单词 | barker |
释义 | barkern.1 1. One who or that which barks; a dog. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] houndc897 dogOE cur?c1225 cur-dog?c1225 barker1393 tykec1400 bawtiec1536 bufe1567 cute1622 bow-wow1785 buffer1819 growler1822 purp1861 canine1863 ki-yi1884 dawg1898 wonk1900 mong1903 pooch1908 poochie1934 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. x. 260 Thyne berkeres ben al blynde. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 32 Berkar, as a dogge, latrator. 1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid viii, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 276 Monster gods of every breed, Barker Anubis, too, 'gainst Neptune [ranged]. 2. figurative. A noisy assailant; an auction-room or shop tout; one who ‘barks’ at a cheap shop or show: see bark v.1 2b. Chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > attack by hostile measures or words > one who attacks with words, etc. barker1483 offendent1646 attacker1681 besetter1820 batterer1823 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > critic > noisy barker1483 society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > one who canvasses or solicits sales barker1699 salesman's dog1699 toutera1754 townsman1843 tout1853 canvasser1865 schlepper1894 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 273/4 Whiche sometyme had ben a barker, bytter and blynde, ayenst the lettres. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 81 b Neither Jerome Osorius nor any other braulyng barker can..molest him. 1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. Ep. Ded. 8 The aduersaries and barkers against Soueraignty. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Barker, a Salesman's Servant that walks before the Shop, and cries, Cloaks, Coats, or Gowns, what d'ye lack, Sir. 1822 W. Hazlitt Men & Manners (1869) 2nd Ser. xi. 232 As shopmen and barkers tease you to buy goods. 1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 3 Barker, a man employed to cry at the doors of gaffs, shows, and puffing shops, to entice people inside. 1862 A. Helps Organization Daily Life 123 A review which I delight in..because it always barks on the other side to the great barker. 1897 W. D. Howells Landlord Lion's Head 247 The barker began to fill the night with hoarse cries of ‘Miss Lynde's carriage; carriage for Miss Lynde!’ 1903 N.Y. Times 28 Aug. 3/7 Conditions were so dull that barkers had to be enlisted to call the public's attention to the boats. 1910 H. A. Franck Vagabond Journey 276 The secretary was a man..with the voice of a side-show barker. 3. The Spotted Redshank ( Totanus fuscus). ΚΠ 1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. Barker, vide Snipe-spotted. 4. slang. A pistol; occasionally a cannon. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] gun1339 enginec1380 great gunc1430 ordnancec1450 cannona1460 piece1512 spitfire1611 tube1763 barker1815 by and by1857 big gun1886 centre-fire1889 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > pistol pistolet1550 potguna1556 pistol?1560 snapper1587 pistoletto1647 pop1708 gun1744 cracker1751 stick1781 barking iron1785 barker1815 young gun1822 buffer1824 reporter1827 iron1828 flute1842 cannon1901 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 192 They are never without barkers and slashers. 1842 J. F. Cooper Jack o' Lantern I. 151 Four more carronades, with two barkers for'ard. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022). barkern.2ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > worker with skins or hides > [noun] > worker with leather > tanner tannera975 barker1402 skin1785 1402 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1836) I. 289 Lego uxori Ricardi Skyrtyn~bek, barkar, j. togam. ?1475 R. Calle in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 358 An endenture of the bercars. 1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII xix That no Tanner nor Barker put no maner of hyde nor Lether to sale. a1600 King & Barker 127 in J. Ritson Pieces Anc. Pop. Poetry (1791) 65 Ther owr kyng and the barker partyd feyr a twyn. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 131 Of Barkers within Bvrgh. 2. One who strips off bark from trees. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > scratch or graze > one who barker1611 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > woodworker > [noun] > one who strips bark from trees bark-pullerc1440 barker1611 bark-peeler1862 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Escorceur, a barker of trees. 1829 J. L. Knapp Jrnl. Naturalist 56 Our barkers go on rapidly with their work. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.11393n.21402 |
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