watchmakern.

Brit.

/ˈwɒtʃˌmeɪkə/, U.S.

/ˈwɑtʃˌmeɪkər/,

/ˈwɔtʃˌmeɪkər/

1. One whose trade it is to make watches.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > making watches > one who makes, fixes, or regulates

watchmaker1630

watch-wright1674

watch-cobbler1756

springer1769

timer1876

watch jeweller1884

watch-jobber1895

1630 J. Smith True Trav. 35 Gold-smiths..and Watch-makers.

1684 Bp. Wilkins's Discov. New World (ed. 4) ii. 152 We allow every Watch-maker so much wisdom, as not to put any Motion in his Instrument, which is superfluous.

1710 G. Berkeley Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. §62 Those Actions of the Watchmaker, whereby he makes the Movements and rightly adjusts them.

1758 S. Johnson Idler 14 Oct. 217 My first Mistress was wife of a working Watchmaker.

1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 261 Geneva... We have been a full fortnight in this paradise of watchmakers.

2. slang. (See quot. 1859.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > of watches

hooker1834

watchmaker1859

thimble-screwer1862

toy getter1879

1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 115 Watchmaker, a pickpocket, or stealer of watches.

Compounds

C1. attributive uses of possessive, as watch-maker's file, watch-maker's glass, watch-maker's lens, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > magnification or magnifying instruments > [noun] > magnifying glass > types of

reading glass1668

megaloscopec1775

hand lens1839

watch-maker's glass1875

waling glass1880

loupe1909

texture-counter1909

1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 82 Small and Fine Files (commonly called Watch-makers Files).

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2734/1 Watchmaker's Glass, a double convex lens set in a tubular socket, adapted to be held to the eye by the contraction of the orbital muscles.

1888 F. Rutley Rock-forming Minerals 3 A watch-maker's lens, held in the eye.

C2.

watchmaker's cramp n. a form of cramp affecting watchmakers.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > type of spasm > occupational > specific

telegraphist's cramp1875

telegrapher's cramp1877

weavers' cramp1881

telegrapher's palsy1882

pianist's cramp1887

charley horse1888

piano-failure1897

watchmaker's cramp1899

1899 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Watchmaker's cramp.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	watchmaker
释义	watchmakern. Brit. /ˈwɒtʃˌmeɪkə/, U.S. /ˈwɑtʃˌmeɪkər/, /ˈwɔtʃˌmeɪkər/ 1. One whose trade it is to make watches. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > making watches > one who makes, fixes, or regulates watchmaker1630 watch-wright1674 watch-cobbler1756 springer1769 timer1876 watch jeweller1884 watch-jobber1895 1630 J. Smith True Trav. 35 Gold-smiths..and Watch-makers. 1684 Bp. Wilkins's Discov. New World (ed. 4) ii. 152 We allow every Watch-maker so much wisdom, as not to put any Motion in his Instrument, which is superfluous. 1710 G. Berkeley Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. §62 Those Actions of the Watchmaker, whereby he makes the Movements and rightly adjusts them. 1758 S. Johnson Idler 14 Oct. 217 My first Mistress was wife of a working Watchmaker. 1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 261 Geneva... We have been a full fortnight in this paradise of watchmakers. 2. slang. (See quot. 1859.) ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > of watches hooker1834 watchmaker1859 thimble-screwer1862 toy getter1879 1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 115 Watchmaker, a pickpocket, or stealer of watches. Compounds C1. attributive uses of possessive, as watch-maker's file, watch-maker's glass, watch-maker's lens, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > magnification or magnifying instruments > [noun] > magnifying glass > types of reading glass1668 megaloscopec1775 hand lens1839 watch-maker's glass1875 waling glass1880 loupe1909 texture-counter1909 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 82 Small and Fine Files (commonly called Watch-makers Files). 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2734/1 Watchmaker's Glass, a double convex lens set in a tubular socket, adapted to be held to the eye by the contraction of the orbital muscles. 1888 F. Rutley Rock-forming Minerals 3 A watch-maker's lens, held in the eye. C2. watchmaker's cramp n. a form of cramp affecting watchmakers. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > type of spasm > occupational > specific telegraphist's cramp1875 telegrapher's cramp1877 weavers' cramp1881 telegrapher's palsy1882 pianist's cramp1887 charley horse1888 piano-failure1897 watchmaker's cramp1899 1899 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Watchmaker's cramp. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1630
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