buildern.
/ˈbɪldə/, U.S. /ˈbɪldər/ 1.
a. A person who constructs buildings or other large permanent structures (e.g. bridges, roads, etc.); spec. (a) a person whose job is to build or repair houses or other buildings; a person who works in construction; (b) a person who contracts for and supervises construction projects. Also: a construction company.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun]
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architect1665
compiler1713
raiser1949
a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) l. 255 (MED) Þe ston þat þe beolderes habbeþ goed yffounde.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xlix. 17 Thi bilderes camen distroȝende thee, and scaterende fro thee shul gon out.
tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. l. 351 The bilder eke to knowe is necessary, What grauel and what lyme is profitable.
a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) Pref. As it chanceth to busie builders..the worke rose dailie higher and wider.
a1661 T. Fuller Hist. Worthies Eng. (1662) i. 34 Builders of Bridges..and makers of Caused waies, or Causways (which are Bridges over dirt).
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 466 The builders..of Babel on the Plain Of Sennaar. View more context for this quotation
1765 W. Watson in Philos. Trans. 1764 (Royal Soc.) 54 217 In edifices of this kind, for additional strength, the builders employ bars of iron.
1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend v. 223 The builders of cathedrals.
1902 Brewers' Jrnl. 15 Feb. 90/1 He..asked if he should get a builder in to prop up the floor.
1944 J. H. Bennetts in R. Greenhalgh Pract. Builder i. 13/1 Where the builder accepts responsibility for all the trades and labours, and desires to sublet some trades, separate agreements are drawn up between the builder and sub-contractors.
2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 27 Mar. d7/2 Pulte Homes, one of the largest builders in the country.
2014 Times 3 June 22/2 More and more women are working as builders, plumbers and plasterers, according to an industry survey.
b. A person who constructs or makes a vehicle, ship, machine, or other object by putting parts or materials together.See also boatbuilder n., organ builder n., shipbuilder n., etc.
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1613 W. Welwood Abridgem. Sea-lawes ii. 9 Amongst the Romans..the builders, forthreakers, or furnishers, and preparers of Ships and Nauies with all necessaries..were stiled Duum-virs nauales.
1739 W. Stephens Jrnl. 15 Dec. in Jrnl. Proc. Georgia (1742) II. 215 Bunyon, a Builder of Boats.
1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. I. vi. §1444 Original builder of the ‘Shofle, or Gentleman's Hansom’.
1878 Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 274 A device called by builders of cotton-machinery a Jack-in-the-box gear, or differential gear.
1901 North Adams (Mass.) Evening Transcript 5 Dec. He shortly afterward invested in a big racing motor car and went to the builders to bring it home himself.
1919 L. H. Morrison Oil Engines xviii. 306 Builders of the low-pressure engines.
1999 BBC Music Mag. Apr. 87/2 Two modern ‘Classical’ organs, both in the Stadtkirche, Zofingen, by the Swiss builder Metzler.
2. figurative. Someone or something that creates, develops, or improves something specified. Chiefly with of or modifying word.See also bodybuilder n., empire builder n., nation builder n., world-builder n., etc.
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1600 W. Vaughan Golden-groue ii. iv. sig. C6 Man had his beginning..of the great and eternall builder of the world.
1659 ‘T. Young’ Let. 13 May in E. Nicholas Papers (1920) IV. 139 An enemy to ye Republic and a builder of Protectordome.
1881 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 14 Mar. 3/3 The builder of the system of government.
1922 Olean (N.Y.) Evening Herald 16 Feb. 3/3 Not only is Bread the sure builder of healthy, energetic bodies, but is the most efficient economist of money.
1941 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Amer. 19 Jan. 42/6 A morale-builder for the blitzed Britons.
2010 N.Y. Times Mag. 3 Jan. 14/1 On one side, the movement liberals who embrace social justice as their guiding cause, and on the other, more moderate coalition builders.
3. A person who makes clothes; a tailor. Cf. build v. 3d. Now rare.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > tailor
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Tom Tailor1575
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needle-jerker1801
skip-louse1807
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cross-legs1823
tog-maker1901
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1837 J. Connell Regimental Coventry I. ix. 301 Jones..who I believe is acknowledged to be the best builder of a military jacket in Gt. Britain, was my tailor.
1845 Ainsworth's Mag. 8 214 In former days our builders of shooting jackets used to perch the buttons of the waist underneath our shoulder blades.
1936 Catholic Courier (Rochester, N.Y.) 28 May 3/6 (advt.) It's always fair weather..in Schulman's Summer Suits because they're Custom-Built by a clothes builder of forty years standing.
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a. A part of a spinning machine that regulates the movement of the yarn as it is wound on to bobbins, building up and shaping the yarn uniformly.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > machine > parts of
knave1564
porcupine roller1776
catch box1809
jack-frame1814
Jack-in-the-box1814
flyer frame1825
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thread-wire1825
creel1835
fly-frame1835
self-actor1835
trumpet-mouth1835
counter-faller1836
Jack1875
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rice creel1895
1866 W. Robertson Brit. Patent 2814 3 Two sectors are attached to the faller, one..carries by means of a stud fastened thereto the pendant rod.., one notch on which sits upon the builder locking plate and enables the builder to govern the building of the cop.
1884 W. S. B. McLaren Spinning Woollen & Worsted vii. 136 The lifter, or builder as it is called, moves more slowly as each layer is placed on the bobbin.
1957 D. Himmelfarb Technol. Cordage Fibres & Rope i. 91 The spindle is supported at both ends by a long bushing in the builder through which the spindle passes, as the builder raises and lowers the bobbin carriers.
1995 A. Ormerod & W. S. Sondhelm Weaving i. 53 The usual method is by pirn contact, a builder wheel controlling the traverse mechanism... Builder mechanisms exist in which there is no contact with the yarn on the pirn.
b. A substance added to soap or detergent to improve its cleaning efficiency by modifying the alkali content or acting as a water softener. Frequently as a modifier.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > substance added to soap or detergent
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1908 Census of Manuf. 1905: Chem. & Allied Products (U.S. Bureau of Census Bull. No. 92) 39/1 In the laundry a dilute solution of caustic potash is an excellent ‘builder’, for the soap will remove all grease and produces excellent suds, without injury to the fabric.
1963 A. J. Hall Student's Handbk. Textile Sci. vi. 284 Some soap-containing proprietary washing powders also contain mild alkalis and silicates and phosphates which are termed ‘builders’.
2011 Illawarra (Austral.) Mercury (Nexis) 29 Apr. (Suppl.) 47 Phosphate also prevents dirt from getting stuck on the washing... It is what is called a softener or builder.
Compounds
C1. With the first element in singular form.† builder oak n. Obsolete an oak tree whose timber is of a quality suitable for use in building; (more generally) a large, strong, or impressive oak tree.
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c1430 (c1380) G. Chaucer Parl. Fowls (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1871) l. 176 Oueral..Were treis..Eche in his kynde..The byldere ok, & ek the hardy assh.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A4 The builder Oake, sole king of forrests all.
1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 83 The Mourner Eugh, and Builder Oak were there.
1864 C. Kingsley Roman & Teuton p. lii Of a thousand acorns..but one shall..grow into a builder oak, the rest be craunched up by the nearest swine.
1907 W. H. Venable Cincinnati in E. Venable Poets of Ohio (1909) 338 A century's growth, down crashed the ‘builder Oak,’ The quarry from Silurian slumber woke.
C2. With the first element in the genitive (as builder's, builders', or builders).
a. colloquial (chiefly British). In builder's bum and similar compounds: designating the top of the buttocks and buttock cleft, as revealed when a person bends over or crouches down, or by low-cut or badly fitting trousers. Cf. plumber's butt n.With allusion to an alleged propensity of builders to expose this part of the body inadvertently.
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1988 Guardian 22 June 38/7 She says it'll take more than a bunch of blokes with builder's bums and beer bellies to frighten her off.
1993 Independent 21 Oct. 29 ‘Bumsters’—..lie a dangerous two inches lower than hipsters,..redefining builders' bottom at the back.
2000 Snowboard UK Jan. 54 Extra large clothing is tight on him and to add to my own personal amusement, he and his clothing conspire to reveal builder's bum everytime he bends down to clip in.
b. British colloquial. In builder's tea and similar compounds: designating robust, full-bodied black tea, brewed until very strong, and usually drunk with milk and often sugar.
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1994 Daily Tel. 24 Oct. 17/2 A flunkey arrives, bearing egg and cucumber sandwiches, anchovy toast and builder's tea.
1998 Evening Standard (Nexis) 14 Sept. 6 Instant coffee and builder's tea are all fine and dandy, but the hairdresser's victim deserves a little more variety.
2000 R. Pilcher Winter Solstice 68 ‘You like builders' tea, don't you?’ ‘Strong and black.’ She poured her own mug and left the pot to stew.
2009 S. Margolis Forget me Knot 307 Cinders asked if Abbey had any Earl Grey or jasmine tea. ‘Sorry, only your basic builder's brew, I'm afraid.’
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builder's jack n. (a) a mechanical or hydraulic jack used (singly, or in multiple) to raise or support a heavy building element or an entire building; †(b) U.S. a temporary platform, bracket, or small scaffolding attached to a window opening and projecting outwards, used to enable work to be carried out on the outside of the window; a window-jack (obsolete).
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1835 ‘F. Lever’ Young Mechanic ii. Pl. II Builder's Jack.
1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 400/2 Builder's jack, a kind of scaffold which is supported on a window-sill and against the wall, and extends outwardly, to enable a workman to stand outside while repairing or painting.
1910 U.S. Patent 945,162 1/1 It is one of the objects of my invention to enable the key and brace of a builder's jack or window jack to be folded up and fastened to the key board when out of use.
1962 Pop. Sci. Jan. 164/2 Use a jack post or builder's jack to raise the girder to proper level.
2020 N. Louth Body on Island (e-book ed.) Dust lay thickly around the edge of the room, with just a well-trodden footpath past a builder's jack right in the middle, bracing a metal joist against a cracked ceiling.
builders' merchant n. British a supplier of materials to the building trade.
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1870 Post Office Directory of Building Trades 144/2 Builders' Merchants, See Building Material Dealers.
1926 A. James Commerce Stage I viii. 44 A builder's merchant will deal in timber, bricks and slates.
2022 Western Daily Press (Nexis) 1 Mar. 15 A builders merchant in Somerset that has been supplying the trade for hundreds of years has expanded into larger premises in Taunton.
builder's paper n. thick, heavy-duty paper used by builders as a covering or lining material, and now also used as a material for arts or crafts; = building paper n.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > [noun] > building paper
building paper1873
builder's paper1917
1870 Freeborn County Standard (Albert Lea, Minnesota) 20 July (advt.) Sole agent for J. R. Lawrence for the sale of their celebrated Builders' Paper. Saturated and plain, far superior to anything in the market.
1917 C. Mathewson Second Base Sloan vii. 88 Red builder's paper superseded the boards across the window frames.
2003 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 6 Aug. c2 Seven pleated black conical forms beckon the viewer in..; close up you see they are folded lengths of builders' paper, pinched together at the top and splayed out at the bottom.
2006 Columbian (Vancouver, Washington) (Nexis) 15 Jan. f1 A 35-inch-wide, 140-foot-long roll of builders paper, sometimes called floor paper, costs about $9 and is just the thing for hard floors such as the kitchen.
builder's yard n. British (originally) an enclosed area or site where construction (of ships or other vessels, or of buildings) takes place; (later usually) a place where building materials and supplies are stored and sold.
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1728 D. Defoe Plan Eng. Commerce Pref. p. v The Timber, the Plank, the Iron-Work, the Masts..center in the Builder's Yard; there the Frame of a Vessel is set on the Stocks.
1732 Daily Post Boy 15 Aug. A Labourer, chipping an old Plank with an Ax, in a Builder's Yard..cut himself..desperately cross one of his Ancles.
1830 H. Thomas Anc. Remains City of London in Wards of London II. 32 By a singular coincidence, both these buildings, undergoing repair at the same time, these two weathercocks were actually lying in the same builder's yard.
1969 Mariner's Mirror 55 10 The vast majority of vessels carried this identification indelibly from the builder's yard to the grave.
1992 D. Robins Tarnished Vision iii. 14 Pockets of owner-occupied Edwardian terraced and 1930s semi-detached housing coexist in close proximity to heavy goods vehicle parks, builders' yards, and storage depots.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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