sproutern.

Brit.

/ˈspraʊtə/, U.S.

/ˈspraʊdər/

Forms: see sprout v.¹ and -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < sprout v.¹ + -er suffix¹.

1. A person who or thing which causes or encourages plants, etc., to sprout.Quot. 1584 is apparently an isolated attestation before the 20th cent.

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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > seed-pot or -pan > that which causes plants to sprout

sprouter1584

1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. Aiiij ^v And first, ô Phœbus, when I do descriue The Springtyme sproutar of the herbes and flowris.

1907 Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 1906 20: Pt. 2 250 Montezuma..made the column dancers the sprouters of grain; the ‘funny men’ the maturers of grain and of everything that lives and grows upon the earth.

2015 Sunday Times (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 27 Sept. He is an active sprouter who says: ‘If you're a city-slicker and don't have a lush garden in which to grow your own produce, try sprouting... Sprouts can easily be cultivated in your kitchen.’

2. Chiefly with of. A person who grows, produces, or develops something specified.In quot. 1652 with reference to cuckolds being conventionally symbolized as having grown horns (see horn n. 7a).

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1652 Mercurius Pragmaticus No. 5. 40 That the word Cuckold..may be turned into a more milde sense.., it is thought fit to call them Sprouters of the first and second head.

1889 Sterling (Illinois) Standard 17 Oct. Every one of the two dozen idea sprouters were good natured and cheery.

1909 Captain Jan. 382 'Early Sprouter' utters the following plaint... 'I am in my seventeenth year and..have a beastly moustache coming. No, it is not just fluff, but dark hair'.

1966 T. D. Sullivan tr. Hiring of Midwife in Estudios de Cultura Nāhuatl 6 69 The men and women of old, sprouters of progeny.

1985 P. Hesketh What can Matter Be? viii. 96 She, it was whispered, was the thrilling sprouter of pubic hairs and full bust.

3. A thing that sprouts up or forth, now esp. with reference to hair.Earliest in †sprouter out: a new shoot or sprout.

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1703 tr. H. van Oosten Dutch Gardener v. xi. 277 You must nip the Twigs that hang down..and leave none but them that are well placed; which..will grow stronger; and this you may not only do to a superfluous Weed, but also to the first Sprouters out [Du. uit-spruitelingen].

1879 J. E. Jenkins Jobson's Enemies I. ii. i. 1 Hard, insistant teeth, painful sprouters from coral soil of tender gums.

1906 St. Nicholas Oct. 1123/1 De drizzly bear feel 'blige to say somethin' [to a stag]... ‘Ef you keep on wid dem sprouters on yo' head, you gwine come to a bad eend.’

1995 Independent (Nexis) 13 Aug. 6 I'm worried I'll develop a hairy back—I've already got a few shoulder sprouters.

2015 Evening Standard (Nexis) 20 Aug. (ES Mag. section) 32 Can you shape your own eyebrows?.. I just don't think that we possess the visual perspective to go about it properly. Plucking the odd rogue sprouter, sure.

4. Frequently with modifying word, as early, late, quick, etc.

a. A plant, tree, seed, etc., which produces shoots or new growth, esp. quickly or profusely.

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1808 Pursuits Agric. ii. 99 The hardiness of this invaluable plant, the Brassica Polymorpha... It must have totally eclipsed the marvellous chou à mille têtes, which indeed seems a notable sprouter—for the porridge-pot.

1883 32nd Ann. Rep. Indiana State Board Agric. 1882 24 207 As it is quite a sprouter, small plants can frequently be obtained in the vicinity of older trees.

1916 Forestry Q. Sept. 516 The earlier sprouters remain ahead through the season... Late sprouters can be recognized and be avoided in planting.

1977 tr. R. Efraimsson 65 Houseplants from Seeds, Pits & Kernels ii. 103 Melon seeds are fast sprouters, and the plant develops quickly.

2016 Current (Univ. Missouri) (Nexis) 23 Aug. 1 Popular quick sprouters such as..mustard, spinach, turnips, and crispy red radishes are ready to pick in four to five weeks.

b. A child or young person who grows or develops, esp. quickly.

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the world > people > person > late or slow developer > [noun]

developer1887

slow burner1952

sprouter1952

1952 Vogue 15 Sept. 111/3 (advt.) For the smart younger set... Dress... Extra full with 5-inch hem for young ‘sprouters’.

1978 A. Silverstein & V. B. Silverstein So you're getting Braces 28 People vary a great deal in..how fast they grow in general. Some are early sprouters; others are late bloomers.

2012 Sunday Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 5 Aug. 96 Tyler is a quick sprouter, growing 3cm and gaining 600 grams in just six days! He is Lori and Paul's third child.

5. regional (chiefly North American). Originally: a person who removes sprouts from a potato tuber. Later more usually: a tool or machine which performs this function. Cf. sprout v.¹ 5. Now rare.

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1863 Amer. Agriculturist Feb. 53/2 Interesting facts for ‘sprouters’ to think of... The family supply of potatoes..will soon need attention. They must be looked over and the sprouts rubbed off—or ‘sprouted’.

1890 Cultivator & Country Gentleman 24 Apr. 324/4 We took the sprouts off a basket or two per minute... The sprouter is made by the Hoover digger manufacturers.

1932 Potato World June 4 The machine..can be used as a brusher and polisher, or as a sprouter.

1968 J. B. Bischoff Paddy's Preposterous Promises iv. 46 Paddy said, ‘Tag can be our potato sprouter.’ Of course, after sprouting about five potatoes she quit.

1975 Jrnl.-Pioneer Ann. Farm Issue (Prince Edward Island) 15 About 200 pieces of equipment..; conveyors, graders, sprouters, dumpers, and most anything a potato farmer requires.

6. A container in which seeds (esp. of mung beans) are placed to sprout.

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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > seed-pot or -pan

seed pot1727

seed pan1731

seed box1754

sprouter1915

peat pot1948

Jiffy pot1957

1915 Monthly Bull. (State Coll. Washington Agric. Experiment Station) Oct. 14 After soaking twelve to sixteen hours the oats are poured into the top of the sprouter, water and all.

1977 C. McFadden Serial (1978) xvii. 41/2 She was starting mung beans in her sprouter.

2014 E. Millard Indoor Kitchen Gardening 135 (caption) A more common sprouter is simply a glass jar with a metal mesh lid that aids in straining.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sprouter
释义	sproutern. Brit. /ˈspraʊtə/, U.S. /ˈspraʊdər/ Forms: see sprout v.¹ and -er suffix¹. Etymology: < sprout v.¹ + -er suffix¹. 1. A person who or thing which causes or encourages plants, etc., to sprout.Quot. 1584 is apparently an isolated attestation before the 20th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > seed-pot or -pan > that which causes plants to sprout sprouter1584 1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. Aiiij ^v And first, ô Phœbus, when I do descriue The Springtyme sproutar of the herbes and flowris. 1907 Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 1906 20: Pt. 2 250 Montezuma..made the column dancers the sprouters of grain; the ‘funny men’ the maturers of grain and of everything that lives and grows upon the earth. 2015 Sunday Times (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 27 Sept. He is an active sprouter who says: ‘If you're a city-slicker and don't have a lush garden in which to grow your own produce, try sprouting... Sprouts can easily be cultivated in your kitchen.’ 2. Chiefly with of. A person who grows, produces, or develops something specified.In quot. 1652 with reference to cuckolds being conventionally symbolized as having grown horns (see horn n. 7a). ΚΠ 1652 Mercurius Pragmaticus No. 5. 40 That the word Cuckold..may be turned into a more milde sense.., it is thought fit to call them Sprouters of the first and second head. 1889 Sterling (Illinois) Standard 17 Oct. Every one of the two dozen idea sprouters were good natured and cheery. 1909 Captain Jan. 382 'Early Sprouter' utters the following plaint... 'I am in my seventeenth year and..have a beastly moustache coming. No, it is not just fluff, but dark hair'. 1966 T. D. Sullivan tr. Hiring of Midwife in Estudios de Cultura Nāhuatl 6 69 The men and women of old, sprouters of progeny. 1985 P. Hesketh What can Matter Be? viii. 96 She, it was whispered, was the thrilling sprouter of pubic hairs and full bust. 3. A thing that sprouts up or forth, now esp. with reference to hair.Earliest in †sprouter out: a new shoot or sprout. ΚΠ 1703 tr. H. van Oosten Dutch Gardener v. xi. 277 You must nip the Twigs that hang down..and leave none but them that are well placed; which..will grow stronger; and this you may not only do to a superfluous Weed, but also to the first Sprouters out [Du. uit-spruitelingen]. 1879 J. E. Jenkins Jobson's Enemies I. ii. i. 1 Hard, insistant teeth, painful sprouters from coral soil of tender gums. 1906 St. Nicholas Oct. 1123/1 De drizzly bear feel 'blige to say somethin' [to a stag]... ‘Ef you keep on wid dem sprouters on yo' head, you gwine come to a bad eend.’ 1995 Independent (Nexis) 13 Aug. 6 I'm worried I'll develop a hairy back—I've already got a few shoulder sprouters. 2015 Evening Standard (Nexis) 20 Aug. (ES Mag. section) 32 Can you shape your own eyebrows?.. I just don't think that we possess the visual perspective to go about it properly. Plucking the odd rogue sprouter, sure. 4. Frequently with modifying word, as early, late, quick, etc. a. A plant, tree, seed, etc., which produces shoots or new growth, esp. quickly or profusely. ΚΠ 1808 Pursuits Agric. ii. 99 The hardiness of this invaluable plant, the Brassica Polymorpha... It must have totally eclipsed the marvellous chou à mille têtes, which indeed seems a notable sprouter—for the porridge-pot. 1883 32nd Ann. Rep. Indiana State Board Agric. 1882 24 207 As it is quite a sprouter, small plants can frequently be obtained in the vicinity of older trees. 1916 Forestry Q. Sept. 516 The earlier sprouters remain ahead through the season... Late sprouters can be recognized and be avoided in planting. 1977 tr. R. Efraimsson 65 Houseplants from Seeds, Pits & Kernels ii. 103 Melon seeds are fast sprouters, and the plant develops quickly. 2016 Current (Univ. Missouri) (Nexis) 23 Aug. 1 Popular quick sprouters such as..mustard, spinach, turnips, and crispy red radishes are ready to pick in four to five weeks. b. A child or young person who grows or develops, esp. quickly. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > late or slow developer > [noun] developer1887 slow burner1952 sprouter1952 1952 Vogue 15 Sept. 111/3 (advt.) For the smart younger set... Dress... Extra full with 5-inch hem for young ‘sprouters’. 1978 A. Silverstein & V. B. Silverstein So you're getting Braces 28 People vary a great deal in..how fast they grow in general. Some are early sprouters; others are late bloomers. 2012 Sunday Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 5 Aug. 96 Tyler is a quick sprouter, growing 3cm and gaining 600 grams in just six days! He is Lori and Paul's third child. 5. regional (chiefly North American). Originally: a person who removes sprouts from a potato tuber. Later more usually: a tool or machine which performs this function. Cf. sprout v.¹ 5. Now rare. ΚΠ 1863 Amer. Agriculturist Feb. 53/2 Interesting facts for ‘sprouters’ to think of... The family supply of potatoes..will soon need attention. They must be looked over and the sprouts rubbed off—or ‘sprouted’. 1890 Cultivator & Country Gentleman 24 Apr. 324/4 We took the sprouts off a basket or two per minute... The sprouter is made by the Hoover digger manufacturers. 1932 Potato World June 4 The machine..can be used as a brusher and polisher, or as a sprouter. 1968 J. B. Bischoff Paddy's Preposterous Promises iv. 46 Paddy said, ‘Tag can be our potato sprouter.’ Of course, after sprouting about five potatoes she quit. 1975 Jrnl.-Pioneer Ann. Farm Issue (Prince Edward Island) 15 About 200 pieces of equipment..; conveyors, graders, sprouters, dumpers, and most anything a potato farmer requires. 6. A container in which seeds (esp. of mung beans) are placed to sprout. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > seed-pot or -pan seed pot1727 seed pan1731 seed box1754 sprouter1915 peat pot1948 Jiffy pot1957 1915 Monthly Bull. (State Coll. Washington Agric. Experiment Station) Oct. 14 After soaking twelve to sixteen hours the oats are poured into the top of the sprouter, water and all. 1977 C. McFadden Serial (1978) xvii. 41/2 She was starting mung beans in her sprouter. 2014 E. Millard Indoor Kitchen Gardening 135 (caption) A more common sprouter is simply a glass jar with a metal mesh lid that aids in straining. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1584
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