单词 | sieve-maker |
释义 | sieve-makern. One who makes sieves. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of domestic utensils > [noun] > maker of sieves sieve-maker14.. sieverc1440 sievierc1440 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 686 Hic cribrarius, syfmaker [printed fys-]. c1470 Promptorium Parvulorum (K.) 457/2 Seve makere,..cribrarius. 1572 in Essex Rev. (1906) XV. 212 Hugh Humfrey, the syvemakers son. 1601 F. Godwin Catal. Bishops of Eng. 529 The son of a poore man there, a Syueyer or Syve-maker by his occupation. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Durh. 297 William Siveyer was born at Shinkley..where his Father was a Siveyer or Sive-maker. 1723 London Gaz. No. 6159/3 John Griffin,..a Sieve-maker by Trade. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Sieve-maker, a manufacturer of screening machines and sieves. 1892 Daily News 9 Nov. 5/4 A peasant on foot and a sievemaker driving a single horse tarantass. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.14.. |
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