scissors-grindern.

Brit.

/ˈsɪzəzˌɡrʌɪndə/, U.S.

/ˈsɪzərzˌɡraɪndər/

Forms:

α. 1700s scissar-grinder, 1700s– scissor-grinder.

β. 1700s scissars-grinder, 1800s– scissors-grinder.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: scissors n., grinder n.

Etymology: In α. forms < the singular of scissors n. + grinder n. In β. forms < scissors n. + grinder n.

1. A person who grinds scissors; esp. a (typically itinerant) person who makes a living by sharpening scissors and knives.In quot. 1756 at α. : a device for grinding scissors.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > maker of cutting instruments > [noun] > scissors-grinder

scissors-grinder1756

α.

1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 55 By these waters all kinds of little figures of mills, scissar-grinders [Ger. Scheerschleifern], pots, &c. are thrown about the garden.

1790 Sheffield Iris 7 Aug. Scissor-grinders and other workmen who have entered into unlawful combinations to raise the price of labour.

1841 New Monthly Mag. June 219 Addressing himself to a scissor-grinder that happily was plying his trade at the next door.

1855 ‘Q. K. P. Doesticks’ Doesticks, what he Says 155 The loving accents of the scissor-grinder's wheel.

1930 ‘E. M. Delafield’ Diary Provinc. Lady 139 Vicky comes in to say that the Scissor-Grinder is at the door, and if we haven't anything to grind, he'll be pleased to attend to the clocks or rivet any china.

1974 Times 13 May 12/8 He remembers Dinky toys and the scissor grinder's bicycle.

2005 C. Clark Great Stink xvii. 199 He purchased a knife for the gutting of fish from the Italian scissor-grinder in Broad-street.

β. 1767 T. Nugent New Pocket Dict. French & Eng. sig. K6^v/2 Gagne-petit, knives or scissars grinder.1841 N. Hawthorne Amer. Notebks. (1972) v. 219 The squirrel..frequently uttered a sharp, quick, angry noise, like that of a scissors-grinder's wheel.1861 ‘M. Leslie’ Tim, the Scissors Grinder vii. 71 You know it wouldn't do for a scissors-grinder to carry dull tools.1949 Rotarian Dec. 63/2 ‘How's business?’ a passer-by asked the scissors grinder.1985 Washington Post 24 Dec. b4/2 [He] was a scissors grinder who plied his trade on the streets of Washington for many years.2002 W. Woodruff Road to Nab End (2003) 11 The scissors-grinder who, for a penny or two, sharpened scissors and knives amid a shower of sparks with a foot-driven grinding wheel.

2. Any of various birds and other animals that make a call or sound resembling the sound of a scissors-grinder's wheel: (in Bermuda) a cicada; (English regional) the nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus; (Australian) the restless flycatcher, Myiagra inquieta.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > miscellaneous types of > sisura inquieta (restless flycatcher)

restless thrush1801

razor-grinder1822

grinder1848

restless flycatcher1848

scissors-grinder1875

the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars, etc.) > [noun] > family Caprimulgidae > member of genus Caprimulgus > caprimulgus europaeus (nightjar)

goat-milker1611

goatsucker1611

nighthawk1611

nightjar1630

dor-hawk1668

churn-owl1674

fern-owl1678

goat owl1766

eve-jara1793

puckeridgea1793

moth-hunter1816

wheel-bird1817

jar-owl1832

nightchurr1837

night-swallow1840

eve-churr1861

wheeler1862

scissors-grinder1875

puck1878

spinner1885

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Cicadidae

cicada?a1475

cigala1484

bow-krickel1658

locust1709

harvest-fly1753

spit-insect1755

tettix1775

balm-cricket1783

cicala1821

tree-hopper1836

cicad1855

knife-grinder1859

scissors-grinder1875

jar-fly1880

squeaker1887

New Forest cicada1978

1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 599/2 A cicada (scissor-grinder), and the chigre or jigger, are common [in the Bermudas].

1893 in H. T. Cozens-Hardy Broad Norfolk (Eastern Daily Press) 50 The Nightjar [is known as the] ‘Scissor-grinder’.

1917 Bulletin (Sydney) 17 May 22/2 The scissors-grinder, or restless flycatcher, closely resembles willy wagtail in appearance.

2009 J. Mynott Birdscapes ix. 230 The restless flycatcher soon reveals to me why it has another vernacular name of ‘scissors grinder’ when it vocalises.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	scissors-grinder
释义	scissors-grindern. Brit. /ˈsɪzəzˌɡrʌɪndə/, U.S. /ˈsɪzərzˌɡraɪndər/ Forms: α. 1700s scissar-grinder, 1700s– scissor-grinder. β. 1700s scissars-grinder, 1800s– scissors-grinder. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: scissors n., grinder n. Etymology: In α. forms < the singular of scissors n. + grinder n. In β. forms < scissors n. + grinder n. 1. A person who grinds scissors; esp. a (typically itinerant) person who makes a living by sharpening scissors and knives.In quot. 1756 at α. : a device for grinding scissors. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > maker of cutting instruments > [noun] > scissors-grinder scissors-grinder1756 α. 1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 55 By these waters all kinds of little figures of mills, scissar-grinders [Ger. Scheerschleifern], pots, &c. are thrown about the garden. 1790 Sheffield Iris 7 Aug. Scissor-grinders and other workmen who have entered into unlawful combinations to raise the price of labour. 1841 New Monthly Mag. June 219 Addressing himself to a scissor-grinder that happily was plying his trade at the next door. 1855 ‘Q. K. P. Doesticks’ Doesticks, what he Says 155 The loving accents of the scissor-grinder's wheel. 1930 ‘E. M. Delafield’ Diary Provinc. Lady 139 Vicky comes in to say that the Scissor-Grinder is at the door, and if we haven't anything to grind, he'll be pleased to attend to the clocks or rivet any china. 1974 Times 13 May 12/8 He remembers Dinky toys and the scissor grinder's bicycle. 2005 C. Clark Great Stink xvii. 199 He purchased a knife for the gutting of fish from the Italian scissor-grinder in Broad-street. β. 1767 T. Nugent New Pocket Dict. French & Eng. sig. K6^v/2 Gagne-petit, knives or scissars grinder.1841 N. Hawthorne Amer. Notebks. (1972) v. 219 The squirrel..frequently uttered a sharp, quick, angry noise, like that of a scissors-grinder's wheel.1861 ‘M. Leslie’ Tim, the Scissors Grinder vii. 71 You know it wouldn't do for a scissors-grinder to carry dull tools.1949 Rotarian Dec. 63/2 ‘How's business?’ a passer-by asked the scissors grinder.1985 Washington Post 24 Dec. b4/2 [He] was a scissors grinder who plied his trade on the streets of Washington for many years.2002 W. Woodruff Road to Nab End (2003) 11 The scissors-grinder who, for a penny or two, sharpened scissors and knives amid a shower of sparks with a foot-driven grinding wheel. 2. Any of various birds and other animals that make a call or sound resembling the sound of a scissors-grinder's wheel: (in Bermuda) a cicada; (English regional) the nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus; (Australian) the restless flycatcher, Myiagra inquieta. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > miscellaneous types of > sisura inquieta (restless flycatcher) restless thrush1801 razor-grinder1822 grinder1848 restless flycatcher1848 scissors-grinder1875 the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars, etc.) > [noun] > family Caprimulgidae > member of genus Caprimulgus > caprimulgus europaeus (nightjar) goat-milker1611 goatsucker1611 nighthawk1611 nightjar1630 dor-hawk1668 churn-owl1674 fern-owl1678 goat owl1766 eve-jara1793 puckeridgea1793 moth-hunter1816 wheel-bird1817 jar-owl1832 nightchurr1837 night-swallow1840 eve-churr1861 wheeler1862 scissors-grinder1875 puck1878 spinner1885 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Cicadidae cicada?a1475 cigala1484 bow-krickel1658 locust1709 harvest-fly1753 spit-insect1755 tettix1775 balm-cricket1783 cicala1821 tree-hopper1836 cicad1855 knife-grinder1859 scissors-grinder1875 jar-fly1880 squeaker1887 New Forest cicada1978 1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 599/2 A cicada (scissor-grinder), and the chigre or jigger, are common [in the Bermudas]. 1893 in H. T. Cozens-Hardy Broad Norfolk (Eastern Daily Press) 50 The Nightjar [is known as the] ‘Scissor-grinder’. 1917 Bulletin (Sydney) 17 May 22/2 The scissors-grinder, or restless flycatcher, closely resembles willy wagtail in appearance. 2009 J. Mynott Birdscapes ix. 230 The restless flycatcher soon reveals to me why it has another vernacular name of ‘scissors grinder’ when it vocalises. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1756
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