单词 | waterleader |
释义 | waterleadern. 1. A person who sells water from a cart. Cf. leader n.1 1d. Now historical and rare.Recorded earliest as a surname.In later use with reference to participants in the York mystery plays; cf. quot. a1450. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of water water-sellereOE waterleader?a1221 water lagger?1518 water-seller1697 water-monger1845 ?a1221 in Descriptive Catal. Anc. Deeds Public Rec. Office (1890) I. 171 (modernized text) Grant by Peter Crisp..of the garden that Benedict Long held of Henry his father..in the parish of St. Botulph without Alegate... Witnesses:–John Bokeointe, Daniel de Stebehee, Geoffrey Waterlader, Robert Badding, and others (named). ?c1250 in Descriptive Catal. Anc. Deeds Public Rec. Office (1902) IV. 150 [Grant by Adgarus..of Stebehee to] John le Waterladere [of Estsmedhefeld of..land in the town of Stebehee]. 1350 in H. T. Riley Memorials London (1868) 254 (MED) [The carters, called] waterleders [shall take for the cart, from Douuegate to Chepe, 1½ d.]. a1450 in L. T. Smith York Plays (1885) p. xxiv (MED) Cukes, Waterleders. a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 697/23 Aqueductor, a waterleder. 1503 in R. Davies Extracts Munic. Rec. York (1843) App. 239 (note) The cookes shall yerely geddir pagiaunt silver of the waterleders and sandeleders toward the supportacion and charge of bryngyng furth of the pagiaunt of the same cookes. 1600 Chester Plays (Harl. 2013) (1843) 3 The good symple water-leaders and drawers of Deey, see that your Arke in all poyntes be prepared. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. iii. 104/1 This is the Coat belonging to the company of Water-Leaders, in the City of Chester. 1778 T. Pennant Tour in Wales I. 140 The Water leaders and drawers of the Dee, took, with great propriety, the History of the Deluge. 1897 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 45 453/1 ‘Water leaders’ seem to have been separate from plumbers, as we find both mentioned amongst the York crafts who took part in the mistery plays. 1995 A. Higgins in L. Barroll Medieval & Renaissance Drama Eng. 82 The waterleaders were specifically charged with the tiny scene of Christ washing the feet of the apostles. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > workers performing other tasks or processes river?c1475 melter1511 sinker1526 folder up1552 wiper1552 scourer1574 heaver1587 stoverc1600 rasper1611 ripper1611 roller1616 smearer1632 waterleadera1650 scooper1668 smiter1670 puncher1681 staker1688 crusher1794 hardener1796 reamer1822 piledriver1826 catcher1832 waterproofer1837 middler1847 culler1850 hanger-on1858 pitcher1865 bumper1871 fine liner1871 bricksetter1883 waxer1890 bottle-oh1898 edger1909 bottle-o-er1915 caster1921 recycler1970 linesperson1973 a1650 G. Boate Irelands Nat. Hist. (1652) xvii. 134 Water-leaders, or Water-course-keepers, to steer the Water-courses, and to look to them constantly. 1850 Land we live In III. 142/2 The wood and water leaders..who..remove water from the horse-ways and other parts of the pit. 1876 G. P. Bevan Industr. Classes 15 The subdivisions of labour in a colliery of a large size. Underground:..fire-men, furnace-men, lamp-men, water-leaders, horse-keepers, [etc.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?a1221 |
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