leversn.¹

Forms: Also Old English læfer, leb(e)r, Middle English levre.

Etymology: Old English læfer.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈlevers.

Obsolete exc. dialect.

(See quot. 1879.)

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > names applied to various plants > [noun]

heatha700

beeworteOE

leversc725

springworteOE

clotec1000

halswortc1000

sengreenc1000

bottle?a1200

bird's-tonguea1300

bloodworta1300

faverolea1300

vetchc1300

pimpernel1378

oniona1398

bird's nest?a1425

adder's grassc1450

cockheada1500

ambrosia1525

fleawort1548

son before the father1552

crow-toe1562

basil1578

bird's-foot1578

bloodroot1578

throatwort1578

phalangium1608

yew1653

chalcedon1664

dittany1676

bleeding heart1691

felon-wort1706

hedgehog1712

land caltrops1727

old man's beard1731

loosestrife1760

Solomon's seal1760

fireweed1764

desert rose1792

star of Bethlehem1793

hen and chickens1794

Aaron's beard1820

felon-grass1824

arrowroot1835

snake-root1856

firebush1858

tick-seed1860

bird's eye1863

burning bush1866

rat-tail1871

lamb's earsa1876

lamb's tongue plant1882

tar-weed1884

Tom Thumb1886

parrotbeak1890

stinkweed1932

c725 Corpus Gloss. 1823 Scirpea, eorisc, leber.

c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 278/29 Scirpia [read Scirpea], læfer.

c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 138/30 Pirus, gladiolus, læfer.

c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 382 Genim læfre neoðowearde.

c1450 Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 72 Gladiolus,..gallice glaiol, anglice leure.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xli. 199 The wilde yellow Iris is now called..in English Lauers or Leuers.

1879 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names 304 Levers,..a name applied by Lyte..to Iris Pseudacorus, L.; but bestowed on ‘any sword-bladed plant’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

Leversn.²

/ˈliːvəz/

Forms: Also irregular Leavers.

Etymology: < the name of John Levers (1786–1848), who effected improvements in lace-making machines in the early 19th cent.

Used attributively, absolutely, or in the possessive in the names of the lace-making machinery developed by Levers, and of the lace thus produced.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [adjective] > lace-making machinery

Levers1828

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > lacemaking > machine

warp-frame1845

Levers1865

warp-net frame1875

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > lace > machine-made

Levers1867

Nottingham lace1921

1828 J. Levers Brit. Patent 5741 My improvements in machinery for making lace consist in a certain combination and arrangement of mechanism to be adapted to lace machines constructed upon the principle commonly called or known by the name of Levers' principle.

1828 J. Levers Brit. Patent 5741 The movements of all the working parts of an ordinary Levers' machine are well understood by practical mechanics.

1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace xxxvi. 425 The machines now in use are the Circular, Leaver, Transverse Warp and Pusher.

1867 W. Felkin Hist. Machine-wrought Hosiery xviii. 281 In February, 1835, T. Allcock..took out a patent..for a new kind of Levers'.

1867 W. Felkin Hist. Machine-wrought Hosiery xix. 294 Goods made upon Levers' Jacquard machines.

1867 W. Felkin Hist. Machine-wrought Hosiery xxii. 329 Velvet patterns on circular Levers' bobbin net.

1890 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 474/2 The lace-making machine now principally used is known as the Levers machine.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 44/2 The Leavers lace machine does not make either a buttonhole stitch or a plait.

1959 D. E. Varley Hist. Midland Counties Lace Manufacturers' Assoc. i. 4 John Brown, John Leavers, and Clark and Mart, inventors of the traverse warp, the leavers and the pusher bobbin-net machines respectively, were all Nottingham artisans.

1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 235 Leavers lace, any lace made on the machine invented by John Leavers, an Englishman, in 1813. This was the first really satisfactory lace-making machine.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	levers
释义	leversn.¹ Forms: Also Old English læfer, leb(e)r, Middle English levre. Etymology: Old English læfer.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈlevers. Obsolete exc. dialect. (See quot. 1879.) ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > names applied to various plants > [noun] heatha700 beeworteOE leversc725 springworteOE clotec1000 halswortc1000 sengreenc1000 bottle?a1200 bird's-tonguea1300 bloodworta1300 faverolea1300 vetchc1300 pimpernel1378 oniona1398 bird's nest?a1425 adder's grassc1450 cockheada1500 ambrosia1525 fleawort1548 son before the father1552 crow-toe1562 basil1578 bird's-foot1578 bloodroot1578 throatwort1578 phalangium1608 yew1653 chalcedon1664 dittany1676 bleeding heart1691 felon-wort1706 hedgehog1712 land caltrops1727 old man's beard1731 loosestrife1760 Solomon's seal1760 fireweed1764 desert rose1792 star of Bethlehem1793 hen and chickens1794 Aaron's beard1820 felon-grass1824 arrowroot1835 snake-root1856 firebush1858 tick-seed1860 bird's eye1863 burning bush1866 rat-tail1871 lamb's earsa1876 lamb's tongue plant1882 tar-weed1884 Tom Thumb1886 parrotbeak1890 stinkweed1932 c725 Corpus Gloss. 1823 Scirpea, eorisc, leber. c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 278/29 Scirpia [read Scirpea], læfer. c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 138/30 Pirus, gladiolus, læfer. c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 382 Genim læfre neoðowearde. c1450 Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 72 Gladiolus,..gallice glaiol, anglice leure. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xli. 199 The wilde yellow Iris is now called..in English Lauers or Leuers. 1879 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names 304 Levers,..a name applied by Lyte..to Iris Pseudacorus, L.; but bestowed on ‘any sword-bladed plant’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online December 2020). Leversn.² /ˈliːvəz/ Forms: Also irregular Leavers. Etymology: < the name of John Levers (1786–1848), who effected improvements in lace-making machines in the early 19th cent. Used attributively, absolutely, or in the possessive in the names of the lace-making machinery developed by Levers, and of the lace thus produced. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [adjective] > lace-making machinery Levers1828 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > lacemaking > machine warp-frame1845 Levers1865 warp-net frame1875 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > lace > machine-made Levers1867 Nottingham lace1921 1828 J. Levers Brit. Patent 5741 My improvements in machinery for making lace consist in a certain combination and arrangement of mechanism to be adapted to lace machines constructed upon the principle commonly called or known by the name of Levers' principle. 1828 J. Levers Brit. Patent 5741 The movements of all the working parts of an ordinary Levers' machine are well understood by practical mechanics. 1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace xxxvi. 425 The machines now in use are the Circular, Leaver, Transverse Warp and Pusher. 1867 W. Felkin Hist. Machine-wrought Hosiery xviii. 281 In February, 1835, T. Allcock..took out a patent..for a new kind of Levers'. 1867 W. Felkin Hist. Machine-wrought Hosiery xix. 294 Goods made upon Levers' Jacquard machines. 1867 W. Felkin Hist. Machine-wrought Hosiery xxii. 329 Velvet patterns on circular Levers' bobbin net. 1890 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 474/2 The lace-making machine now principally used is known as the Levers machine. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 44/2 The Leavers lace machine does not make either a buttonhole stitch or a plait. 1959 D. E. Varley Hist. Midland Counties Lace Manufacturers' Assoc. i. 4 John Brown, John Leavers, and Clark and Mart, inventors of the traverse warp, the leavers and the pusher bobbin-net machines respectively, were all Nottingham artisans. 1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 235 Leavers lace, any lace made on the machine invented by John Leavers, an Englishman, in 1813. This was the first really satisfactory lace-making machine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.¹c725n.²1828
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