pickmann.¹

Brit.

/ˈpɪkmən/, U.S.

/ˈpɪkmən/

Inflections: Plural pickmen.

Forms:

α. See pick n.¹ and man n.¹

β. 1800s picksman (Scottish, in sense 3).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pick n.¹, man n.¹

Etymology: < pick n.¹ + man n.¹. In β forms < the genitive of pick n.¹ + man n.¹ Compare pikeman n.¹Some Older Scots forms with medial -e- (compare quots. at sense 2) may perhaps belong at pickieman n. Earliest attested as a surname.

†1. Perhaps: a maker or seller of pickaxes. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1300 in P. H. Reaney & R. M. Wilson Dict. Brit. Surnames (1976) 272 Robert Pyckeman.

2. Scottish. A miller's assistant, responsible for dressing the millstone with a pick. Cf. pikeman n.¹ 2. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > miller > miller's assistant

mill-knavec1380

pickman1521

pickieman1604

under-miller1825

1521 in C. Innes & P. Chalmers Liber S. Thome de Aberbrothoc (1856) II. 430 Adam Pikkeman.

1588 Protocol Bk. J. Inglis 27 May Remittand the handilling of the myll as pikke man thairof to hym self.

1604 in J. H. Macadam Baxter Bks. St. Andrews (1903) 62 The pickeman..for his peanes in grindeing of..corne.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Pikman, Pikeman, Pikieman, the same as Pickie-man, and pron. as three syllables.

1923 Sc. Notes & Queries 3rd Ser. 1 95 The pickman or pickie-man was a miller's servant whose occupation was to trim the mill-stones by ‘picking’ when they were worn smooth by use.

3. Originally Scottish. A labourer, esp. a miner or quarryman, who works with a pick; a hewer.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific tools or equipment > [noun] > with tools > with pick

pickman1571

beele-man1671

pikeman1744

picker1883

1571 in C. T. McInnes Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1970) XII. 281 All the quariouris masonis and pikmen within the saidis townis.

1609 in R. W. Cochran-Patrick Early Rec. Mining Scotl. (1878) 146 These pickmen..employed in working in that schaft.

1793 in T. Wilson & W. M. McMillan Ann. Sanquhar (1931) xviii. 221 To put four pickmen below ground who should each of them put out 42 creels per day nett.

1812 J. Singer Gen. View Agric. Dumfries 28 At Wanlockhead 118 pickmen are employed.

1856 Househ. Words 13 544 Miners from Cornwall,..Muckshifters, Pickmen [etc.].

1878 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) IV. 631 Five or more gangs work at a time, each consisting of four or five men, one pickman cutting the ground, one for drawing stuff to the shaft bottom, two at the windlass.

1893 T. Stewart Among Miners 4 She was the bonniest picksman ever I saw.

1957 H. Piper in Astounding Sci. Fiction Feb. 9/2 She remembered..the careful, patient native laborers—the painstaking foremen, the pickmen and spademen, the long files of basketmen carrying away the earth.

1992 National Trust Mag. Autumn 30/2 Hundreds of pickmen hacking at the grey cliffs, while barrowmen ran all day along narrow planks carrying the shale to the calcining clamps.

†4. English regional (south-western). A person working with a pitchfork or hay-fork. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1863 W. Barnes Gram. & Gloss. Dorset Dial. 61 In raking grass into double rollers, or pushing hay up into weals, the fore raker or pickman is said to rake in or push in, or row or roo, and the other to close.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† pickmann.²

Forms: 1500s–1600s pickman; Scottish pre-1700 pickeman, pre-1700 pickman, pre-1700 picman, pre-1700 pikman.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pick n.², man n.¹

Etymology: < pick n.² + man n.¹. Compare slightly later pikeman n.²

Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete.

= pikeman n.²

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > using pike

gildena1450

pickman1547

pike1557

pikeman1566

piker1590

piquier1596

morris-pike1599

peakman1668

rapparee1690

pikanier1816

wattle-boy1832

1547 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1911) IX. 138 Pikmen.

a1600 Sir A. Barton in Surtees Misc. (1888) 66 Yea, pick~men more, and bowmen both, This worthye Howard tooke to the sea.

1627 Maldon (Essex) Documents (Bundle 201, No. 40) Further that every pickman come full armed.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pickman
释义	pickmann.¹ Brit. /ˈpɪkmən/, U.S. /ˈpɪkmən/ Inflections: Plural pickmen. Forms: α. See pick n.¹ and man n.¹ β. 1800s picksman (Scottish, in sense 3). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pick n.¹, man n.¹ Etymology: < pick n.¹ + man n.¹. In β forms < the genitive of pick n.¹ + man n.¹ Compare pikeman n.¹Some Older Scots forms with medial -e- (compare quots. at sense 2) may perhaps belong at pickieman n. Earliest attested as a surname. †1. Perhaps: a maker or seller of pickaxes. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1300 in P. H. Reaney & R. M. Wilson Dict. Brit. Surnames (1976) 272 Robert Pyckeman. 2. Scottish. A miller's assistant, responsible for dressing the millstone with a pick. Cf. pikeman n.¹ 2. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > miller > miller's assistant mill-knavec1380 pickman1521 pickieman1604 under-miller1825 1521 in C. Innes & P. Chalmers Liber S. Thome de Aberbrothoc (1856) II. 430 Adam Pikkeman. 1588 Protocol Bk. J. Inglis 27 May Remittand the handilling of the myll as pikke man thairof to hym self. 1604 in J. H. Macadam Baxter Bks. St. Andrews (1903) 62 The pickeman..for his peanes in grindeing of..corne. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Pikman, Pikeman, Pikieman, the same as Pickie-man, and pron. as three syllables. 1923 Sc. Notes & Queries 3rd Ser. 1 95 The pickman or pickie-man was a miller's servant whose occupation was to trim the mill-stones by ‘picking’ when they were worn smooth by use. 3. Originally Scottish. A labourer, esp. a miner or quarryman, who works with a pick; a hewer. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific tools or equipment > [noun] > with tools > with pick pickman1571 beele-man1671 pikeman1744 picker1883 1571 in C. T. McInnes Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1970) XII. 281 All the quariouris masonis and pikmen within the saidis townis. 1609 in R. W. Cochran-Patrick Early Rec. Mining Scotl. (1878) 146 These pickmen..employed in working in that schaft. 1793 in T. Wilson & W. M. McMillan Ann. Sanquhar (1931) xviii. 221 To put four pickmen below ground who should each of them put out 42 creels per day nett. 1812 J. Singer Gen. View Agric. Dumfries 28 At Wanlockhead 118 pickmen are employed. 1856 Househ. Words 13 544 Miners from Cornwall,..Muckshifters, Pickmen [etc.]. 1878 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) IV. 631 Five or more gangs work at a time, each consisting of four or five men, one pickman cutting the ground, one for drawing stuff to the shaft bottom, two at the windlass. 1893 T. Stewart Among Miners 4 She was the bonniest picksman ever I saw. 1957 H. Piper in Astounding Sci. Fiction Feb. 9/2 She remembered..the careful, patient native laborers—the painstaking foremen, the pickmen and spademen, the long files of basketmen carrying away the earth. 1992 National Trust Mag. Autumn 30/2 Hundreds of pickmen hacking at the grey cliffs, while barrowmen ran all day along narrow planks carrying the shale to the calcining clamps. †4. English regional (south-western). A person working with a pitchfork or hay-fork. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1863 W. Barnes Gram. & Gloss. Dorset Dial. 61 In raking grass into double rollers, or pushing hay up into weals, the fore raker or pickman is said to rake in or push in, or row or roo, and the other to close. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † pickmann.² Forms: 1500s–1600s pickman; Scottish pre-1700 pickeman, pre-1700 pickman, pre-1700 picman, pre-1700 pikman. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pick n.², man n.¹ Etymology: < pick n.² + man n.¹. Compare slightly later pikeman n.² Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete. = pikeman n.² ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > using pike gildena1450 pickman1547 pike1557 pikeman1566 piker1590 piquier1596 morris-pike1599 peakman1668 rapparee1690 pikanier1816 wattle-boy1832 1547 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1911) IX. 138 Pikmen. a1600 Sir A. Barton in Surtees Misc. (1888) 66 Yea, pick~men more, and bowmen both, This worthye Howard tooke to the sea. 1627 Maldon (Essex) Documents (Bundle 201, No. 40) Further that every pickman come full armed. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pickmann.³ Brit. /ˈpɪkmən/, U.S. /ˈpɪkmən/ Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: pickmaw n. Etymology: Apparently an alteration of pickmaw n., perhaps after man n.¹ Compare earlier pickmire n. English regional (northern). The common tern, Sterna hirundo. Cf. pickmaw n. ΚΠ 1829 Philos. Mag. 2nd Ser. 6 280 Common Tern... It is there [sc. at Solway Firth] called by the fishermen and others, Jerky, Pickman, &c. 1899 E. W. Prevost Cumberland Gloss. Pickman, the tern. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1300n.²1547n.³1829
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