单词 | wayman |
释义 | waymann.ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > officials responsible for roads way-serjeant1334 wayman1458 warden1486 waywarden1649 way-reeve1788 1458 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 228 General manumissions to certeyne persones, bandmen, and whamen. 1570 in J. T. Smith Parish (1857) vii. 509 Jhon Stone, Jhon Margorn, Waymen of West Ashton do give up their Accounts. 1630 in G. P. Scrope Hist. Castle Combe (1852) 336 That every housekeeper within the parish which hath noe ploughe, doe com or send one to dige or picke stones one day before the aforesayd day, being warned by the way-men. 1666 Steeple Ashton Churchwarden's Accts. in Wilts. Notes & Queries Sept. 330 Henry Flower, Robert Burges, chosen for Waymen for the yeare ensueing. 1884 E. Channing Town & County Govt. Eng. Colonies N. Amer. 20 The waymen, waywardens, surveyors, supervisors or overseers of the highways, were two in number. 1902 Polit. Sci. Q. 17 227 The surveyors of highways, familiarly known as ‘waymen’ or ‘waywardens’, occupied a comparatively simple position. 2. A highwayman. Also neutrally: a traveller by road. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] pilgrimlOE travellera1387 farandman14.. passengera1450 walkerc1450 voyager1477 viator?1504 journeyer1566 viadant1632 wayman1638 thwarter1693 migrant1760 inside1799 mover1810 starter1817 itinerarian1822 trekker1851 farer1881 passager1917 1638 R. Brathwait Barnabees Journall (new ed.) iii. sig. M6 Banish feare, remove delay man, Shew thy selfe a famous Way-man. 1717 W. Taverner Artful Husband (new ed.) v. 65 Bel. Your Ladyship won't suffer this? Sir H. She might as well keep Faith with a wayman. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Wayman, a journier. 1952 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 65 305 The numerous early statutes which call outlaws and way-men ‘Roberdsmen’. 3. A workman employed in fixing the rails of a railway; a platelayer. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway worker > [noun] > track maintenance workers gangman1830 platelayer1836 wayman1840 surfaceman1845 lineman1858 track-layera1861 track-man1881 linesman1883 track-walker1890 lengthman1902 underman1921 gandy dancer1923 snake1929 fluffer1956 1840 F. Whishaw Railways Great Brit. & Ireland 252 Waymen, who are paid by the contractors for keeping the permanent way in repair. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Oct. 7/2 A party of waymen found that a wood and iron bridge..had been..destroyed by fire. 1912 Railway Official Gaz. Feb. 219/1 A lamentable accident on the North British Railway..which befel a gang of waymen. 1970 P. W. Kingsford Victorian Railwaymen vi. 99 There were three main grades: Gangers, Platelayers or Waymen, Labourers. 2010 TendersInfo (Nexis) 8 May Over 200 waymen have been employed for the modernization and renovation of Dhaka Narayanganj Railway line. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1458 |
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