单词 | saw-sharpener |
释义 | > as lemmassaw-sharpener saw-sharpener n. (a) one who sharpens saws; (b) a name for the Great Titmouse, Parus major (cf. saw-whetter n.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Paridae > [noun] > genus Parus (tit) > parus major (great tit) great titmouse1544 ox-eye1544 tomtit1648 black cap1802 oven's nesta1825 pick-cheesea1825 Tom-noup1832 saw-sharpener1885 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 33 Great Titmouse (Parus major)..Saw sharpener. 1895 P. H. Emerson Birds, Beasts, & Fishes Norfolk Broadland 63 They [sc. great titmice] are sometimes called ‘saw-sharpeners’ in the building season, from the well-known and peculiar grating noise made by the cock. 1905 Daily Chron. 22 Mar. 8/7 Wood Turner, Fret Cutter and Saw Sharpener. < as lemmas |
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