单词 | upholder |
释义 | upholdern. 1. b. = upholsterer n. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in second-hand goods upholder1333 upholster1411 broker1583 junkman1838 third-hand dealer1863 junker1889 junkie1902 society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > sellers of other specific things soaper?c1225 oilman1275 smear-monger1297 upholder1333 basket-seller?1518 broom-seller?1518 upholster1554 rod-woman1602 starchwoman1604 pin manc1680 colour seller1685 potato-woman1697 printseller1700 rag-seller1700 Greenwich barber1785 sandboy1821 iceman1834 umbrella man1851 fly-boy1861 snuff-boxera1871 pedlar1872 snake-boy1873 bric-a-brac man1876 tinwoman1884 resurrectionist1888 butch1891 paanwallah1955 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > maker of furniture or furnishings > [noun] > upholsterer coucher1415 upholsterer1613 upholster1666 upholder1761 bug hunter1788 1333 Will of Robert de Reppes 18 June Quod perquisivi de Thoma Drie upholdere. 1356 in Riley Mem. London 282 Stephen Basham, lockyer, and Adam Wayte, upheldere. 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. v. 168 A Ropere, a Redyng-kyng, and Rose þe disschere,..And of vp holders an hep. 1377 Rolls of Parl. III. 9 A null Mercer, Coteller, Jualer, Uphalder, ne a nul autre denszein ne forein. 1417 in M. Sellers York Memorandum Bk. (1912) I. 183 That na uppalder wyrk in Girdelecrafte. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 512/2 Vpholdere, þat sellythe smal thyngys, velaber. 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 19 To the..greate rebuke and disclaunder to the seid Crafte of Upholders. 1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 154 [In] this lane.., in the raigne of Henry the sixt, had ye for the most parte dwelling Fripperers or Upholders, that solde olde apparell and housholde stuffe. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 449/2 Such..was of old the Vpholders, or Vpholsteres Arms of Chester. 1711 Act 10 Anne c. 19 §84 All..Drapers, Mercers, Upholders,..having..any Stock of..Silks. 1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph II. 244 I did not like the furniture,..so I..have bespoke new of an upholder. 1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. I. 155 An upholder just now advertises Commodes, Console-tables,..and Chiffoniers. 1812 Ann. Reg., Chron. 121 Messrs Wilkinsons, upholders,..having of late been frequently robbed of feathers. ?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 53 Upholstery:..Stuffer. Upholder. Upholsterer's Spring Maker. 1910 Daily Chron. 9 Mar. 4/7 I have seen ‘Carpenter and Upholder’ on the signboard of a shop in a Surrey village. c. An undertaker. Obsolete in general use. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > people involved in funeral > [noun] > undertaker undertaker1698 upholder1709 death-hunter1723 black master1823 funeral director1834 mortician1895 black man1927 thanatologist1972 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 99. ⁋4 I..shall give my good Friends the Company of Upholders, full Power to bury all such Dead as they meet with. 1716 J. Gay Trivia ii. 347 Th' Upholder, rueful Harbinger of Death, Waits with Impatience for the dying Breath. 1724 J. Swift Reasons against Exam. Drugs ⁋5 The company exercising the trade and mistery of upholders. 1903 Daily Chron. 8 Apr. 5/2 A large glass sign describing the owners as ‘upholders’, whereas other evidence shows them to be ‘undertakers’. 2. a. A supporter, sustainer, or maintainer (of a thing or person). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [noun] > that which or one who supports > one who uptakera1340 holder-upc1374 upbearer1387 bearera1398 undernimmera1400 weighera1400 upholderc1403 ally1406 allya1431 godfather?1541 propper1549 tower of strength1549 backer1583 moyener?1591 backfriend1599 stayer1611 suppositor1629 susceptor1652 standby1712 bottle holder1788 understander1875 buddy1893 anchorman1895 backer-up1921 c1403 J. Lydgate Temple Glas 468 To ȝov my ladi, vpholder of my life, Mekeli I þanke. 1439 Coventry Leet Bk. 191 They ordeyn that..suche maner vpholders..be pursewed as they were persones sole. 1536 Storys & Prophesis Script. M ij b The Lorde lyueth, and blessyd be myne opholder. 1547 J. Bale (title) The first Examinacyon of Anne Askewe latelye martyred in Smythfelde, by the Romysh popes vpholders. 1590 ‘Pasquil’ First Pt. Pasquils Apol. sig. B4v I wyll not be theyr vpholder which lye sleeping and snorting in their charges. 1641 R. Carpenter Experience, Hist., & Divinitie iii. iii. 12 For..God leaveth many things undone,..to preach this doctrine, that creatures are not his upholders. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 581 The said Duke..was an upholder of him and his unworthy doings. 1727 J. Swift Atlas in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. iii. 88 When the Weight of Kingdoms lies Too long, upon his single Shoulders, Sink down he must, or find Upholders. 1809 S. T. Coleridge Friend 87 Intellect, and Thought alone can be our Upholder and Judge. 1840 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. (ed. 2) V. x. 152 When was the power of the world an upholder of God's truth? 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. ix. xxxvii. 229 A reverence for him far deeper than that of his upholders. b. Of things: A support, stay, or prop. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports staffc1000 hold1042 source1359 legc1380 shorer1393 stabilimenta1398 upholder1398 sustentationa1400 undersetterc1400 bearinga1425 undersettinga1425 suppowellc1430 triclinec1440 sustentaclec1451 supportera1475 sustainerc1475 sustenal1483 stayc1515 buttress1535 underpinning1538 firmament1554 countenance1565 support1570 appuia1573 comfort1577 hypostasis1577 underpropping1586 porter1591 supportation1593 supportance1597 understaya1603 bearer1607 rest1609 upsetter1628 mountinga1630 sustent1664 underlay1683 holdfast1706 abutment1727 suppeditor1728 mount1739 monture1746 bed1793 appoggiatura1833 bracing1849 bench1850 under-pinner1859 bolster-piece1860 sustainer1873 table mount1923 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) v. liv It nedeþ to haue so many vndursettinges and vpholders þat suche a beeste may þe [more] ablelich..meue and goo. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxi. 8) Gentlenesse and faithfulnes are ye trew upholders of kingdomes. 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 117 Wheate flower..is the principall naturall vpholder of the life and health of man. 1730 J. Southall Treat. Buggs 40 Two Upholders drove into the Wainscot or Wall. 1884 A. Ross Talk upon Hair 21 A thick Indiarubber ankle upholder, over which is worn the boot and sock. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1333 |
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