water-castern.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtəˌkɑːstə/,

/ˈwɔːtəˌkastə/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdərˌkæstər/,

/ˈwɑdərˌkæstər/

Forms: see water n. and caster n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., caster n.

Etymology: < water n. + caster n. In sense 1 after to cast water at cast v. 40.

1. derogatory. A person who diagnoses illness on the basis of the visual inspection of urine, a uroscopist; (more generally) a quack. Cf. piss-prophet n. In later use English regional (northern). Now historical.In quot. 1681: a person who makes astrological predictions based on the inspection of urine; cf. uroscopy n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > ignorant or untrained > charlatan

quacksalver1579

medicastra1602

water-caster1603

quack1638

medicaster1639

amethodist1654

charlatana1680

quackster1709

crocus1785

Sangrado1812

sangrador1832

the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > diagnostician > by urine

water-caster1603

water-monger1623

piss-prophet1625

urine-monger1625

urine-prophet1654

waterologer1654

urine -caster1763

urine-doctor1815

urinoscopist1836

water doctor1848

urine-inspector1863

uroscopist1889

1603 T. Dekker 1603: Wonderfull Yeare sig. D3 Hipocrates, Auicen, Paracelsus,..with all their succeeding rabble of Doctors and Water-casters.

1675 E. Wilson Spadacrene Dunelmensis 63 Oppilation or Obstruction, a noted hard word amongst our Water-casters, those pedantick pretenders to Science.

1681 Heraclitus Ridens 15 Feb. 1/1 I am just running to a State Water-caster, to resolve me a Horary Question.

1724 D. Turner Syphilis (ed. 2) i. 114 A Knavish Piss-Prophet, whom some Men of Resentment would severely have punished, if not spoiled him for a Water-Caster ever after.

1804 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 12 213 The country people have long been deceived by water casters, as they are denominated.

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Watter-caster, a quack, one who pretends to discover the nature and cure of diseases by inspecting the patient's urine.

1913 E. M. Wright Rustic Speech & Folk-lore xiv. 254 A mediciner much thought of in parts of Yorkshire was the water-caster.

1994 A. Digby Making Med. Living ii. 64 Water casters retained their hold in the West Riding.

†2. Perhaps: a person employed to sprinkle water. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > who carry, draw, or supply water

water-bearereOE

water drawereOE

tankard-bearer?1518

water carrier1532

water drawer1574

water-worker1579

water-caster1610

waterman1615

tankard-womana1667

water pumper1708

watering-man1791

water boy1823

pani-wallah1934

1610 Assessm. Wages in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1898) 13 524 A water Caster, v^d. A caster of stone Clay or marle, v^d.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	water-caster
释义	water-castern. Brit. /ˈwɔːtəˌkɑːstə/, /ˈwɔːtəˌkastə/, U.S. /ˈwɔdərˌkæstər/, /ˈwɑdərˌkæstər/ Forms: see water n. and caster n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., caster n. Etymology: < water n. + caster n. In sense 1 after to cast water at cast v. 40. 1. derogatory. A person who diagnoses illness on the basis of the visual inspection of urine, a uroscopist; (more generally) a quack. Cf. piss-prophet n. In later use English regional (northern). Now historical.In quot. 1681: a person who makes astrological predictions based on the inspection of urine; cf. uroscopy n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > ignorant or untrained > charlatan quacksalver1579 medicastra1602 water-caster1603 quack1638 medicaster1639 amethodist1654 charlatana1680 quackster1709 crocus1785 Sangrado1812 sangrador1832 the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > diagnostician > by urine water-caster1603 water-monger1623 piss-prophet1625 urine-monger1625 urine-prophet1654 waterologer1654 urine -caster1763 urine-doctor1815 urinoscopist1836 water doctor1848 urine-inspector1863 uroscopist1889 1603 T. Dekker 1603: Wonderfull Yeare sig. D3 Hipocrates, Auicen, Paracelsus,..with all their succeeding rabble of Doctors and Water-casters. 1675 E. Wilson Spadacrene Dunelmensis 63 Oppilation or Obstruction, a noted hard word amongst our Water-casters, those pedantick pretenders to Science. 1681 Heraclitus Ridens 15 Feb. 1/1 I am just running to a State Water-caster, to resolve me a Horary Question. 1724 D. Turner Syphilis (ed. 2) i. 114 A Knavish Piss-Prophet, whom some Men of Resentment would severely have punished, if not spoiled him for a Water-Caster ever after. 1804 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 12 213 The country people have long been deceived by water casters, as they are denominated. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Watter-caster, a quack, one who pretends to discover the nature and cure of diseases by inspecting the patient's urine. 1913 E. M. Wright Rustic Speech & Folk-lore xiv. 254 A mediciner much thought of in parts of Yorkshire was the water-caster. 1994 A. Digby Making Med. Living ii. 64 Water casters retained their hold in the West Riding. †2. Perhaps: a person employed to sprinkle water. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > who carry, draw, or supply water water-bearereOE water drawereOE tankard-bearer?1518 water carrier1532 water drawer1574 water-worker1579 water-caster1610 waterman1615 tankard-womana1667 water pumper1708 watering-man1791 water boy1823 pani-wallah1934 1610 Assessm. Wages in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1898) 13 524 A water Caster, v^d. A caster of stone Clay or marle, v^d. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1603
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