liftern.

Brit.

/ˈlɪftə/, U.S.

/ˈlɪftər/

Etymology: < lift v. + -er suffix¹.

One who or that which lifts in senses of the verb.

a. One who lifts or raises, in either a material or an immaterial sense. Also with up.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > action of cheering > one who or that which cheers

gladderc1405

blithera1525

lifter1535

heartener1601

enlivener1774

sunbeam1872

ray of sunshine1885

cheerer-upper1907

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [noun] > taking or lifting up > one who

lifter1535

picker-up1611

upheaver1872

picker-upper1913

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms iii. 3 Thou (o Lorde) art..the lifter vp of my heade.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Lifter wyth leuere, phalangarius.

1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Llevador A bearer, a lifter.

1656 W. Prynne Short Demurrer to Jewes Remitter 83 The greatest designers, plotters and lifters up of themselves against the interest of Christ.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 156/2 Musick..is a lifter of Dead, Drowsie and Melancholly Spirits.

1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 161 Long pieces of wood..to which the action of a long line of lifters might be applied.

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 927 Two men at a vat, and a boy as a layer or lifter can make about 6 or 8 reams in 10 hours.

1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma xi. 353 The lifter-up to the nations of..the banner of righteousness.

b. One who takes up dishonestly; a thief. Cf. cattle-lifter n., shoplifter n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun]

thief688

bribera1387

stealer1508

taker?a1513

goodfellow1566

snatcher1575

lift1591

liftera1592

larcin1596

Tartar1602

lime-twig1606

outparter1607

Tartarian1608

flick1610

puggard1611

gilt1620

nim1630

highwayman1652

cloyer1659

out-trader1660

Robin Goodfellow1680

birdlime1705

gyp1728

filch1775

kiddy1780

snaveller1781

larcenist1803

pincher1814

geach1821

wharf-rat1823

toucher1837

larcener1839

snammer1839

drummer1856

gun1857

forker1867

gunsmith1869

nabber1880

thiever1899

tea-leaf1903

gun moll1908

nicker1909

knocker-off1926

possum1945

scuffler1961

rip-off1969

a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) iii. sig. F Why I am a lifter maister, by occupation.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. ii. 113 Pand Yet will he within three pound lifte [printed liste] as much as his brother Hector. Cres. Is he so yong a man, and so old a lifter .

1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester 6 Pads, Biters, Divers, Lifters..these may all pass under the general..appellation of Rooks.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. ii. 41 Ye needna ask whae Rob Roy is, the reiving lifter that he is.

1862 Athenæum 30 Aug. 278 While in the ‘lifter's’ possession..they [books] had been enriched by numerous annotations.

1885 Erminie 11 We are shifters, we are lifters, Working skilfully together.

c. One of a sect of Scottish presbyterians who considered it essential that the officiating minister should ‘lift’ a piece of sacramental bread while uttering the prayer of consecration.

ΚΠ

1805 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. II. 520 Hence..originated a schism; and the two parties were distinguished by the name of lifters and anti-lifters.

2. Something which lifts or is used for lifting.

a. Something which elevates or raises, in either a material or an immaterial sense; applied also to any simple implement, e.g. †a crutch, †a fork, a curved piece of iron for lifting a stove-lid, and in modern slang to a heavy blow. Also with up.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun]

Jack1564

lifter1570

scissor lift1945

society > occupation and work > equipment > digging or lifting tools > [noun] > fork

forkc1000

prong1492

lifter1570

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [noun] > taking or lifting up > that which

lifter1570

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Fiv^v/2 A Lifter, forke, fuscina.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Lifter, a Crutch.

1706 A. Bedford Temple Musick viii. 158 Sakeph Gadol, or the Greater Lifter up; as if it designed the Musick to be very Loud.

1867 W. W. Smyth Treat. Coal & Coal-mining 7 Used as a lifter of water to the top of water-wheels.

1882–3 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. 665 Dreams..in antiquity, were thought to be of importance as lifters of the veil.

1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xxxiii. 426 As long as I'm going to hit him at all, I'm going to hit him a lifter.

b. Technical uses: †(a) Anatomy = levator n. 2 (b) Mining. The wooden beams used as stems for stamps in old-fashioned stamp-mills (Raymond Mining Gloss.) (c) Magnetism. The cross-piece of soft iron applied to the poles of a horseshoe magnet. (d) Weaving. ? An appliance for raising and depressing the leaves of the heddles. (e) Steam-engine. The arm on a lifting-rod that raises the poppet valve (Webster, 1864). (f) Paper-making. A bucket-wheel for raising the pulp from the reservoir to the trough. (g) Founding. ‘A tool for dressing the mould; also a contrivance attached to a cope to hold the sand together when the cope is lifted’ (Webster, 1864). (h) Surgery = elevator n. 2 (i) = lifting-cam n. at lifting n. Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > types of muscles > [noun]

sphincter1578

raiser1588

in-muscle?1609

oblique1612

abducens1615

abductor1615

adductor1615

antagonist1615

bender1615

depressor1615

extender1615

flexor1615

levator1615

quadratus1615

rectus1615

retractor1615

sphincter-muscle1615

accelerator1638

bicepsa1641

elevator1646

adducent1649

lifter1649

rotator1657

flector1666

contractor1682

dilater1683

orbicularis palpebrarum1694

transverse muscle1696

tensor muscle1704

biventer1706

extensor1713

attollent1728

constrictor1741

dilator1741

risibles1785

orbicularis oculi1797

obliquus1799

erector1828

extensor-muscle1830

compressor1836

trans-muscle1836

antagonizer1844

motor1846

evertor1848

inflector1851

protractor1853

prime mover1860

orbicular1872

transversalis1872

invertor1875

skeletal muscle1877

dilatator1878

occlusor muscle1878

sphincter1879

pilomotor1892

agonist1896

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > magnetism > magnetic devices or materials > [noun] > a magnet > of specific shape > cross-piece of horse-shoe magnet

lifter1649

(a)

1649 J. Bulwer Pathomyotomia ii. i. 86 That Muscle of the shoulder-blade, from its office commonly called the Levator, or the Lifter.

(b)1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2108 Suffering the Lifters to fall with great force on the Ore, thereby breaking it into small sand.1860 Eng. & Foreign Mining Gloss. (new ed.) (Cornwall Terms) Lifters, wood beams, to which the iron heads of a stamping mill are fastened.1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 152 Lifters, Corn[wall]. The wooden beams used as stems for stamps in old-fashioned stamp-mills.(c)1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. IV. l. 450 The contact or lifter of soft iron to be placed at the other end of the bars.1849 H. M. Noad Lect. Electr. (ed. 3) 396 The soft iron lifter of a horse-shoe magnet.(d)1865 B. Brierley Irkdale I. 236 A weaver..upon a ‘jacquard’ loom, had the misfortune to break one of the irons of her lifter.1884 W. S. B. McLaren Spinning Woollen & Worsted (ed. 2) 152 The bobbin travels up and down on a lifter plate.1884 W. S. B. McLaren Spinning Woollen & Worsted (ed. 2) 164 The lifter motion is greatly strengthened.(f)1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 938 The pressure of the pulp and water in the vat forces the pulp up the pipe into the lifter-box, whence it is taken by rotatory lifters, and discharged into a trough, where it runs down and mixes with the thick pulp from the chest.(i)1852 R. Burn Naval & Mil. Techn. Dict. French Lang. (ed. 2) ii. 150 Lifter or Lifting-cog, cam, or wiper..came, levéé.1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Aug. 5/1 The lifter raises the central lever or pawl.

c. A vessel used for raising sunken craft.

ΚΠ

1909 Westm. Gaz. 16 July 7/2 The gunboats..have arrived on the spot, as have also the Admiralty tugs and lifters.

d. Cricket. A ball, usually one from a fast bowler, that rises sharply after striking the pitch.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball

full toss1826

long hop1830

twister1832

bail ball1833

bailer1833

grubber1837

slow ball1838

wide1838

ground ball1839

shooter1843

slower ball1846

twiddler1847

creeper1848

lob1851

sneak1851

sneaker1851

slow1854

bumper1855

teaser1856

daisy-cutter1857

popper1857

yorker1861

sharpshooter1863

headball1866

screwball1866

underhand1866

skimmerc1868

grub1870

ramrod1870

raymonder1870

round-armer1871

grass cutter1876

short pitch1877

leg break1878

lob ball1880

off-break1883

donkey-drop1888

tice1888

fast break1889

leg-breaker1892

kicker1894

spinner1895

wrong 'un1897

googly1903

fizzer1904

dolly1906

short ball1911

wrong 'un1911

bosie1912

bouncer1913

flyer1913

percher1913

finger-spinner1920

inswinger1920

outswinger1920

swinger1920

off-spinner1924

away swinger1925

Chinaman1929

overspinner1930

tweaker1938

riser1944

leg-cutter1949

seamer1952

leggy1954

off-cutter1955

squatter1955

flipper1959

lifter1959

cutter1960

beamer1961

loosener1962

doosra1999

1959 Times 28 July 4/7 He was caught off almost the only lifter of the day in his second [over].

1974 Daily Tel. 12 June 34/1 Gavaskar got an awkward lifter from Old and gave a soft catch to the gully.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lifter
释义	liftern. Brit. /ˈlɪftə/, U.S. /ˈlɪftər/ Etymology: < lift v. + -er suffix¹. One who or that which lifts in senses of the verb. 1. a. One who lifts or raises, in either a material or an immaterial sense. Also with up. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > action of cheering > one who or that which cheers gladderc1405 blithera1525 lifter1535 heartener1601 enlivener1774 sunbeam1872 ray of sunshine1885 cheerer-upper1907 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [noun] > taking or lifting up > one who lifter1535 picker-up1611 upheaver1872 picker-upper1913 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms iii. 3 Thou (o Lorde) art..the lifter vp of my heade. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Lifter wyth leuere, phalangarius. 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Llevador A bearer, a lifter. 1656 W. Prynne Short Demurrer to Jewes Remitter 83 The greatest designers, plotters and lifters up of themselves against the interest of Christ. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 156/2 Musick..is a lifter of Dead, Drowsie and Melancholly Spirits. 1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 161 Long pieces of wood..to which the action of a long line of lifters might be applied. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 927 Two men at a vat, and a boy as a layer or lifter can make about 6 or 8 reams in 10 hours. 1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma xi. 353 The lifter-up to the nations of..the banner of righteousness. b. One who takes up dishonestly; a thief. Cf. cattle-lifter n., shoplifter n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] thief688 bribera1387 stealer1508 taker?a1513 goodfellow1566 snatcher1575 lift1591 liftera1592 larcin1596 Tartar1602 lime-twig1606 outparter1607 Tartarian1608 flick1610 puggard1611 gilt1620 nim1630 highwayman1652 cloyer1659 out-trader1660 Robin Goodfellow1680 birdlime1705 gyp1728 filch1775 kiddy1780 snaveller1781 larcenist1803 pincher1814 geach1821 wharf-rat1823 toucher1837 larcener1839 snammer1839 drummer1856 gun1857 forker1867 gunsmith1869 nabber1880 thiever1899 tea-leaf1903 gun moll1908 nicker1909 knocker-off1926 possum1945 scuffler1961 rip-off1969 a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) iii. sig. F Why I am a lifter maister, by occupation. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. ii. 113 Pand Yet will he within three pound lifte [printed liste] as much as his brother Hector. Cres. Is he so yong a man, and so old a lifter . View more context for this quotation 1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester 6 Pads, Biters, Divers, Lifters..these may all pass under the general..appellation of Rooks. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. ii. 41 Ye needna ask whae Rob Roy is, the reiving lifter that he is. 1862 Athenæum 30 Aug. 278 While in the ‘lifter's’ possession..they [books] had been enriched by numerous annotations. 1885 Erminie 11 We are shifters, we are lifters, Working skilfully together. c. One of a sect of Scottish presbyterians who considered it essential that the officiating minister should ‘lift’ a piece of sacramental bread while uttering the prayer of consecration. ΚΠ 1805 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. II. 520 Hence..originated a schism; and the two parties were distinguished by the name of lifters and anti-lifters. 2. Something which lifts or is used for lifting. a. Something which elevates or raises, in either a material or an immaterial sense; applied also to any simple implement, e.g. †a crutch, †a fork, a curved piece of iron for lifting a stove-lid, and in modern slang to a heavy blow. Also with up. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] Jack1564 lifter1570 scissor lift1945 society > occupation and work > equipment > digging or lifting tools > [noun] > fork forkc1000 prong1492 lifter1570 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [noun] > taking or lifting up > that which lifter1570 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Fiv^v/2 A Lifter, forke, fuscina. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Lifter, a Crutch. 1706 A. Bedford Temple Musick viii. 158 Sakeph Gadol, or the Greater Lifter up; as if it designed the Musick to be very Loud. 1867 W. W. Smyth Treat. Coal & Coal-mining 7 Used as a lifter of water to the top of water-wheels. 1882–3 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. 665 Dreams..in antiquity, were thought to be of importance as lifters of the veil. 1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xxxiii. 426 As long as I'm going to hit him at all, I'm going to hit him a lifter. b. Technical uses: †(a) Anatomy = levator n. 2 (b) Mining. The wooden beams used as stems for stamps in old-fashioned stamp-mills (Raymond Mining Gloss.) (c) Magnetism. The cross-piece of soft iron applied to the poles of a horseshoe magnet. (d) Weaving. ? An appliance for raising and depressing the leaves of the heddles. (e) Steam-engine. The arm on a lifting-rod that raises the poppet valve (Webster, 1864). (f) Paper-making. A bucket-wheel for raising the pulp from the reservoir to the trough. (g) Founding. ‘A tool for dressing the mould; also a contrivance attached to a cope to hold the sand together when the cope is lifted’ (Webster, 1864). (h) Surgery = elevator n. 2 (i) = lifting-cam n. at lifting n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > types of muscles > [noun] sphincter1578 raiser1588 in-muscle?1609 oblique1612 abducens1615 abductor1615 adductor1615 antagonist1615 bender1615 depressor1615 extender1615 flexor1615 levator1615 quadratus1615 rectus1615 retractor1615 sphincter-muscle1615 accelerator1638 bicepsa1641 elevator1646 adducent1649 lifter1649 rotator1657 flector1666 contractor1682 dilater1683 orbicularis palpebrarum1694 transverse muscle1696 tensor muscle1704 biventer1706 extensor1713 attollent1728 constrictor1741 dilator1741 risibles1785 orbicularis oculi1797 obliquus1799 erector1828 extensor-muscle1830 compressor1836 trans-muscle1836 antagonizer1844 motor1846 evertor1848 inflector1851 protractor1853 prime mover1860 orbicular1872 transversalis1872 invertor1875 skeletal muscle1877 dilatator1878 occlusor muscle1878 sphincter1879 pilomotor1892 agonist1896 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > magnetism > magnetic devices or materials > [noun] > a magnet > of specific shape > cross-piece of horse-shoe magnet lifter1649 (a) 1649 J. Bulwer Pathomyotomia ii. i. 86 That Muscle of the shoulder-blade, from its office commonly called the Levator, or the Lifter. (b)1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2108 Suffering the Lifters to fall with great force on the Ore, thereby breaking it into small sand.1860 Eng. & Foreign Mining Gloss. (new ed.) (Cornwall Terms) Lifters, wood beams, to which the iron heads of a stamping mill are fastened.1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 152 Lifters, Corn[wall]. The wooden beams used as stems for stamps in old-fashioned stamp-mills.(c)1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. IV. l. 450 The contact or lifter of soft iron to be placed at the other end of the bars.1849 H. M. Noad Lect. Electr. (ed. 3) 396 The soft iron lifter of a horse-shoe magnet.(d)1865 B. Brierley Irkdale I. 236 A weaver..upon a ‘jacquard’ loom, had the misfortune to break one of the irons of her lifter.1884 W. S. B. McLaren Spinning Woollen & Worsted (ed. 2) 152 The bobbin travels up and down on a lifter plate.1884 W. S. B. McLaren Spinning Woollen & Worsted (ed. 2) 164 The lifter motion is greatly strengthened.(f)1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 938 The pressure of the pulp and water in the vat forces the pulp up the pipe into the lifter-box, whence it is taken by rotatory lifters, and discharged into a trough, where it runs down and mixes with the thick pulp from the chest.(i)1852 R. Burn Naval & Mil. Techn. Dict. French Lang. (ed. 2) ii. 150 Lifter or Lifting-cog, cam, or wiper..came, levéé.1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Aug. 5/1 The lifter raises the central lever or pawl. c. A vessel used for raising sunken craft. ΚΠ 1909 Westm. Gaz. 16 July 7/2 The gunboats..have arrived on the spot, as have also the Admiralty tugs and lifters. d. Cricket. A ball, usually one from a fast bowler, that rises sharply after striking the pitch. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball full toss1826 long hop1830 twister1832 bail ball1833 bailer1833 grubber1837 slow ball1838 wide1838 ground ball1839 shooter1843 slower ball1846 twiddler1847 creeper1848 lob1851 sneak1851 sneaker1851 slow1854 bumper1855 teaser1856 daisy-cutter1857 popper1857 yorker1861 sharpshooter1863 headball1866 screwball1866 underhand1866 skimmerc1868 grub1870 ramrod1870 raymonder1870 round-armer1871 grass cutter1876 short pitch1877 leg break1878 lob ball1880 off-break1883 donkey-drop1888 tice1888 fast break1889 leg-breaker1892 kicker1894 spinner1895 wrong 'un1897 googly1903 fizzer1904 dolly1906 short ball1911 wrong 'un1911 bosie1912 bouncer1913 flyer1913 percher1913 finger-spinner1920 inswinger1920 outswinger1920 swinger1920 off-spinner1924 away swinger1925 Chinaman1929 overspinner1930 tweaker1938 riser1944 leg-cutter1949 seamer1952 leggy1954 off-cutter1955 squatter1955 flipper1959 lifter1959 cutter1960 beamer1961 loosener1962 doosra1999 1959 Times 28 July 4/7 He was caught off almost the only lifter of the day in his second [over]. 1974 Daily Tel. 12 June 34/1 Gavaskar got an awkward lifter from Old and gave a soft catch to the gully. 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