treadern.
/ˈtrɛdə/, U.S. /ˈtrɛdər/ 1. † b. See quot. 1552. Obsolete.
a. One who or that which treads, in various senses.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > wine-making > [noun] > grape-treader
treaderc1384
stampera1425
treadsman1519
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Amos ix. 13 The erer shal cacche the reper, and treder of grape the man sendynge seed.
1538 T. Elyot Dict. Lenobates, a treader of grapes.
1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 33 Hence, sparrow treaders liue out scarce a year.
1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 69 The Gothes and Vandales, the verie treaders downe of the Romane Empire.
1760 W. Law Spirit of Prayer ii. 112 The seed of the woman, the treader on the serpent's head.
1826 W. Scott Woodstock II. ii. 54 A treader of mortar, or a bearer of a hod.
1869 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Nov. 3 More grapes were now thrown in, and again the treaders set to work.
1887 D. Donaldson Jamieson's Sc. Dict. Suppl. Tredder, a cock-bird, but generally applied to a [domestic] cock.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > one who walks before his master
treader1552
apparitor1561
anteambulo1598
antecedent1608
anteman1638
1552 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Anteambulo,..the vssher or treader that goeth before his maister.
c. One who is on the treadmill. rare.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > labour or toil > steady, continuous, or dull > one who > as on a treadmill
treader1824
1824 S. Smith in Edinb. Rev. Jan. 304 A treader, untried by a jury of his countrymen,..striving against the law of gravity.
2. = treadle n. 2. rare.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > lever > [noun] > operated by foot
treadle14..
treddle1671
footstep1678
footboard1721
treader1747
pedal1789
treadle mat1937
1747 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 16/1 A wheel, to which motion was given by the foot by means of a treadle or treader.
3. = tread n. 8.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > step > tread
tread1712
flat1793
step-board1823
treader1881
stair-tread1919
1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §1321 If a garden step or any other step with a treader of stone is required to be made.
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