单词 | whitener |
释义 | whitenern. 1. A person who whitens something (in various senses of the verb); spec. one employed in bleaching or some other whitening process. Cf. whitster n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitener > [noun] > bleaching agent > bleacher pleykstare1440 whitster1440 whitener1540 bleacher1550 bleaker1611 crofter1772 1540 in M. E. Grimwade Index Probate Rec. Court Archdeacon of Sudbury (1984) II. 591 Watson, John, whitener, Bury St. Edmunds. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Blanchisseur,..a whitener of clothes. 1637 Crompton's Jurisd. 179 No tawer or whitener of skins shall remain in the forests. 1718 T. Mangey Remarks Nazarenus v. 33 The Mahometan Arabians call the Followers of Jesus, Havarioun, which signifies Whiteners. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. xxvi. 114 A partial whitener of his own cause, or blackener of another's. 1778 D. Loch Ess. Trade Scotl. I. 249 The law was passed, allowing the excise on soap made use of by the whiteners or bleachers of linens to be drawn back. 1826 Lit. Lounger Sept. 427 [Time] art a dull fellow, a sore whitener of the jetty tresses of beauty. 1895 Daily News 15 Nov. 7/1 Frank Naylor, whitener and repairer, employed by Messrs. Elkington. 1930 Classified Index Occupations Fifteenth Census (U.S. Bureau of Census) 108/2 Whitener, tannery. 1992 1990 Census Pop. & Housing (U.S. Bureau of Census) O-109/1 Leather tanner... Machine whitener... Mangle tender. 2004 S. M. Smith Photogr. on Color Line i. 39 The unmarried lover of a white man, a ‘whitener’ of the race. 2. a. A thing which whitens something; spec. any of various substances or agents used for whitening. rare before mid 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitener > [noun] > bleaching agent blancher1477 whitener1686 white steep1804 eau de Javelle1807 chlorine1810 animal charcoal1838 chemic1843 styrone1852 bleaching powder1854 oxygen1858 decolorizerc1865 still-liquor1866 bleach1898 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. ii. 6 Wind is a Dryer,..Frost a Cooler, Dryer, a Whitener. 1798 Dict. Arts, Sci., & Misc. Lit. (Amer. ed.) XV. 760/2 [Quicklime's] attraction for the oily matter..makes it an excellent whitener. 1871 Eng. Mechanic & World of Sci. 14 Apr. 95/2 Is there any better filler and whitener for ivory than whiting and water? 1939 Pop. Mech. Aug. 34 a/3 (advt.) Make and sell new teeth whitener. Big profit. 1971 D. Potter Brit. Elizabethan Stamps ii. 22 Optical whitener is used in the making of the paper. 1995 Ottawa Herald 14 Sept. 7/2 In the laundry aisle... Look for..a product that contains both a stain remover and a whitener. 2008 A. Adiga White Tiger 150 Shakti whitener with charcoal and cloves to clean your teeth only one rupee fifty paise! b. A powder or liquid (typically made from sweetened vegetable oils and fats) stirred into coffee or tea as a substitute for milk or cream.Recorded earliest in coffee whitener n. at coffee n. Additions. ΚΠ 1961 Daily Telegram (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) 20 Oct. 2/5 (headline) Coffee whitener banned in state. 1967 Financial Times 17 Apr. 10/5 Improved milk powders and whiteners which suit both tea and coffee are being introduced. 1977 Syracuse (Pa.) Herald-Jrnl. 18 Oct. 6/4 (advt.) Whitener for coffee. Coffeemate 1 pint 99c. 2011 P. Helton Four Below ix. 91 How the mighty had fallen, he thought, as he stirred whitener into his instant coffee. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1540 |
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