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单词 pavior
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paviorn.

Brit. /ˈpeɪvɪə/, U.S. /ˈpeɪviər/
Forms: late Middle English pavioure, late Middle English paviowre, late Middle English pawyer, late Middle English 1600s– pavior, late Middle English–1500s pavyer, late Middle English– pavier, 1500s pauyer, 1500s paviar, 1500s–1600s pauier, 1600s pauior, 1700s– paviour, 1800s peaviour (English regional (Dorset)), 1800s piavier (English regional (Dorset)); also Scottish pre-1700 pauiour.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French paviour.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman paviour, paveour < pavier pave v. + -our -our suffix (compare Old French, Middle French, French paveur : see paver n.). Compare post-classical Latin pavearius (1303 in a British source). Compare earlier paver n.With forms in -ier , -yer compare -ier suffix. Attested earlier as a surname (Walterus Pavier (1212), Henr. Le Paveor (1327)), although it is uncertain whether these are to be interpreted as reflecting the Middle English or the Anglo-Norman word.
1.
a. A person who lays paving. In later use sometimes: spec. (usually in form Pavior) a member of the Worshipful Company of Paviors, a livery company of the City of London. Also figurative.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > paviour
paver1388
pavior1423
flagger1868
1423 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 154 (MED) Item, ȝoven to Stevene Brewer for to Fetche stones to be paviers, owt of þe litell Celer, to make with þe same pament, iiij d.
1446 in P. E. Jones Cal. Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall (1954) V. 170 (MED) [Richard Cok], pavyer, [to Richard Snell], pavier.
?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vi Pauyers, bell makers, and brasyers.
1579 W. Fulke Confut. Treat. N. Sander in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 671 The pauier hath made the lyke woorke of historie vppon the pauemente.
?1648 King Charles I in G. Burnet Mem. Dukes Hamilton (1677) 382 The Corner-stone's misplac'd by every Pavier; With such a bloody method and behaviour, Their Ancestors did crucifie our Saviour.
1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 33 The Paviors (after the Bricks are laid) throw sharp Sand over them.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Twivill, an Iron-Tool us'd by Paviers.
1785 Daily Universal Reg. 6 Oct. 4/2 In the beginning of this, or the end of the last century, one Baker, a paviour of Dublin excelled in Falstaff.
1842 C. Dickens Let. 13 Mar. (1974) III. 126 I do a good deal of work as a Paviour in Hell, in common with most men; but I keep many pledges too.
1881 Chester (Pa.) Daily Times 4 May 3/1 Those paviors at work on Edgmont avenue have a good many overseers.
1928 Times 9 Oct. 11/4 Frank Stephen Dryden, a pavior, employed by the Wallsend Corporation, was remanded in custody for a week.
1959 Dict. National Biogr. 1941–50 at Maybury, Sir Henry Percy The Paviors' Company (to which he had been elected in 1918) founded in 1928 a chair of highway engineering.
2002 Jrnl. (Newcastle) 27 Sept. 75 Hundreds of young people have found work as joiners, painters, electricians, bricklayers, paviors and plumbers.
b. A machine for ramming down paving stones. Obsolete.
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1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 1642/1 A steam paving machine in use in Paris consists of a small steam-engine..to the rear of which is attached the pavior or vertical rammer.
1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) III. 391/2 Pavior,..a rammer for driving paving-stones.
2. A slab of stone or other material prepared for use as paving; a paving stone or paving tile. Also as a mass noun.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > stone as material for paving > a paving stone
paving stone1474
pavement stone1575
pavement1589
pavior1611
paver1696
pavestone1810
paving slab1825
paving flag1845
roadblock1862
pave1897
1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. P6 The walke a little without paued with Diamond pauier contriued partly with free stone, and partly with red marble.
1720 R. Carter Let. 13 July (1940) 16 Instead of 1,000 foot of board paviour, which I wrote to you for before, I now desire you to send me in two thousand foot.
1829 S. Glover Hist. County of Derby I. 88 Flags or paviers, and slate or tile stones.
1856 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 6 June 491/2 The numerous titles of the London bricks..are wash bricks, grey stocks, rough stocks, paviours, pickings, [etc.].
1974 Observer 22 Sept. (Colour Suppl.) 39/2 Terrace outside and floor inside covered with inexpensive brick paviors—durable and easy to clean.
2000 Jrnl. (Newcastle) 1 Apr. 228 Front gardens are turfed and drives are finished with block pavior.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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