sheathern.1
/ˈʃiːθə/ A sheath-maker.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of other specific finished articles
anchorsmith1296
paliser1315
sheather1379
buckler-maker1415
barrow-maker1468
chess-maker1481
belt maker1483
leg-makera1500
reel-makera1500
card maker1511
lattice-maker1550
pale cleaver1578
bead-maker1580
boss-maker1580
balloonier1598
bilbo-smith1632
block-makera1687
pen-makera1703
pipe-maker1766
platemaker1772
stickman1786
safe maker?1789
matchmaker1833
chipmaker1836
labelmaker1844
bandagist1859
hurdler1874
moon cutter1883
tie-maker1901
1379 Poll-tax W. Riding in Yorks. Archæol. Jrnl. 6 43 Johannes de Breres, Shether vjd.
1419 Liber Albus (Rolls) I. 654 Botelmakers et Shethers jurati ad regulandum Misterum suum.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 444/2 Schedare, or schethare, vaginarius.
?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vj Whyte tanners, galyors, and shethers.
1583 Streat Bk. John Cutler, sheather, for riding his mare through the corne, 6d.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
sheathern.2
/ˈʃiːðə/ One who or that which sheathes.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > one who or that which mitigates or moderates
slakea1300
mitigativea1398
allayerc1487
slaker?1518
assuager1547
abater1583
mollifier1583
mitigator1586
moderator1589
softener1599
rebater1601
lightener?1611
allay1614
swager1617
mitigation1622
temperer1630
alleviator1665
alleviative1672
sheather1762
soberera1849
buffer1858
charmer1871
suppressant1884
modifier1890
moderant1897
shock-absorber1924
1762 Ann. Reg. 1761 Usef. Proj. 123 When the salts above described have lost their points, in the absorbing sheather.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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