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单词 shoveller
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shovellern.1

/ˈʃʌv(ə)lə/
Forms: α. Middle English schoveler, 1800s shoveller (U.S. shoveler); β. 1800s shooler.
Etymology: < shovel v.1 + -er suffix1.
One who shovels.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific tools or equipment > [noun] > with tools > with spade or shovel
shovellerc1440
shovel-man1559
spademan1559
spader1647
shooler1830
shovel1834
α.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 448/2 Schoveler..tribularius.
1833 H. Martineau Charmed Sea iv. 60 She..stood dripping with her load in the presence of the shoveller.
1884 Instr. Mil. Engin. (ed. 3) I. ii. 27 It is advisable to provide one shoveller to each two diggers in the third relief.
β. 1857 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 18 i. 105 The labourer with the spade—or ‘shooler’, as he is called—commences his work by throwing out a furrow.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

shovellern.2

/ˈʃʌv(ə)lə/
Forms: α. Middle English shovelere, schoveler, 1500s schofler, shovelor, ( shoovelar), 1500s–1600s shovelar, 1600s shovler, 1600s–1700s shuffler, 1500s– shoveler, shoveller; β. 1600s shouler.
Etymology: Alteration of shovelard n., with substitution of -er suffix1 for -ard suffix. Compare German †schufler (1582 in Gesner-Heusslin), schaufler (Nemnich).
1.
a. = shovelard n.
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Threskiornithidae (ibises and spoonbills) > genus Platalea > platalea leucorodia
shovelardc1440
shovellerc1460
shovel1580
shovel-bill1864
shovel-duck1893
α.
c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 541 Also for bustard betowre & shovelere, gamelyn is in sesoun.
a1529 J. Skelton Phyllyp Sparowe (?1545) sig. B.iiv The shouelar with his brode bek.
a1563 V. Leigh Moste Profitable Sci. Surueying (1577) sig. D jv The like Rente, maie be and in some Mannours, is of Herneshawes, Shouelors, &c.
1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) 131 The Shovler.
1612 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise i. xvi. 56 Water foule, as the Mallard, Shoueler [1634 Shoveler], Sheldrake.
1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 103 Ardea Alba..the white, and spoon-bill'd Heron, or Shoveler.
1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xxviii. 343 The shoveler, or spoon-bill (which has some affinity to the cranes) is about the size of a goose.
β. 1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxv. 113 The Shouler, which so shakes the ayre with saily wings.
b. ¶Erroneously applied to the Pelican.
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the world > animals > birds > order Pelecaniformes > [noun] > member of family Pelecanidae (pelican)
onocrotalusc1384
pelicana1398
shoveller1552
alcatras1555
onocrotal1609
carrier bird1728
1552 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Pelicanus, a byrde called a pelicane, or shouelar.
2. ‘From the latter half of the 17th century’ (Newton Dict. Birds 841) applied to the Spoonbill Duck, Spatula (or Rhynchaspis) clypeata, a bird with a broad shovel-like beak. Also shoveller duck.
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Anas (miscellaneous) > anas clypeata (shoveller)
shoveller1674
swaddle-bill1709
1674 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 96 The Shoveler: Anas platyrynchos, sive clypeata.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Shuffler, a Bird like, but not so big as a Duck, having a broader Bill.
1733 Philos. Trans. 1731–2 (Royal Soc.) 37 449 The Blue-wing'd Shoveler.
1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 155 The Shoveler..weighs twenty-two ounces.
1838 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. IV. 241 Shoveller Duck. Anas clypeata, Linn.
1872 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 6) vii. 184 The beak is thus very inferior as a sifter to that of the shoveller.
1878 Proc. U.S. National Mus. 1 446 Spatula clypeata (Linn.). Shoveller; Spoon-bill Duck.
3. Heraldry. A representation of a ‘shoveller’.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [noun] > heraldic birds
eaglec1380
swana1400
phoenix?a1425
pelicana1430
ravena1450
merlette1451
popinjayc1460
eagletc1494
merliona1500
martletc1519
merlion?a1549
spread eagle1550
meropie1572
spread eaglet1602
alerion1625
liver1668
shoveller1780
eagle in her majesty?1828
double eagle1861
hirondelle1880
pelican in her piety1885
1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie iii. f. 25 Beareth to hys creste a shouelard Argente (misprinted a shouelar d'Argente).]
1780 J. Edmondson Compl. Body Heraldry II. (Gloss.) Shoveller, a species of water-fowl, somewhat like the duck.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

shovellern.3

Etymology: < shovel n. + -er suffix1.
Obsolete. rare.
? The Shovel-head Shark.
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the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > member of family Squalidae
centrine1661
shoveller1664
sagree1752
hoe1805
spine shark1836
skittle-dog1862
pricker1890
dog1924
1664 R. Hubert Catal. Nat. Rarities 13 Whole Fishes. A Shoveller or Blew Sharke.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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