† urinatorn.
Obsolete.
One who dives under water; = diver n. 1. In frequent use from c1655 to c1685.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > underwater swimming > one who
diver1511
urinator1648
skin-diver1892
frogman1945
free-diver1951
aqualunger1952
goggle-diver1953
frogwoman1963
scuba-diver1963
snorkeller1963
saturation diver1966
1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick ii. v. 183 It is observed, that a barrell or cap..will not serve a Urinator or Diver for respiration.
1682 Beale Let. in Boyle Wks. (1772) VI. 446 His majesty's urinator, Mr. Curtis, published in the Gazette, how he had practised.
1682 Beale Let. in Boyle Wks. (1772) VI. 446 Which minds me how easy it were..for our merchants, in all their voyages, to be furnished with such urinators.
1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) i. 73 All those Relations of Urinators belong only to those places where they have dived.
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