walker's earthn.

Brit.

/ˌwɔːkəz ˈəːθ/, U.S.

/ˌwɔkərz ˈərθ/,

/ˌwɑkərz ˈərθ/

Forms:

α. late Middle English walker herth, 1800s– walker earth (now rare).

β. 1500s– walker's earth, 1600s 1800s– walkers earth, 1900s– walkers' earth.

Also with capital initial(s).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English walker , waulker n., earth n.¹

Etymology: In α. forms < walker, variant of waulker n. + earth n.¹ In β. forms < the genitive of walker + earth n.¹ Compare earlier walker's clay n.

= fuller's earth n.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > cleaning > fuller's earth

fuller's eartha1350

fulling eartha1399

walker's earth1403

fuller's clay1581

fulling clay1647

scouring clay1660

scouring earth1661

1403 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 20 Unum stryk de walkerherth.

1597 in N. W. Alcock People at Home (1993) iv. 32 For walker's earth 1 4.

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. lvii. 393 Walkers earth, or other scouring earth.

1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 429 Walker's earth, for scouring cloth.

1848 J. Phillips in Mem. Geol. Surv. Great Brit. II. 176 Still further eastward appear laminated sandy beds and shales with Walker-earth.

1859 R. I. Murchison Siluria (ed. 3) vii. 139 The decomposition of this unctuous fuller's earth (provincially ‘Walker's earth’) beneath heavy masses of the limestone..has occasioned numerous landslips both near Ludlow and in other parts of Herefordshire.

1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham Lincs. 266/2 Walker-earth, Fuller's earth (obsolescent).

1938 Archaeologia Cantiana 53 92 The slopes are no longer worked for ‘walkers earth’.

1986 R. H. S. Robertson Fuller's Earth 222 In the Silurian rocks of the Welsh Marches..Murchison noticed a number of bands of yellowish-white clay which were called locally ‘Walker's Earth’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	walkers earth
释义	walker's earthn. Brit. /ˌwɔːkəz ˈəːθ/, U.S. /ˌwɔkərz ˈərθ/, /ˌwɑkərz ˈərθ/ Forms: α. late Middle English walker herth, 1800s– walker earth (now rare). β. 1500s– walker's earth, 1600s 1800s– walkers earth, 1900s– walkers' earth. Also with capital initial(s). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English walker , waulker n., earth n.¹ Etymology: In α. forms < walker, variant of waulker n. + earth n.¹ In β. forms < the genitive of walker + earth n.¹ Compare earlier walker's clay n. = fuller's earth n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > cleaning > fuller's earth fuller's eartha1350 fulling eartha1399 walker's earth1403 fuller's clay1581 fulling clay1647 scouring clay1660 scouring earth1661 1403 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 20 Unum stryk de walkerherth. 1597 in N. W. Alcock People at Home (1993) iv. 32 For walker's earth 1 4. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. lvii. 393 Walkers earth, or other scouring earth. 1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 429 Walker's earth, for scouring cloth. 1848 J. Phillips in Mem. Geol. Surv. Great Brit. II. 176 Still further eastward appear laminated sandy beds and shales with Walker-earth. 1859 R. I. Murchison Siluria (ed. 3) vii. 139 The decomposition of this unctuous fuller's earth (provincially ‘Walker's earth’) beneath heavy masses of the limestone..has occasioned numerous landslips both near Ludlow and in other parts of Herefordshire. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham Lincs. 266/2 Walker-earth, Fuller's earth (obsolescent). 1938 Archaeologia Cantiana 53 92 The slopes are no longer worked for ‘walkers earth’. 1986 R. H. S. Robertson Fuller's Earth 222 In the Silurian rocks of the Welsh Marches..Murchison noticed a number of bands of yellowish-white clay which were called locally ‘Walker's Earth’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1403
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