| 单词 | sinker of the irons |
| 释义 | > as lemmassinker of the irons 1. orig. Scottish. A person who impresses designs or figures on dies, for stamping coins, medals, etc.; esp. the official charged with this duty at the royal mint (more fully sinker of the irons: cf. iron n.1 10). Now historical.die-sinker: see die n.1 Compounds 1b. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > workers performing other tasks or processes river?c1475 melter1511 sinker1526 folder up1552 wiper1552 scourer1574 heaver1587 stoverc1600 rasper1611 ripper1611 roller1616 smearer1632 waterleadera1650 scooper1668 smiter1670 puncher1681 staker1688 crusher1794 hardener1796 reamer1822 piledriver1826 catcher1832 waterproofer1837 middler1847 culler1850 hanger-on1858 pitcher1865 bumper1871 fine liner1871 bricksetter1883 waxer1890 bottle-oh1898 edger1909 bottle-o-er1915 caster1921 recycler1970 linesperson1973 1526 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1526/11/74 The sayaris fe and the sy [n] karis of the irnis fee. 1582 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 481 The generall, maister cunyeoure, warden, sincar and assayer. 1605 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1885) 1st Ser. VII. 27 The Lords..commands Thomas Foulis, sinkar of His Majesties irones, to mak ane new greit seale. 1656 in Grose's Antiquarian Repertory (1808) II. 411 The offices of under-engraver and sinker of our saide stamps. 1674 in G. Dallas System Stiles (1697) 110 Constituting the said T. W. Graver and Sinker of his Majesties said Mint. 1977 H. W. A. Linecar Brit. Coin Designs & Designers i. 16 A Mint smith was appointed..together with a sinker, whose work was that of impressing the dies with the designs cut by the engraver of the irons or puncheons. Both the smith and the sinker were paid by the Mint Warden. 2000 G. L'E. Turner Elizabethan Instrument Makers i. ii. 20 He could have worked first as a moneyer, before taking the comparatively senior position of sinker of the irons, also known as die-sinker or under-graver. < as lemmas |
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