单词 | seeder |
释义 | seedern. 1. A person who sows seed; a sower. Chiefly figurative in later use. rare after 15th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > [noun] > sower seederOE sowerc1000 seedman1569 seedsman1601 seminator1609 superseminator1642 dropper1770–4 driller1788 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) vi. 52 Sum sædere ferde to sawenne his sæd. lOE Laws: Rectitudines (Corpus Cambr.) xi. 450 Sædere gebyreð, þæt he hæbbe ælces sædcynnes ænne leap fulne. a1425 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (Pierpont Morgan) f. 130v (MED) The tenþe monþe is Octobre..þis monþe is paynted in þe liknesse of a seder [a1398 BL Add. sowere] þat soweþ his corne. a1460 tr. Dicts & Sayings Philosophers (Helm.) (1999) 81 He [sc. Socrates] seide to his dissiples: I am the seeder [1477 tilman], and the vertues of the soule bene seedis. 1917 Western Teacher May 353/2 A seeder had a seeder for the seeding of the seed. 2015 J. Franzen Purity 337 My father was a good man: a tireless teacher and loyal husband, a seeder of independence in my sisters. 2. Agriculture. A machine for sowing seed, esp. a seed drill. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > sowing and planting equipment > [noun] > apparatus for sowing sower1728 seeder1759 planter1850 grass seeder1854 scatterer1868 broadcaster1934 1759 Universal Mag. May 258/1 Proceed and rectify the seeder. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Seeder,..a seed-sower for gardens. 1899 Daily News 13 July 4/6 The modern seeder leaves to the sower no heavier work than the guidance of his team from the waggon seat. 1980 C. Brady Winter Lily 20 The district..did not display its prosperity on the backs of its women; rather in an ever increasingly supply of shiny new bright red, yellow, green, blue tractors, plows, combines, seeders, balers. 2009 Classic Tractor Sept. 76/3 These five-row seeders..are in lovely original condition. 3. With distinguishing word: a plant that produces seed (in a particular way or under particular conditions).Cf. self-seeder n. at self- prefix 6. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > plant having seed > [noun] seeder1822 spermophyte1861 spermaphyte1891 spermatophyte1897 1822 Trans. Hort. Soc. London 4 500 A[maryllis]. Johnsoni is a free seeder. 1881 Indian Forester 7 171 I would certainly advocate the multiplication by cuttings of the Castillea, as it is not an early seeder. 1914 Weeds & Weed Seeds (Dominion of Canada Dept. Agric. Bull. No. S-8) 44 This is a late seeder and the pods retain many of the seeds throughout the winter. 1977 J. L. Harper Population Biol. Plants xxii. 701 It may be the last dying burst of reproduction that is critical for the multiplication of a particular genotype and the precocious seeder will be at no advantage. 1995 R. J. Whelan Ecol. of Fire iii. 120 Obligate seeders may be more attractive to pollinators..and have a greater seed output per plant than sprouters. 2001 Times 13 Oct. (Weekend section) 7/6 Scilla siberica, is a copious seeder in short grass under trees, and will make a beautiful but quiet display of dark blue. 4. Originally U.S. A device for extracting seeds from fruit. Cf. seed v. 9. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > tools for preparing fruit or nuts nutcracker1481 nut-crack1570 nutcrackers1600 crackera1640 crack-nut1656 orange-strainer1688 apple scoop1696 orange-peel cutter1757 apple corer1778 lemon-squeezer1781 corer1789 orange squeezer1815 seeder1865 sweat-box1870 reamer1894 stemmer1898 juicer1938 zester1963 1865 Boston Post 4 Nov. Harvey Locke, Raisin Seeder. 1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 102/1 The Crown Raisin Seeder. Patented October 26, 1896... Seeds one pound of raisins in five minutes with less waste than any machine made. 1977 Washington Post 1 Sept. (Maryland Weekly section) 3/2 At the Old Timer's Show exhibits haven't changed for years. Spinning wheels, crock churns, grape seeders..and smoothing irons..have been standard displays. 1989 Grocer 29 Apr. 27/1 (advt.) When production demands seeded products, a section of the standard belt is wheeled out and replaced by the seeder unit. 2008 Pueblo (Colorado) Chieftain (Nexis) 22 Oct. These were the one-purpose tools used by 19th-century homemakers: cherry pitters, apple peelers, potato peelers, nut crackers, a raisin seeder—most grapes have seeds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE |
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