measurern.

Brit.

/ˈmɛʒ(ə)rə/, U.S.

/ˈmɛʒ(ə)rər/

Forms: see measure v. and -er suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: measure v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < measure v. + -er suffix¹. Compare Old French, Middle French, French mesureur land-surveyor (c1180), person who takes measurements (1260; in earlier use frequently denoting particular officials), post-classical Latin mensurarius, mensurator person who measures or metes (both from 13th cent. in British sources).

†1. A person who apportions or metes out something to others. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > one who

measurerc1443

distributor1526

distributioner1650

portioner1775

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 257 (MED) Þou lord art..oure maker, oure keper, of alle oure godis natural..and in what mesure we schulen hem receive and haue, a mesurer.

a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) f. 33 (MED) Mesurerus [L. Mensores] þei ben cleped þat gooþ byfore þe oost & cheseþ þe feld þat þe oost schal reste ynne and mesureþ to eueriche þe space of lond on whiche he schal picche his tente oþer his pauyloun.

a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) 789 (MED) A Mesurer, that is our Herbagere, For paviloun & tent assigneth he The grounde..Vch hostel eek, in castel and citee, Assigneth he.

a. A person who takes measurements; esp. a person whose duty or office it is to see that goods or commodities are of the proper measure. Also figurative.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] > a measurer

meter1336

measurer1552

metster1582

rater1823

quantifier1941

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Measurer, dimensor.

1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xcii. 76 This mayde right mesurer to me is, As I to other haue mesurde wrong.

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. aiij^v To vnderstand..how Farre, a thing seene..is from the measurer.

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique v. i. 653 The seconde instrument very necessarily required for the measurer to measure assuredly..is the Richards chaine.

1641 Rec. Colony & Plantation New Haven (1857) I. 51 Bro: Pecke chosen measurer for the towne to fill and strike all the corne.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Alnager There are three distinct Officers, known by the Names of Searcher, Measurer and Alnager.

1792 N.-Y. Directory 130 Stone, Jeremiah, measurer for the Custom-house, Greenwich-street, near the Battery.

1827 B. Drake & E. D. Mansfield Cincinnati in 1826 vi. 51 The council have power to appoint..Measurers of wood and coal.

1841 in C. Cist Cincinnati in 1841 (advt.) George Warren, Measurer of Stone-work, Birch-work, and Plastering.

1875 R. A. Proctor Expanse of Heaven 241 The measurer of the moon's distance.

1916 E. Blunden Harbingers 24 The binman found the measurer pleased, For hops were clean and work was through.

1972 Classif. of Occup. (Dept. Employment) III. 408/2 Workers in this group weigh and otherwise measure materials, goods and products,..for example:..Measurers.

1998 Dallas Morning News (Electronic ed.) 9 Jan. b11 Course measurers such as Andy Beach of Garland go to great lengths to ensure that a certified course is accurate.

†b. North American. A surveyor. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > surveyor

geometrian?c1400

geometrician?1537

surveyor1551

land-meter1582

land-measurer1632

measurer1636

geodesian1650

geometrist1772

geometer1773

arpenteur1789

land-surveyor1792

fieldman1838

1636 in D. G. Hill Dedham (Mass.) Rec. (1892) III. 36 We doe order yt all high wayes..be orderly set out by our Measurer.

1704 in C. J. Hoadly Public Rec. Colony of Connecticut (1868) IV. 475 The town-measurer or surveyor..to survey and lay out one hundred and ten acres.

c. A celestial object, esp. the sun or moon, which measures time by its passage.

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1642 J. Howell The Vote 1 The world's bright Eye, Times measurer.

1821 J. Banim & R. L. Sheil Damon & Pythias v. i. 59 Thou minister Of light, and measurer of eternity In this great purpose, stay thy going down, Great sun, behind the confines of the world!

1874 A. H. Sayce Princ. Compar. Philol. viii. 333 When we call the moon ‘the measurer’ we at once personify it.

1980 D. Wakoski Searching for Canto Fermo in Cap of Darkness 88 Norman, the moon,..unites us in our search for communication, that perfect word, the measurer of time.

3. An instrument or gauge for measuring something.chest-, map-, velocity-measurer, etc.: see the first element.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun]

metc1175

instrumentc1392

gauger1588

jadge1617

mensurator1645

dimensurator1675

measurer1690

1690 W. Mountfort Successfull Straingers iii. i. 23 There's not a Tatling measurer of the time, But I have number'd with it every hour.

1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. i. 2 The flat-roof of any building that hath but one spout for carrying off the water, might be a measurer of the different quantities of the fallen rain.

1772 Philos. Trans. 1771 (Royal Soc.) 61 227 The height my rain measurer stands above the ground.

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 162 [An hour-glass] Old-fashioned uncouth measurer of the day.

1882 Athenæum 2 Sept. 310/1 His ‘bolometer’, or radiation measurer—an instrument some twenty times more sensitive than the thermopile.

1925 H. C. Booth tr. F. Auerbach Mod. Magnetics (U.K. ed.) ix. 231 Kaufmann has devised an apparatus that is at the same time an hysteresis measurer.

1996 Halfords Christmas Gifts Catal. 12/2 (caption) Digital Map Measurer. Measures distance on maps in miles or kilometres.

4. That which is the measure of something; a standard unit used to calculate magnitude or quantity. rare.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] > that by which one measures

measure1340

sheltron1377

scantling1587

scale1626

gauge1692

measurer1775

Richter scale1958

1775 J. Harris Philos. Arrangem. xii. 301 The Measurer, and the thing measured, should reciprocate, so that while the Gallon measures the Wine, the Wine should measure the Gallon.

1850 G. H. Boker Anne Boleyn v. ii. 196 Events, not hours, are measurers of our lives, And I in deeds have far outlived my term.

1856 G. H. Calvert Will & Way iv. iii, in Comedies 60 The universal measurer of values is gold.

1964 L. G. Green Old Men Say 100 As late as 1859..Dutch weights and measures were..in everyday use... Measurers of capacity were the ‘anker’ and the ‘legger’ barrels and casks.

5. The larva of a geometrid moth; a looper caterpillar. rare.Cf. measuring worm n.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Geometridae > class of caterpillars > member of

surveyor1682

looper1731

span-worm1820

geometric caterpillar1835

measuring worm1843

span-worm1852

inch-worma1861

measurer1868

loop-worm1880

1868 All Year Round 20 June 43/2 The ‘measurer’ begins to disport himself by dangling from the boughs.

1890 Cent. Dict. Measurer,..a measuring-worm.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	measurer
释义	measurern. Brit. /ˈmɛʒ(ə)rə/, U.S. /ˈmɛʒ(ə)rər/ Forms: see measure v. and -er suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: measure v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < measure v. + -er suffix¹. Compare Old French, Middle French, French mesureur land-surveyor (c1180), person who takes measurements (1260; in earlier use frequently denoting particular officials), post-classical Latin mensurarius, mensurator person who measures or metes (both from 13th cent. in British sources). †1. A person who apportions or metes out something to others. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [noun] > one who measurerc1443 distributor1526 distributioner1650 portioner1775 c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 257 (MED) Þou lord art..oure maker, oure keper, of alle oure godis natural..and in what mesure we schulen hem receive and haue, a mesurer. a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) f. 33 (MED) Mesurerus [L. Mensores] þei ben cleped þat gooþ byfore þe oost & cheseþ þe feld þat þe oost schal reste ynne and mesureþ to eueriche þe space of lond on whiche he schal picche his tente oþer his pauyloun. a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) 789 (MED) A Mesurer, that is our Herbagere, For paviloun & tent assigneth he The grounde..Vch hostel eek, in castel and citee, Assigneth he. 2. a. A person who takes measurements; esp. a person whose duty or office it is to see that goods or commodities are of the proper measure. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] > a measurer meter1336 measurer1552 metster1582 rater1823 quantifier1941 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Measurer, dimensor. 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xcii. 76 This mayde right mesurer to me is, As I to other haue mesurde wrong. 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. aiij^v To vnderstand..how Farre, a thing seene..is from the measurer. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique v. i. 653 The seconde instrument very necessarily required for the measurer to measure assuredly..is the Richards chaine. 1641 Rec. Colony & Plantation New Haven (1857) I. 51 Bro: Pecke chosen measurer for the towne to fill and strike all the corne. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Alnager There are three distinct Officers, known by the Names of Searcher, Measurer and Alnager. 1792 N.-Y. Directory 130 Stone, Jeremiah, measurer for the Custom-house, Greenwich-street, near the Battery. 1827 B. Drake & E. D. Mansfield Cincinnati in 1826 vi. 51 The council have power to appoint..Measurers of wood and coal. 1841 in C. Cist Cincinnati in 1841 (advt.) George Warren, Measurer of Stone-work, Birch-work, and Plastering. 1875 R. A. Proctor Expanse of Heaven 241 The measurer of the moon's distance. 1916 E. Blunden Harbingers 24 The binman found the measurer pleased, For hops were clean and work was through. 1972 Classif. of Occup. (Dept. Employment) III. 408/2 Workers in this group weigh and otherwise measure materials, goods and products,..for example:..Measurers. 1998 Dallas Morning News (Electronic ed.) 9 Jan. b11 Course measurers such as Andy Beach of Garland go to great lengths to ensure that a certified course is accurate. †b. North American. A surveyor. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > surveyor geometrian?c1400 geometrician?1537 surveyor1551 land-meter1582 land-measurer1632 measurer1636 geodesian1650 geometrist1772 geometer1773 arpenteur1789 land-surveyor1792 fieldman1838 1636 in D. G. Hill Dedham (Mass.) Rec. (1892) III. 36 We doe order yt all high wayes..be orderly set out by our Measurer. 1704 in C. J. Hoadly Public Rec. Colony of Connecticut (1868) IV. 475 The town-measurer or surveyor..to survey and lay out one hundred and ten acres. c. A celestial object, esp. the sun or moon, which measures time by its passage. ΚΠ 1642 J. Howell The Vote 1 The world's bright Eye, Times measurer. 1821 J. Banim & R. L. Sheil Damon & Pythias v. i. 59 Thou minister Of light, and measurer of eternity In this great purpose, stay thy going down, Great sun, behind the confines of the world! 1874 A. H. Sayce Princ. Compar. Philol. viii. 333 When we call the moon ‘the measurer’ we at once personify it. 1980 D. Wakoski Searching for Canto Fermo in Cap of Darkness 88 Norman, the moon,..unites us in our search for communication, that perfect word, the measurer of time. 3. An instrument or gauge for measuring something.chest-, map-, velocity-measurer, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] metc1175 instrumentc1392 gauger1588 jadge1617 mensurator1645 dimensurator1675 measurer1690 1690 W. Mountfort Successfull Straingers iii. i. 23 There's not a Tatling measurer of the time, But I have number'd with it every hour. 1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. i. 2 The flat-roof of any building that hath but one spout for carrying off the water, might be a measurer of the different quantities of the fallen rain. 1772 Philos. Trans. 1771 (Royal Soc.) 61 227 The height my rain measurer stands above the ground. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 162 [An hour-glass] Old-fashioned uncouth measurer of the day. 1882 Athenæum 2 Sept. 310/1 His ‘bolometer’, or radiation measurer—an instrument some twenty times more sensitive than the thermopile. 1925 H. C. Booth tr. F. Auerbach Mod. Magnetics (U.K. ed.) ix. 231 Kaufmann has devised an apparatus that is at the same time an hysteresis measurer. 1996 Halfords Christmas Gifts Catal. 12/2 (caption) Digital Map Measurer. Measures distance on maps in miles or kilometres. 4. That which is the measure of something; a standard unit used to calculate magnitude or quantity. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] > that by which one measures measure1340 sheltron1377 scantling1587 scale1626 gauge1692 measurer1775 Richter scale1958 1775 J. Harris Philos. Arrangem. xii. 301 The Measurer, and the thing measured, should reciprocate, so that while the Gallon measures the Wine, the Wine should measure the Gallon. 1850 G. H. Boker Anne Boleyn v. ii. 196 Events, not hours, are measurers of our lives, And I in deeds have far outlived my term. 1856 G. H. Calvert Will & Way iv. iii, in Comedies 60 The universal measurer of values is gold. 1964 L. G. Green Old Men Say 100 As late as 1859..Dutch weights and measures were..in everyday use... Measurers of capacity were the ‘anker’ and the ‘legger’ barrels and casks. 5. The larva of a geometrid moth; a looper caterpillar. rare.Cf. measuring worm n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Geometridae > class of caterpillars > member of surveyor1682 looper1731 span-worm1820 geometric caterpillar1835 measuring worm1843 span-worm1852 inch-worma1861 measurer1868 loop-worm1880 1868 All Year Round 20 June 43/2 The ‘measurer’ begins to disport himself by dangling from the boughs. 1890 Cent. Dict. Measurer,..a measuring-worm. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1443
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