单词 | pavior |
释义 | paviorn. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1423 |
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