单词 | sounder |
释义 | soundern.1 1. A herd of wild swine. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > [noun] > group Suiformes (hippos and pigs) > family Suidae (swine) > sus scrofa (wild boar and descendants) > wild boar > collectively swineOE sounderc1400 sloth1616 pig1874 c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1440 On þe sellokest swyn swenged out þere, Long sythen fro þe sounder þat synglere for olde. a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xxiv When þei be not of iii. yere, men calleth hem swyne of soundre. a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) v Þat men calle a trippe of tame swyne and of wylde swyne it is called a soundre, þat is to say, if þer be passed .v. or vi. togydres. 1486 Bk. St. Albans e ij b Twelfe make a Sounder of the wylde swyne, xvi. a medyll Sounder what place thay be inne, A grete sounder of swyne .xx. ye shall call. 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xxxvii. 100 Of a Bore, when he forsaketh the Sounder & feedeth alone, he shalbe called a Sanglier. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 69 A sounder of hogsteers, Or thee brownye lion too stalck fro the mounten he wissheth. 1598 J. Manwood Treat. Lawes Forrest iv. f. 25v The first yeere he [i.e. the wild boar] is, a Pigg of the sounder. 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Sownder, a company of wilde Bores together. 1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) iii. xiv. 177 Skilfull Foresters and good Woodmen Doe vse to say, a Sounder Of Swyne [etc.]. 1824 J. Macculloch Highlands & W. Isles III. 407 I have never spoken of a sownder of swine or a sculk of foxes.] 1840 E. E. Napier Scenes & Sports Foreign Lands I. iv. 115 The noble sight of a fine sounder..breaking covert and scouring along the plain. 1880 Tharp Sword of Damocles II. 219 Almost directly afterwards the whole sounder, of ten or a dozen, emerged into the open. 2. a. The lair of a wild boar. rare. ΚΠ 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 518 Rouz'd by the hounds and hunters'..cries, The savage from his leafy sounder flies. b. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > [noun] > group Suiformes (hippos and pigs) > family Suidae (swine) > sus scrofa (wild boar and descendants) > wild boar > of specific age or size sanglier?a1400 hog1486 singular1486 sounder1823 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. ix. 237 It had so happened that a sounder (i.e. in the language of the period, a boar of only two years old,) had crossed the track of the proper object of the chase. 1891 C. Wise Rockingham Castle vii. 153 A wild Boar of the first year was a ‘Sounder’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). soundern.2 1. One who makes or utters a sound or sounds; one who causes something, esp. an instrument, to sound. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > thing heard > [noun] > sound > person causing or making sounder1591 society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > [noun] player?c1450 sounder1591 instrumentist1609 twire-pipea1625 tweedle-dee1725 tweedle-dum1725 instrumental1798 instrumentalist1814 tudeler1814 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Tañedor A plaier or sounder of any instrument, cantor. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Luyder, a Ringer, a Sounder. 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vi. iii. 100 The illustrious sun..did dart one of his most potent beams..upon the refulgent nose of this sounder of brass. 1831 W. Scott Count Robert ii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. II. 14 In the front..stood the sounder of the sacred trumpet. 1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities ii. i. 34 The sounders of three-fourths of the notes in the whole gamut of Crime, were put to Death. 2. a. A telegraphic device which enables the communications or signals to be read by sound. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > telegraph > [noun] > other parts of telegraphs electric wire1819 pecker1858 sounder1860 motograph1874 contact-point1879 phonopore1885 phonophore1886 separator1891 syntonizer1900 power buzzer1918 1860 G. B. Prescott Electr. Telegr. 91 Since the adoption of the method of reading by sound, another apparatus has taken the place of the register, or recording apparatus, called the sounder. 1872 F. L. Pope Telegraph iv. 32 The Sounder consists simply of the electro-magnet, armature and lever fixed upon a base. 1876 W. H. Preece & J. Sivewright Telegraphy 246 The Sounder, on account of the extreme simplicity of its mechanism, is less liable to faults than any of the other forms of instruments which are employed. b. A telegraphist who operates or has experience with this. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > telegraph operator telegrapher1794 telegraphist1817 puncher1876 key worker1884 sounder1887 cabler1890 space-telegrapher1899 Marconist?1900 key man1901 wireless operator1902 wirer1916 ham1919 1887 Daily News 2 May 7/3 Telegraphist (sounder) desires engagement. 3. A device or instrument which gives a signal, etc., by sounding; also, the signal so given. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > [noun] > apparatus soundera1884 hydrophone1893 a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 832/1 Sounder, an alarm or call, made by closing an electric circuit. 1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 June 7/1 An electric sounder, too, is so arranged that it commences to ring if everything is correct, directly the gun is loaded and in the firing position. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). soundern.3 1. a. One who sounds the depth of water, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > sailors with other specific duties on ship sounder1575 carpenter1626 marshal1626 mastman1649 master of voyage1771 tierer1825 legger1831 call boy1835 bellboy1851 paymaster1852 snubber1853 leadsman1857 lamps1866 berther1867 bailer1883 waistboater1891 tanky1909 planesman1945 1575 G. Gascoigne Posies in Wks. (1907) I. 356 And whyles I hearken what the Saylers saye, The sownder sings, fadame two full no more. a1668 W. Davenant Philosopher's Disquis. v, in Wks. (1673) 326 It is a Plummet to so short a Line, As sounds no deeper then the sounders Eies. b. One who sounds the intentions, opinions, etc., of a person or persons. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > [noun] > seeker of sounder1587 voice-asker1593 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > [noun] > sounding out > instrument of sounder1587 voice-asker1593 draw1811 feeler1823 leader1882 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1371*/1 For that himselfe would not be seene to be a sounder of men, least he might..indanger himselfe and the enterprise. 2. An apparatus for sounding the sea. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > sounding-line or -rod sounding-line1336 plumbc1425 lead-line1485 handline1535 bolye1552 fathom line1598 plumb line1648 sounda1653 hand lead1669 plumbing line1671 plumbing rope1693 sounder1811 sea-line1828 1811 Naval Chron. 25 221 This sounder shews..the..depth of water. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 832 Sounder, Sir William Thomson's apparatus for deep-sea sounding while the ship is in motion. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 2 Dec. 8/1 Whilst sounding on this ledge the sounder struck ground at 550 fathoms. 3. A surgical sound. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > probe or sound tenta1400 probe?a1425 search?a1425 sequere mea1425 searcher?c1425 searching iron1477 prove?1541 privet1598 proof1611 style1631 seeker1658 searching instrument1663 stylet1697 stiletto1699 breast-probe1739 sound1797 sounder1875 tracer1882 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 1926/1 Sim's uterine repositor consists of a short metallic sounder, rotatable on a long shaft. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1c1400n.21591n.31575 |
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