A. Twemlow Liverpool Town Bks. (1918) I. 21 The leave lookers..to have the hallffe, and the mayre thother hallffe at his pleysure.

1552 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 59 Leavelookers John Walker Robt Mercer.

1592 in J. Hall Hist. Town & Parish Nantwich (1883) 73 The leaue lookers or one of them shall euery kinding [sc. heating of the salt-pans] goe about w^th the stryke and measure their owne; & euery Occupiers salt.

1599 List Mayors of Chester in Digby Myst. (1882) App. to Forewords 26 This Mayor..restrayned the leaielookers [another version (p. 24) has leaulokers], for sending wine, on the feastifull dayes.

1656 D. King Vale-royall Eng. ii. 157 The Leave-lookers, who then were the Head and chief of the Citizens before a Maior was ordained, and still is reputed the head or chief of the fourty, or the Common-Councell of the City.

1685 in D. Sinclair Hist. Wigan (1882) II. vii. 177 Your pet^r was fined in Ten shillings for the neglect of his your pet^r office of a Gatewaiter or Leavelooker.

1766 H. Boult Abridgm. Publick Statutes sig. U The election of the mayor, sheriffs, treasurers, coroners, and leave-lookers of the city of Chester.

1795 J. Aikin Descr. Country round Manch. 392 Forty common councilmen two of whom are leave-lookers, whose office it is to inform of all persons exercising trades within the city [sc. Chester] without being freemen.

1835 1st Rep. Commissioners Munic. Corporations Eng. & Wales App. iv. 2663 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 116) XXV. 1 The Leave Lookers are appointed by the common council. Their office..is quite gratuitous.

1883 J. Hall Hist. Nantwich 68 [Town-officers formerly] Leave-lookers; or Market Inspectors.

1931 E. W. Hope Health at Gateway xi. 196 A person was appointed termed a leavelooker..to take note of the character of the meat.

2012 L. B. Smith in Urban Culture in Medieval Wales ii. 37 Documentary sources..reveal..the activities of leave-lookers, supervising the quality and price of the meat.

Derivatives

† leave-lookerage n. Obsolete a sum of money paid to a leave-looker (see quot.).

ΚΠ

1778 T. Pennant Tour in Wales I. 168 Here [at Chester] are..two annual officers, called leave-lookers... They were accustomed..to take small sums, called leave-lookerage, for leave for non-freemen to sell wares by retail.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	leave-looker
释义	leave-lookern. Brit. /ˈliːvˌlʊkə/, U.S. /ˈlivˌlʊkər/ Forms: see leave n.¹ and looker n.; also Middle English lenelokers (plural, transmission error), 1500s leaielookers (plural, probably transmission error). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: leave n.¹, looker n. Etymology: < leave n.¹ + looker n., probably with reference to the officer's powers of checking and granting permission to sell goods. historical. A municipal officer in several boroughs of north-west and west central England and North Wales, having certain duties of inspection.The report represented by quot. 1835 records the name in Chester, Denbigh, Liverpool, and Ruthin. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > other municipal officials > [noun] > municipal officials with specific duties leave-lookerc1371 wood-corder1681 street-keepera1723 c1371 in Registrum vulgariter nuncupatum ‘Rec. Caernarvon’ (1838) 181 Et per illud verbum lene [read leue], quod nichil soluant in aliquo foro seu mercato ad Ministros vocatos lenelokers [read leuelokers]. c1542 in J. A. Twemlow Liverpool Town Bks. (1918) I. 21 The leave lookers..to have the hallffe, and the mayre thother hallffe at his pleysure. 1552 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 59 Leavelookers John Walker Robt Mercer. 1592 in J. Hall Hist. Town & Parish Nantwich (1883) 73 The leaue lookers or one of them shall euery kinding [sc. heating of the salt-pans] goe about w^th the stryke and measure their owne; & euery Occupiers salt. 1599 List Mayors of Chester in Digby Myst. (1882) App. to Forewords 26 This Mayor..restrayned the leaielookers [another version (p. 24) has leaulokers], for sending wine, on the feastifull dayes. 1656 D. King Vale-royall Eng. ii. 157 The Leave-lookers, who then were the Head and chief of the Citizens before a Maior was ordained, and still is reputed the head or chief of the fourty, or the Common-Councell of the City. 1685 in D. Sinclair Hist. Wigan (1882) II. vii. 177 Your pet^r was fined in Ten shillings for the neglect of his your pet^r office of a Gatewaiter or Leavelooker. 1766 H. Boult Abridgm. Publick Statutes sig. U The election of the mayor, sheriffs, treasurers, coroners, and leave-lookers of the city of Chester. 1795 J. Aikin Descr. Country round Manch. 392 Forty common councilmen two of whom are leave-lookers, whose office it is to inform of all persons exercising trades within the city [sc. Chester] without being freemen. 1835 1st Rep. Commissioners Munic. Corporations Eng. & Wales App. iv. 2663 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 116) XXV. 1 The Leave Lookers are appointed by the common council. Their office..is quite gratuitous. 1883 J. Hall Hist. Nantwich 68 [Town-officers formerly] Leave-lookers; or Market Inspectors. 1931 E. W. Hope Health at Gateway xi. 196 A person was appointed termed a leavelooker..to take note of the character of the meat. 2012 L. B. Smith in Urban Culture in Medieval Wales ii. 37 Documentary sources..reveal..the activities of leave-lookers, supervising the quality and price of the meat. Derivatives † leave-lookerage n. Obsolete a sum of money paid to a leave-looker (see quot.). ΚΠ 1778 T. Pennant Tour in Wales I. 168 Here [at Chester] are..two annual officers, called leave-lookers... They were accustomed..to take small sums, called leave-lookerage, for leave for non-freemen to sell wares by retail. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1371
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