单词 | reserver |
释义 | reservern.1 1. A person who reserves something (in various senses of reserve v.1) (in later use esp. in sense 2e). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > [noun] > one who reserver1536 retainer1548 society > communication > record > written record > [noun] > action of recording in writing > one who reserver1966 1536 R. Taverner tr. P. Melanchthon Confessyon Fayth Germaynes f. 31 v Synne in a case reserued can not be forgyuen without thauctorite of the reseruer. 1614 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. II. O.T. viii. 471 Either Israel wanted skill; or our reseruers honestie. a1639 H. Wotton Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 370 I am in this likewise no reserver of my good will till the last. ?a1688 G. Dallas Syst. Stiles (1697) 364 Alledged Makers and Granters of the saids Bailliary, or other Jurisdictions, or Reservers thereof. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Reserver, one that reserves. 1820 J. Taylor Construction Construed iv. 47 The interpolation of a grantor and reserver of powers into the constitution, who had nothing either to grant or to reserve. 1908 Times 25 Apr. 17/2 If seats have been reserved the names of the reservers should be placed above them. 1966 Punch 7 Dec. 841/2 No one except the reserver and his guest know exactly which floor the room is on at any given time. 1992 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 13 Sept. 1 d Those who signed up to reserve season tickets only after the Giants sale was announced would stand behind the original season ticket reservers. 2. = reservoir n. (in various senses). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > constructed reservoir recluse1593 conservera1614 reserver1615 conservatory1626 tank1634 reservatory1666 reservoir1686 kund1837 impounding reservoir1875 catch basin1884 spring box1887 tank1898 1615 E. Grimeston tr. P. d'Avity Estates 54 It is..watred with many riuers, which some say to be forty, not comprehending the fountaines, Pooles (which are many) marshes, brooks and reseruers for fish. 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 299 Spoutes of stone..by which they vsed to let the water from aboue into this Vast Reseruer. 1682 Weekly Memorials for Ingenious (Faithorne & Kersey) 6 Feb. 31 The Reserver of St. Ferreol is above 2000 Toises in Circumference. 1718 J. Ozell tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort Voy. Levant II. 357 The Reserver, which is of Marble, wherein they bathe. 1741 J. Serenius Dictionarium Suethico-Anglo-Latinum 255/2 Watn-kista, reserver of water. 1840 Mechanic & Chemist 19 Sept. 166/1 When bones or other solid animal matters are employed, they should be introduced into an iron retort, connected with a series of reservers. 1848 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 15 345 The combination of springs and the division board, between said springs, to prevent the excessive vibration of the stop holder or corn reserver. 1979 T. K. Sanyal And keeping Flame Alive ii. 11 Irrigation depends on rain water which is stored in a reserver on the hill top. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). reservern.2 Probable editorial misreading of reserve n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [noun] > reservation, proviso conditionc1315 preveance?1316 purview1442 proviso1443 provision1450 saving1478 forprise1530 cautel1541 caveat1579 postulate1588 cautiona1593 non obstante1604 reservation1606 unless1606 reservancy1630 salvo1642 reserve1644 stipulation1792 reserver1807 get-out clause1912 clausula rebus sic stantibus1939 escape clause1945 1807 J. Bentham Let. in Wks. (1843) X. 425 As to everything else, I have no reservers [1988 Corr. (ed. J. R. Dinwiddy) reserve]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.11536n.21807 |
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