prunern.²

Brit.

/ˈpruːnə/, U.S.

/ˈprunər/

Forms: 1500s proyner, 1500s– pruner, 1600s pruiner.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prune v.², -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < prune v.² + -er suffix¹.

a. A person who prunes trees or other plants.

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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > pruning or lopping > pruner

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1586 W. Webbe tr. Virgil Aeglogue i, in Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. H.iij Vnder a Rock side here will proyner chaunt [L. canet frondator] merrie ditties.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxi. 368 The inuention..of the proyner of Vynes.

1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. xiii. 25/2 These grafts..were cut downe by the Pruiner.

1669 G. Burnett Pindarick Ode iv, in Modest & Free Conf. Conformist & Non-conformist As a tree which with new force doth spring, When lopt by pruner is its over spreading wing.

1718 J. Lawrence Gardening Improv'd i. vii. 20 All this Beauty rewards the careful Pruner with Plenty also of the most delicious Fruit to gratify the Taste.

1760 J. Beattie Hares in Orig. Poems & Transl. 54 An antient wood..By pruner's ax yet unprofan'd.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Sned Snedder, a pruner, one who lops off branches.

1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Eclogues iv, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 27 Glebe shall be free from the harrow, the vine no pruner fear.

1925 C. Day Lewis Beechen Vigil 11 Meanders around the rose-beds, gnarled, clay-brown, Old Tom the pruner, snic-snac up and down.

1992 D. Morgan Rising in West ii. vi. 103 The Sierra Vista Ranch..operated like a factory, with a rigid hierarchy of foremen, subforemen, irrigators, pruners,..and pickers.

b. In extended use: a person who or thing which trims or reduces something; esp. a person who edits or shortens a piece of writing.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > curtailment > of anything superfluous > one who

pruner1597

1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas viii. 110 Such are the pruners and purifiers of popery, the cleanly Iesuites of these times.

1669 J. Denham Cato Major iii. 35 The Pruner's hand with letting blood must quench Thy heat, and thy exub'rant parts retrench.

1741 S. Richardson Let. (1964) 101 And I have run into such a length—And am such a sorry pruner.

a1763 W. Shenstone Oeconomy i, in Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 294 Youth is fair virtue's season, virtue then Requires the pruner's hand.

1835 Times 31 Mar. 3/3 The pruners of our ecclesiastical establishments have not read the Roman history in vain.

1876 C. H. Spurgeon Commenting 4 Calvin..was no trimmer and pruner of texts.

1931 Burlington Mag. May 256/2 The labours of three generations of scholarly pruners have been undone in a moment.

1997 Economist (Nexis) 20 Sept. 92 He proved a skilful corporate infighter and pruner, reducing the company's headcount notably.

2. A tool used for pruning; spec. (usually in plural) a pair of shears or secateurs.

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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > pruning or lopping > other pruning implements

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tree-pruner1887

1828 Times 6 Mar. 8/3 (advt.) Coopers' and carpenters' tools, padlocks, stock locks, coffee pruners, iron pots [etc.].

1887 Illustr. Catal. Garden Furnit. (J. B. Brown & Son) 83 The ‘standard’ tree pruners.

1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 391/3 This pruner, being made with the shear cut, will work with double the ease of any other pruner.

1916 L. H. Bailey Pruning-man. vi. 192 (caption) Double-lever and single-lever pole pruner.

1949 E. Hyams Not in our Stars xiii. 160 The long-arm pruner had tired his arms and shoulders.

1975 E. Wigginton Foxfire 3 26 Got to where I couldn't press the pruners enough to cut a big limb.

1994 Harrowsmith Mar. 52/1 Back to the old neighbourhood she went, pruners in hand, to take cuttings from overgrown trees.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pruner
释义	† prunern.¹ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French pruner, prunier. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman pruner, prunier and Middle French prunier (French prunier ) plum tree (c1200 in Old French as pruner ) < prune prune n. + -ier -ier suffix. Compare post-classical Latin pruneria (1256 in a British source), prunarius (c1290 in a British source), Old Occitan prunier (second half of the 13th cent.), Catalan pruner (1034). Obsolete. rare. A plum tree. ΚΠ ?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 130 (MED) The furst saide that he had founde hem vnder a figge tree, and the secounde saide he hadde founde hem vnder a plumme tre, pruner. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020). prunern.² Brit. /ˈpruːnə/, U.S. /ˈprunər/ Forms: 1500s proyner, 1500s– pruner, 1600s pruiner. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prune v.², -er suffix¹. Etymology: < prune v.² + -er suffix¹. 1. a. A person who prunes trees or other plants. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > pruning or lopping > pruner shraggerc1440 twister1483 lopper1538 snedder1584 pruner1586 shredder1589 primer1611 topper1688 1586 W. Webbe tr. Virgil Aeglogue i, in Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. H.iij Vnder a Rock side here will proyner chaunt [L. canet frondator] merrie ditties. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxi. 368 The inuention..of the proyner of Vynes. 1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. xiii. 25/2 These grafts..were cut downe by the Pruiner. 1669 G. Burnett Pindarick Ode iv, in Modest & Free Conf. Conformist & Non-conformist As a tree which with new force doth spring, When lopt by pruner is its over spreading wing. 1718 J. Lawrence Gardening Improv'd i. vii. 20 All this Beauty rewards the careful Pruner with Plenty also of the most delicious Fruit to gratify the Taste. 1760 J. Beattie Hares in Orig. Poems & Transl. 54 An antient wood..By pruner's ax yet unprofan'd. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Sned Snedder, a pruner, one who lops off branches. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Eclogues iv, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 27 Glebe shall be free from the harrow, the vine no pruner fear. 1925 C. Day Lewis Beechen Vigil 11 Meanders around the rose-beds, gnarled, clay-brown, Old Tom the pruner, snic-snac up and down. 1992 D. Morgan Rising in West ii. vi. 103 The Sierra Vista Ranch..operated like a factory, with a rigid hierarchy of foremen, subforemen, irrigators, pruners,..and pickers. b. In extended use: a person who or thing which trims or reduces something; esp. a person who edits or shortens a piece of writing. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > curtailment > of anything superfluous > one who pruner1597 1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas viii. 110 Such are the pruners and purifiers of popery, the cleanly Iesuites of these times. 1669 J. Denham Cato Major iii. 35 The Pruner's hand with letting blood must quench Thy heat, and thy exub'rant parts retrench. 1741 S. Richardson Let. (1964) 101 And I have run into such a length—And am such a sorry pruner. a1763 W. Shenstone Oeconomy i, in Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 294 Youth is fair virtue's season, virtue then Requires the pruner's hand. 1835 Times 31 Mar. 3/3 The pruners of our ecclesiastical establishments have not read the Roman history in vain. 1876 C. H. Spurgeon Commenting 4 Calvin..was no trimmer and pruner of texts. 1931 Burlington Mag. May 256/2 The labours of three generations of scholarly pruners have been undone in a moment. 1997 Economist (Nexis) 20 Sept. 92 He proved a skilful corporate infighter and pruner, reducing the company's headcount notably. 2. A tool used for pruning; spec. (usually in plural) a pair of shears or secateurs. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > pruning or lopping > other pruning implements pruner1828 tree-pruner1887 1828 Times 6 Mar. 8/3 (advt.) Coopers' and carpenters' tools, padlocks, stock locks, coffee pruners, iron pots [etc.]. 1887 Illustr. Catal. Garden Furnit. (J. B. Brown & Son) 83 The ‘standard’ tree pruners. 1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 391/3 This pruner, being made with the shear cut, will work with double the ease of any other pruner. 1916 L. H. Bailey Pruning-man. vi. 192 (caption) Double-lever and single-lever pole pruner. 1949 E. Hyams Not in our Stars xiii. 160 The long-arm pruner had tired his arms and shoulders. 1975 E. Wigginton Foxfire 3 26 Got to where I couldn't press the pruners enough to cut a big limb. 1994 Harrowsmith Mar. 52/1 Back to the old neighbourhood she went, pruners in hand, to take cuttings from overgrown trees. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹?c1450n.²1586
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