单词 | spiker |
释义 | † spikern.1 Obsolete. A spike-nail. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > large or strong spiking1261 board-nail1303 spiking-nail1311 spike-nail1314 spike1345 bragc1440 garron-nail1552 tine nail1555 spiker1574 spig-naila1600 speek1611 spick1611 dog1857 1574 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 237 Small spykers .j. dozen. 1576 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 263 Dimid. C of spykers, xvid. 1658 tr. G. della Porta Nat. Magick vii. i. 191 They have ships made fast..by great spikers of wood. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020). spikern.2 1. A device for spiking a cannon. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > [noun] > spike for disabling guns spike1617 spiker1868 1868 C. B. Norton & W. J. Valentine Rep. to Govt. U.S. on Munitions of War at Paris Universal Exhib. 1867 112 Figures 2 and 3 represent a spiker for guns of large calibre. 2. One who spikes a gun; one who drives or hammers in a spike. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > others artificera1553 man-catcher1649 stormer1655 sallier1685 pressmana1694 camp colour-man1753 sharpshooter1802 train soldier1833 escalader1849 adviser1854 outflanker1854 observer1870 spiker1884 mopper-up1917 slushy1919 wire-cutter1922 televisionary1925 flash-spotter1930 spotter1931 parashooter1940 parashot1940 bunker buster1944 sound-ranger1978 yomper1982 technical1992 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific tools or equipment > [noun] > with nails, rivets, or spikes riveter1307 driver1769 nailer1803 spiker1884 1884 ‘H. Collingwood’ Under Meteor Flag 290 I immediately withdrew the spikers, and..we silently made the best of our way to the beach. 1887 Sci. Amer. 18 Jan. 389 There are 32 ‘spikers’ to every five miles of track, each man of whom drives 840 spikes a day. Draft additions 1993 Volleyball. A player who spikes the ball, esp. one skilled at this. See spike v.1 Additions a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > handball, etc. > [noun] > volleyball > specific player spiker1924 spiker1934 1934 Official Volleyball Rules 31 One of these men is called a ‘set-up’ man and the other the ‘attack’ or the ‘spiker’. 1942 R. E. Laveaga Volleyball v. 47 In studying the movement of the attack the spiker leaves the floor as soon as..the set up is made. 1953 Mod. Volleyball iii. 31 The spiker should land facing the net. 1965 B. J. Trotter Volleyball for Girls & Women iv. 83 The Key-Set..reverse sets the ball to the right forward spiker. 1989 Times 24 Nov. 44/3 The setter is often the key figure, always playing the ball from just in front of and below the level of the net..and adroitly placing it..for a spiker. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2018). spikern.3 New Zealand colloquial. = spike-buck n. at spike n.2 Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > in its first year spike-buck1860 spike-horn1869 spiked buck1897 spiker1924 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > handball, etc. > [noun] > volleyball > specific player spiker1924 spiker1934 1924 J. Forbes N.Z. Deer Heads p. xvi The same day..we saw the first bull—a spiker. 1972 P. Newton Sheep Thief ix. 72 Jim was just able to pick up the dark shape of a single deer... It was a well-grown spiker. 1981–2 Deer Farmer (N.Z.) Summer 10/2 This does not simply apply to mature bucks; in fact spikers are the worst. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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