strikern.
/ˈstrʌɪkə/, U.S. /ˈstraɪkər/ I. Designating a person.† 1.
a. One who ‘strikes’ or roams as a vagrant. Cf. German landstreicher vagrant. Obsolete.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > wanderer
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fleeter1581
extravagant1583
scatterling1590
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stravaiger1821
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1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. x. 159 Lolleres lyuyng in sleuthe and ouer-londe strykers.
c1410 Lanterne of Liȝt 54 Strong staff-beggers & strikars ouere þe lond.
b. A footpad. Obsolete.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > [noun] > highwayman > footpad
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commissioner of Newmarket heath1592
foot land-raker1598
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1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. i. 74 I am ioyned with no footlande rakers, no long-staffe sixpennie strikers . View more context for this quotation
1611 Second Maiden's Trag. (1909) ii. ii. 31 One that robbes the mynde Twenty tymes worse then any hywaie striker.
2. A person (or animal) that strikes (in various senses of the verb).† c. Scottish. One who coins (money). Obsolete.† d. In indecent sense. Hence, a fornicator.
a. gen.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > person or animal that strikes
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blow-giver1548
strikera1586
pulsator1656
hitter1813
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. G3 Musick..,the most diuine striker of the sences.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 123 Quhen Nout [cattle] fechtis togither ane be strukne to deid, na man knaweng the stryker, the beist that is hommil amang thame Judge giltie of the slachtir.
c1616 in Sprott Scott. Liturgies Jas. VI (1901) 18 That so blessing the hand of Thee the Striker, Thou that humblest, may in Thy own appointed time raise again.
1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation ii. 278/2 It is a Maxim [in Cock-fighting], That he that is a close sitter, is ever a narrow striker.
a1739 C. Jarvis tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1742) II. ii. x. 146 Don Quixote, seeing Sancho so evil intreated, made at the striker with his launce.
1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing 199 ‘Two Juries’ were struck: and ‘in striking them, the official striker’ was, ‘to a certain extent’..influenced by this principle.
1876 R. W. Emerson Lett. & Social Aims vii. 178 Against which no blow can be struck but it recoils on the striker.
1890 G. A. Henty With Lee in Virginia 30 Before the whip could again fall..Vincent..wrested it from the hands of the striker.
b. One addicted to striking; one who is ready to resort to blows.Apparently an isolated use.
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1582 Bible (Rheims) Titus i. 7 A Bishop must be..not giuen to wine, no striker [so 1611 and 1881; Wycl. smiter, other versions fighter; L. percussorem, Gk. πλήκτην].
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society > trade and finance > money > coining > [noun] > coiner
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money-maker1297
forger1382
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striker1449
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mintman1605
money coiner1742
1449 Sc. Acts Jas. II (1814) II. 37/1 All falss strikaris of gold & siluer & of falss grotis & pennys.
1451 Sc. Acts Jas. II (1814) II. 40/2 Al þe yrnis of þe kingis strikaris bathe of gold & siluer.
1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. ii. 413 They should apprehend..the strikers of false Coyn.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [noun] > fornication > fornicator
harlotc1330
fornicator1377
fornicarya1382
fornicarerc1475
bolsterer?1536
striker1593
scortator1615
1593 Passionate Morrice in Tell-Trothes New-yeares Gift (1876) 80 He cannot see a wench out-start the bounds of modestie, but straight he hollowes the sight of a striker, thinking it vnpossible that if shee want maidenly behauiour, shee can haue womanly honestie.
1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. T In some Countreys no woman is so honorable as she that hath had to doo with most men, and can giue the lusteest striker oddes by 25. times in one night.
c1635 H. Glapthorne Lady Mother (1959) iv. i. 71 These are Immodest deuills that make modest ladyes become strickers.
1665 M. Nedham Medela Medicinæ 64 Which should be sad News to all the Strikers of both Sexes.
e. A horse given to kicking. rare.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [noun] > kicking > horse that kicks
flinger?a1513
yarker1589
striker1693
1693 Ling. Rom. Dict., Eng.-Lat. A striker or striking horse, calcitro.
1970 J. H. Gray Boy from Winnipeg 69 I also first got to know horses that were strikers.
f. Coursing. A dog trained to ‘strike’ the hare.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > sporting or hunting dog > for coursing
courser1600
striker1861
roughie1908
1861 H. Kingsley Ravenshoe xiii Ruin is the quickest striker we have ever bred.
3. In certain industries.
a. A maker or moulder of bricks or tiles.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > maker of bricks or tiles > [noun]
striker1585
1585 MS Canterbury Marriage Licences 22 May Tyle-stricker.
1610 in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1898) XIII. 524 A Brick Striker.
1702 R. Neve Apopiroscopy i. 4 A Molder or Striker of Bricks, with his Attendants, can strike about 9000 of Bricks in a Day.
b. One who ‘strikes’ fish with a spear or harpoon (also †striker-out). Also U.S. (see quot. 1891).
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > using spear
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spearman1815
gaff-man1875
grainer1894
spear-gunner1951
1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World iii. 39 We..kept our Moskito-men, or strikers out, who brought aboard some half-grown Tortoise.
a1821 C. Biddle Autobiogr. (1883) i. 16 We touched at the Mosquito Shore, and hired one of the Indians they call a striker, that is, a man to supply the crew with fish, turtle [etc.].
1827 O. W. Roberts Narr. Voy. Central Amer. 47 The natives are excellent hunters and strikers of fish.
1891 Cent. Dict. Striker, In the menhaden-fishery (a) The man who manages the striker-boat. (b) A green hand who works at low wages while learning the business, but is one of the crew of a vessel.
c. Mining. (See quot. 1824.)
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > other specific mine workers
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blaster1776
tributor1778
striker1824
shifter1830
bandsman1852
back-shift1860
drifter1864
metal man1883
stower1886
wagoner1886
hard rock1922
beacher1923
1824 J. Mander Derbyshire Miners' Gloss. 70 Striker, the man who lands the Kibble or Corf of Ore, &c. at the Shaft-top.
d. In metalworking: the assistant operator who wields the heavy sledgehammer.
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filer1598
bluer1747
striker1831
tarnisher1864
retorter1876
swager?1881
1831 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal I. 140 By two hammer~men, a maker and a striker, they [the bars for rolled spades] are drawn out on the anvil.
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 July 6/2 A blacksmith uses what influence he possesses over his striker, a bricklayer uses his over his labourer.
1887 H. Caine Deemster II. xxx. 315 The smith was hooping a cart-wheel, and his striker set down his sledge and tied up his leather apron to look on and listen.
e. One who ‘strikes’ corn, etc. off a measure.
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the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > [noun] > stick used for levelling > one who uses
striker1867
1867 P. L. Simmonds Commerc. Dict. Trade Products (rev. ed.) Suppl. Striker,..the man whose business it is to strike off the superfluous quantity from the top of a measure.
f. Tanning. One who smooths and stretches skins either by hand or by means of a machine. Also striker-out.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > worker with skins or hides > [noun] > worker with leather > who smoothes or stretches
staker1897
striker-out1921
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §338 Striker, striker-out, (i) lays wet hide or skin on a slate or marble slab or table, and rubs it with a hard ‘slicker’ tool, of stone or steel, to stretch it, drive out excess of moisture, smooth it, and to close grain; (ii) sets rollers of a machine..in motion..and passes skin or hide between revolving rollers.
1972 Classif. of Occup. (Dept. Employment) III. 24/2 Finishing machine operator... Other titles include..Striker.
4. In various games: The player who is to ‘strike’; occasionally the player who has made a stroke. In Association Football and Hockey, a forward whose main function is to seek to score goals. In Rugby = hooker n.1 6. Also striker-out in Real Tennis, etc. the one who plays the ball when first served.
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striker1699
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defender1851
hand-in1875
hand-out1875
back1880
attacker1884
field general1895
ball carrier1902
ball-handler1912
ball-winner1972
shotmaker1974
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > real tennis > [noun] > player or participant
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striker-out1699
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [noun] > types of player
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fielder1824
defender1851
scrimmager1877
attacker1884
tackler1891
shooter1901
passer1905
right wing1908
ball hawk1917
screener1923
striker1963
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] > types of player > player or position
full back1875
goal kick1875
No. eight1876
goalkicker1879
three-quarter back1880
handler1888
three-quarter1889
heeler1892
scrum half1894
lock forward1898
standoff1902
five-eighth1905
hooker1905
threes1905
flying half1906
loose head1907
standoff1908
fly-half1918
fly1921
inside half1921
outside half1921
scrum1921
inside centre1936
flank forward1937
out-half1949
prop1950
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number eight1952
flanker1953
tight head1959
back-rower1969
second rower1969
striker1973
packman1992
1699 Country Gentleman's Vade-mecum 55 (Tennis) Squire A. is a good Striker-out, but Squire B. is a better Back~hand.
1744 ‘J. Love’ Cricket i. 5 Stiff Spectators quite inactive stand, Speechless, attending to the Striker's Hand.
1773 in Waghorn's Cricket Scores (1899) 95 Simmons standing so near the strikers, greatly intimidated the Hampshire gentlemen.
1816 W. Lambert Instr. & Rules Cricket 29 If at these [short] kind of balls the Striker plays back about two feet behind the popping crease..it will afford him a little more time to judge how the Ball is coming.
1862 N.Y. Sunday Mercury 13 July 6/2 The Excelsiors led off, Young being their first striker, and he sent the ball flying to left field.
1866 ‘Capt. Crawley’ Billiard Bk. iii. 18 In making your stroke, an instantaneous glance will be sufficient—a glance that rises from the Striker's-ball to the Object-ball.
1874 H. Chadwick Base Ball Man. 52 The striker at the bat is called the batsman or ‘striker’ until he has hit a fair ball.
1884 J. Marshall's Tennis Cuts 14 The Server may not take a bisque after a fault; but the Striker~out may do so.
1891 W. G. Grace Cricket viii. 235 It is the striker's duty to call [for a run] if the ball is hit in front of the wicket.
1963 J. Greaves Soccer vii. 73 If John White or another Spurs' player is bringing the ball up..I move into a position ready to race through and be first to the ball when he pushes it forward. It is the ball goal-strikers dream of.
1963 J. Greaves Soccer vii. 74 Remember, the striker never takes it for granted..he goes after the ball on every occasion.
1973 Daily Mail 24 July 27/1 John White, Bristol's 30-year-old reserve hooker,..replaces ex-Coventry striker John Gray.
1974 M. Weir Women's Hockey for Seventies 96 Before the ball is hit the right striker is sprinting out to the right wing and the right wing is cutting into the space she has made.
1974 M. Weir Women's Hockey for Seventies 8 It is confusing for a defence to have to cater for elusive strikers.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia 257/2 The striker does not have to run after he has hit the ball.
1980 Daily Tel. 20 Mar. 34/3 Wales, without Chester striker Ian Rush, could not break down the Irish defence.
5. A workman who is ‘on strike’.
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society > occupation and work > worker > worker according to manner of working > [noun] > striking
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1850 Athenæum 7 Dec. 1282/3 A vast change must have come over the factory population ere a man possessing mill-property could dream of letting it out to strikers.
1865 in Docum. Hist. Amer. Industr. Soc. (1910) IX. 101 These two congresses might adopt the same rule respecting strikers, runaway apprentices, and trades' unions.
6. U.S.
a. Political slang. One who seeks to effect a strike. Cf. strike n.1 13 and strike v. 75e.
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society > occupation and work > worker > worker according to manner of working > [noun] > striking > seeking to effect a strike
striker1883
1883 Nation (N.Y.) 6 Sept. 200/1 If he can elect such a ticket..he will take the field after election as a ‘striker’, and will offer his electoral votes to whichever candidate will give the highest ‘terms’.
1884 American 8 99 Bracketing together the political ‘strikers and heelers’ with the commercial respectables.
b. Military. An officer's batman or servant.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > military servant > [noun]
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Tartar1747
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waiter1828
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doggy1909
dingbat1918
batwoman1941
1867 Custer in Mrs. Custer Tenting on Plains (1888) 529 The Dutchman and Englishmen and the rest of the strikers. Note, Striker was the name of a soldier servant.
1898 Harper's Mag. Apr. 700/2 My ‘striker’ had just left me, with instructions to have my horse fed.
1929 B. Davis Truth about Geronimo 107 Geronimo's son demanded the post of striker (servant) to me.
1948 Time 14 June 9/3 He takes the same attitude toward Congress as he would to a striker who fails to put the proper polish on his boots.
c. A hired ruffian.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > ruffianly conduct > ruffian > [noun] > hired
myrmidon1647
bully1703
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > violent treatment or force > masterful or bullying > person > hired
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bully boy1881
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trigger man1930
goon1938
1836 Spirit of Times 9 July 162/2 An awkward looking striker of old Thompson's holding her by the cheek of the bridle.
1853 ‘P. Paxton’ Stray Yankee in Texas 335 To a few he [sc. John Murel] confided the extent of his design, and to each of these gave the authority to enlist all the minor villains of their acquaintance. The latter were termed Strikers and used but as tools.
1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 457 Striker, a bruiser; a ruffian.
a1872 Country Merchant 317 (Schele de Vere) He was one of the most accomplished strikers, or barkers, as they are called, in the employ of the hells.
1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xi. 184 I had published a severe criticism of this Judge Smith. His ‘strikers’ now had me at Court as defendant.
1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi xxix. 315 The gang was composed of two classes: the Heads or Council..[and] the active agents..termed strikers.
d. An engineer's apprentice on a steamboat. Also in extended use: see quots. 1944, etc.Cf. also quot. 1891 at sense 3b.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > ship's engineer > apprentice
striker1872
society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > [noun] > others
press-gang1693
young gentleman1784
sidesman1803
side boy1823
trouncer1867
rating1877
Navy Leaguer1898
requestman1916
tiger1929
mineman1943
shore patrolman1944
striker1944
ping1948
pinger1961
bubblehead1965
1872 E. Eggleston End of World xxvi. 171 It was natural enough that the ‘mud-clerk’ on the old steamboat Iatan should have taken a fancy to the ‘striker’, as the engineer's apprentice was called.
1875 ‘M. Twain’ in Atlantic Monthly 35 70/2 He turned up as apprentice engineer or ‘striker’ on a steamboat.
1944 K. D. McCracken Baby Flat-Top 53 In the Navy a striker is a seaman or fireman who is working particularly hard in order to convince his superiors that he ought to become a petty officer of some kind.
1955 ‘C. S. Forester’ Good Shepherd 104 An electrician's mate and his striker stood behind him.
1963 Amer. Speech 38 45 Striker, a [truck] driver's helper.
1970 National Fisherman Aug. 21- a/1 Emery Brown as rigman or ‘striker’ [on a shrimp boat]..testified in person during this trial.
II. A thing that strikes or is used for striking.† 8. A farrier's instrument (see quot. 1688). Obsolete. (Cf. strike v. 33d.)
7. gen.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > that which strikes
percutient1626
striker1644
puncher1681
1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xii. 100 The missiues..must be so heauy that the ayre may not breake their course; and yet so light, that they may be within the command of the stroake, which giueth them motion; the striker must be dense, and in its best velocity.
1898 C. Larpenteur Forty Years Fur Trader on Upper Missouri 223 ‘Seven more men gone last night.’ This was rather a striker.
1901 T. J. Alldridge Sherbro xxvi. 289 To these again are attached little rings, and as the hands work the strikers, these jingling irons make a pleasant tinkling sound.
1911 E. Beveridge North Uist x. 325 Although the writer was able to obtain an ornamented steel ‘striker’—for use with a flint..—the tinder-box seems quite unknown.
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the world > health and disease > healing > veterinary medicine and surgery > [noun] > veterinary equipment > bloodletting instruments > striker for
blood-stick1671
striker1688
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 324/2 A Blooding stick or Striker..is a heavy piece of Wood, wherewith the Fleme is smitten or driven into the Horse Neck Vein, when he is Blooded.
9.
a. = strickle n. 1.
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1714 E. Budgell tr. Theophrastus Moral Characters xi. 38 He has a Measure of a particular make for the use of his Domesticks, which he piles up very high, and is so dextrous at the management of it that with one sweep of the Striker he brushes off half their Dinner.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2)
b. = strickle n. 1b.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > casting equipment > other casting equipment
strickle1688
striker1700
profile1751
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casting-ladle1861
casting-pressa1877
casting-machine1899
1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 12 A Striker..is only a piece of Lath..with which they strike, or cut off the Morter at the britches of the Tiles.
1764 T. H. Croker et al. Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. I. at Bricks The striker, or tool with which the moulder strikes off the superfluous earth in making bricks.
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. ii. iii. 518 The striker, a piece of lath about 10 inches long, for separating and taking away the superfluous mortar at the feet of the tiles.
10. A clock or watch that strikes. (Chiefly with qualifying adjective.)
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German clock1598
quarter clocka1631
wheel-clock1671
table clocka1684
month clock1712
astronomical clock1719
musical clock1721
repeater1725
Tompion1727
pulling clock1733
regulator1735
eight-day clock1741
regulator clock1750
French clock1757
repetition clock1765
day clock1766
striker1778
chiming clock1789
cuckoo-clock1789
night clock1823
telltale1827
carriage clock1828
fly-clock1830
steeple clock1830
telltale clock1832
skeleton clock1842
telegraph clock1842
star clock1850
weight-clock1850
prison clock1853
crystal clock1854
pillar scroll top clock1860
sheep's-head clock1872
presentation clock1875
pillar clock1880
stop-clock1881
Waterbury1882
calendar-clock1884
ting-tang clock1884
birdcage clock1886
sheep's head1887
perpetual calendar1892
bracket clock1894
Act of Parliament clock1899
cartel clock1899
banjo-clock1903
master clock1904
lantern clock1913
time clock1919
evolutionary clock1922
lancet clock1922
atomic clock1927
quartz clock1934
clock radio1946
real-time clock1953
organ clock1956
molecular clock1974
travelling clock2014
1778 Barrington in Archaeologia 5 426 Some of the watches used at this time seem to have been strikers.
1864 G. M. Musgrave Ten Days in Fr. Parsonage I. viii. 229 A large cased eight-day clock, the loudest striker I ever heard.
1869 Mrs. H. Wood Roland Yorke Prol. i The clock of the old grey church struck twelve. A loud striker at all times, it sounded strangely so in the stillness of the night.
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11. A harpoon. (Simmonds Dict. Trade 1858.)
12. A steam-hammer designed as a substitute for the blacksmith's ‘striker’ (see 3d).
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oliver1846
set-hammer1855
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society > occupation and work > equipment > driving or beating tools > [noun] > hammer > mechanical and power hammers > types of
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Nasmyth1845
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striker1869
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1869 C. Knight Mechanician 91 Striker is a name given..to substitutes and superseders of hammermen, such as air-hammers and steam-hammers, whether vertical or horizontal.
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech.
13. The piece of mechanism in a gun, fuse, etc. which explodes the charge.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > lock > hammer
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dog-head1601
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striker1824
1824 P. Hawker Instr. Young Sportsmen (ed. 3) 74 The cock, or striker, should cover the nipple with a deep concave head.
1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports i. i. viii. 70/2 The striker explodes this tube, just as the flint set fire to the powder in the pan of the old flint-gun.
1882 J. H. Walsh Mod. Sportsman's Gun I. 263 Strikers. This necessary part of the hammerless gun is either of one piece with the tumbler,..or jointed to it,..or entirely detached.
14. That part of a bell, clock, etc. which strikes.
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1872 H. T. Ellacombe Church Bells Devon Suppl. i. 196 The clapper or striker [of a bell].
1897 Westm. Gaz. 29 Apr. 10/2 The striker [of the clock] was prevented from working.
15. The automatic regulator of the striking of the pens of a ruling machine.
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striker1875
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2001/2 This is accomplished by hand, or by a cam movement operating a striker.
1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 134 Striker, the apparatus attached to a machine for ‘striking on’, or putting it in motion.
1909 Daily Chron. 26 June 8/5 Machine Ruler wanted for double striker.
16. A hardened mould upon which a softened steel block is struck to receive a concave impression.
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ice mould1781
intaglio1825
hand mould1829
striker1843
wax-mould1849
Savoy mould1866
snap-flask1875
moulding board1882
pipe diea1884
injection mould1945
shell-mould1950
society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > casting equipment > mould
ingotc1386
pattern1492
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core1728
striker1843
society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > casting equipment > other casting equipment
strickle1688
striker1700
profile1751
striker1843
grunter1858
casting-ladle1861
casting-pressa1877
casting-machine1899
1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 232 A solid mould, core or striker, exactly a copy of the work to be produced, is made.
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech.
17. A preparation for ‘striking’ or fixing a dye; a mordant.
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the world > matter > colour > colouring > colouring matter > [noun] > dye > mordant or fixative
styptic1686
base1778
lodh1781
mordant1791
mordicant1799
tin-mordant1839
tin-liquor1858
fixative1870
tin-spirits1877
striker1884
1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 38 The colour is then made fast with what is known as a ‘striker’, a chemical preparation suited to the colour.
Compounds
C1. attributive and in other combinations, as striker hand, striker-machine (sense 15).
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1898 Daily Chron. 24 Sept. 10/6 Machine Ruler..wanted..; must be used to striker machines.
1902 Daily Chron. 28 Oct. 10/7 Machine Ruler.—Good striker hand.
C2.
striker-boat n. U.S. in menhaden fishing = drive boat n. at drive v. Compounds; hence striker boatsman.
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1891Striker boat [see sense 3b].
1950 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 23 July (Mag. section) 5/1 When a bunch [of fish] is spotted, a striker boat, manned by a striker boatsman, is sent out to indicate the direction in which the fish are moving.
striker-plate n. = striking-plate n. at striking n. Compounds 2.
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1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. Striker Plate.
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