单词 | lubricator |
释义 | lubricatorn. 1. One who lubricates. In quot. 1883 figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [noun] > oiliness > lubricity or oiliness and slipperiness > lubrication > one who lubricator1883 1883 Earl Granville in Standard 3 May 3/3 In the House of Commons you have some good oilers. I can conceive no better lubricators than..Mr. Cotes, and Mr. Duff. 2. a. A lubricating substance; a lubricant. Photography. An agent for glazing prints before burnishing. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [noun] > lubricant lubricator1757 lubricant1828 lube1956 1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful iv. §21. 153 Water..is found when not cold to be a great resolver of spasms, and lubricator of the fibres. 1874 W. de W. Abney Instruct. Photogr. (1888) xxxi. 255 For burnishing, the print must be quite dry, and a dry lubricator used, Castile soap answering for that purpose. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1869 Spectator 3 July 780 If Lord Carnarvon will leave out one or two features in his proposal..we see no serious objection to its acceptance as a lubricator for the Bill. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right II. xv. 69 Gold, the universal lubricator. 3. An oil-cup or other contrivance for lubricating a machine or instrument. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > lubricating equipment grease-horna1642 oil bag1684 lubricator183. oilway1840 oiler1848 oil cup1850 grease-gun1917 183. E. J. Woolsey in Ure Dict. Arts (1839) 782 When you wish to see the quantity of oil remaining in the lubricator. 1871 C. H. Owen Mod. Artillery 133 The solid residue (from the powder) left within the bore after firing, would..foul the bore if allowed to remain in it; but this residue is got rid of by the lubricator. The lubricator consists of three parts. 1887 D. A. Low Introd. Machine Drawing (1892) 32 The journal is lubricated by a needle lubricator. 4. U.S. slang. = greaser n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > servile flatterer papelard1340 placeboc1395 fawnerc1440 pickthank1460 adulator?a1475 earwigc1475 curry-favel1515 men-pleaser1526 gnatho1533 upcreeperc1540 claw-back1549 curry-favourer1563 man-pleaser1564 claw-poll1569 please-man1570 sycophant1575 curry-favour1577 capper1587 insinuator1598 clawera1603 scrape-shoe1607 suck-fist1611 courtiera1616 foot lickera1616 fleerera1627 wriggler1631 fawn1635 limberham1689 toad-eater1742 tuft-hunter1755 arse-kisser1766 sleeve-creeper1809 lick-spit1822 lickspittle1825 shoe-licker1826 toady1826 toad1831 toader1842 bootlicker1846 bootlick1849 favour-currier1855 lubricator1872 bum-sucker1877 handshaker1884 suck1900 mbongo1911 sucker-up1911 apple-polisher1918 snurge1933 ass-licker1939 brown-nose1939 brown-noser1942 arse-licker1951 ass-kisser1951 greaser1959 suck-hole1966 suck-up1970 bumboy1984 fly- 1872 C. King Mountaineering in Sierra Nevada xiv. 285 ‘String him up!’ ‘Burn the doggoned lubricator! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmaslubricator attributive and in other combinations, as displacement apparatus (see sense 3c), cylinder, lubricator. ΚΠ 1874 A. B. Garrod & E. B. Baxter Materia Medica (1880) 277 Place the bark in a displacement apparatus and percolate with the diluted hydrochloric acid. 1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Displacement Cylinder, an auxiliary cylinder belonging to some gas engines, by which the constituents of the charge are forced into the working or power cylinder. Displacement Lubricator, a lubricator which acts by the difference in the sp. gr. of oil and of water. An impermeator is one form of displacement lubricator. < n.1757 as lemmas |
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