单词 | pionery |
释义 | † pioneryn. Obsolete. 1. Scottish. The office or duties of a porter or labourer, esp. one approved by a burgh. Cf. pioneer n. 2, piner n.2 1. rare. ΚΠ 1547 Perth Guildry 17 Aug. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (1983) V. 518/1 Me..principall pyonur of the office of pyonury of the burght of Perth. 2. a. The work of a military pioneer (pioneer n. 1). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > [noun] > transporting > work of pioneers pionery1562 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory 14 The significations of this colour Sable..with Or, honor with long lyfe..with Sanguine, prosperous in Pionarie. 1650 W. Brough Sacred Princ. 174 The Art, is his Pionry, to undermine gluttony. 1665 E. Waterhouse Gentlemans Monitor xxviii. 239 Thus further has flattery and fallacy been carryed on in all Ages of the World, as that Pionery and subterraneous mischief, which is at its mark before discored. b. The tools of a military pioneer. In quot. figurative. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > digging or lifting tools > [noun] pionery1654 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot ii. i. 33 Chirurgions..with..tooth-pick-axes, tooth-mattocks, and all manner of mouth-Pionery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1547 |
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