单词 | rasper |
释义 | raspern. 1. A person who or thing which rasps or grates something; spec. a machine for rasping beetroot, potatoes, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > grinding or pounding > [noun] > one who or that which grinds pounder1611 rasper1611 triturator1864 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > workers performing other tasks or processes river?c1475 melter1511 sinker1526 folder up1552 wiper1552 scourer1574 heaver1587 stoverc1600 rasper1611 ripper1611 roller1616 smearer1632 waterleadera1650 scooper1668 smiter1670 puncher1681 staker1688 crusher1794 hardener1796 reamer1822 piledriver1826 catcher1832 waterproofer1837 middler1847 culler1850 hanger-on1858 pitcher1865 bumper1871 fine liner1871 bricksetter1883 waxer1890 bottle-oh1898 edger1909 bottle-o-er1915 caster1921 recycler1970 linesperson1973 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > sugar manufacture > [noun] > grater for beets or other roots rasp1831 rasper1882 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine tool > other specific machine tools > [noun] > rasping-machine rasping mill1663 rasping machine1831 rasper1882 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Racleur, a scraper, a rasper, a grater. 1725 London Gaz. No. 6382/11 Richard Sill,..Harthorn-Rasper. 1788 Reveries of Heart I. v. 17 'Tis that rather than be constantly idle, I would be a coal-heaver in London, a miner in Cornwal, or a rasper of logwood in Holland. 1797 J. Jones Med., Philos. & Vulgar Errors 198 He ought to have told us that the bandages were made out of the scorched and burnt fibres of the arms of those filers and raspers, and not from cowhide, or some other such materials. 1800 M. A. Hanway Andrew Stuart I. iv. 73 ‘Did he so,’ interrupted an arch fellow, a rasper of beards (who had listened to the dialogue, as he swallowed his pennyworth of purl in a corner). 1865 J. T. F. Turner Familiar Descr. Old Delabole Slate Quarries 17 The wages due to the sawyers, planers, and raspers. 1882 Spons' Encycl. Manuf. 1824 The potatoes are introduced by the hopper, and are forced..against the short saw-like teeth of the rasper. 1908 Amer. Anthropologist 10 684/1 Discusses an angular neolithic rasper or grater (for use on wood, etc.) found in the Dunois in 1907. 1976 Ann. Amer. Schools Oriental Res. 42 400 This material could serve as a rasper, scraper, or rubbing stone. 2001 Edmonton (Alberta) Sun (Nexis) 15 Apr. 7 A piece of machinery known as a rasper apparently broke down, igniting the rubber it was dicing up. 2. Hunting. A high fence which is difficult to jump. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > [noun] > riding after hounds > type of fence timber1791 rasper1812 stopper1832 jump1858 oxer1859 flying fence1883 1812 Sporting Mag. 39 232 Having to surmount in every field, what in sporting phrase is denominated a Rasper. 1841 J. T. J. Hewlett Parish Clerk I. 79 Many raspers and bullfinches were cleared by the little Shetlands. 1885 H. M. Milner Turpin's Ride to York ii. iv. 9 A stiff fence, captain; a regular rasper beyond the hill's side. 1929 H. A. Vachell Virgin iii. 53 In front was a big solid fence, a rasper. 1989 A. Morrow Picnic in Foreign Land iv. 47 As they faced a notorious fence would ask each other apprehensively: ‘This is a real rasper, do we jump it or face Mummie?’ 3. slang. ΚΠ 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby lvii. 565 He's what you may a-call a rasper, is Nickleby. 1862 G. A. Sala Seven Sons Mammon I. xii. 305 Ephraim Tigg of Stockwell!.. I thought so. And so you've found out again that he's a Rasper, have you? 1886 Field 27 Feb. 256/3 Bess o' the Nook is a puppy... Her [greyhound hare] course with Carsehill was such a rasper that there was little hope for her in the final [race]. b. Anything remarkable or extraordinary; (now) esp. (Sport) a powerful, fast-moving shot or ball. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent thing starOE dainty1340 daisyc1485 say-piece1535 bravery1583 paragon1585 daint1633 rapper1653 supernaculum1704 dandy1785 roarer1813 sneezer1823 plum1825 trimmer1827 sockdolager1838 rasper1844 dinger1861 job1863 fizzer1866 champagne1880 beauty1882 pie1884 twanger1889 smasher1894 crackerjack1895 Taj Mahal1895 beaut1896 pearler1901 lollapalooza1904 bearcat1909 beaner1911 grande dame1915 Rolls-Royce1916 the nuts1917 pipperoo1939 rubydazzler1941 rumpty1941 rumptydooler1941 snodger1941 sockeroo1942 sweetheart1942 zinger1955 blue-chipper1957 ring-a-ding1959 premier cru1965 sharpie1970 stormer1978 1844 Spirit of Times 19 Oct. 403/2 She promises to be a perfect ‘rasper’, and will have some ‘tall’ chronicling in the ‘Spirit’ before all of her yarn is spun. 1860 T. Martin tr. Horace Odes 16 His bat at cricket was a rasper. 1923 Times 1 Sept. 6/3 He succeeded in giving only one, which Tollemache dropped; however, he made up for that by catching a rasper close to his toes early in the match! 1965 Times 14 Oct. 5/5 Barrett, after an uncertain first half, stopped some raspers in goal in the second. 1977 R. Scollins & J. Titford Ey up, mi Duck! II. 52 Rasper, another expression of excellence; often describes a good goal in football. 2007 Evening Times (Glasgow) (Nexis) 12 Mar. 58 Aiden McGeady forced the Rangers keeper into a save with a 25-yard rasper, while another whizzing shot was off target by only inches. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1611 |
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