单词 | weller |
释义 | † wellern. Obsolete. 1. A smelter or founder of metal. Also more fully weller together. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > caster or founder yettereOE metal yetterc1400 founder1402 wellera1425 caster1535 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Jer. li. 17 Ech wellere togidere [a1382 ȝeetere; L. conflator] is schent in a grauun ymage; for his wellyng togidere is fals. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Jer. vi. 29 Leed is waastid in the fier, the wellere [a1382 ȝeetere; L. conflator] wellide in veyn. 1547 in Acts Privy Council (1890) II. 445 The master wellar at xijd the daye, and iij wellars with him at viijd the daye. 2. A person who boils salt water to extract salt. Cf. saltweller n. at salt-well n. Derivatives. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > salt manufacture > [noun] > salt-worker weller1440 salt-maker1483 saliner1543 waller1600 salter1606 saltweller1624 wich-waller1670 salt-worker1680 brine-manc1682 brinerc1682 wich-man1688 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 441 Saltare, or wellare of salt, salinator. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1425 |
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