单词 | working-house |
释义 | † working-housen. Obsolete. 1. A building or room in which work is carried out; also figurative; = workhouse n. 1. ΘΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > workshop > [noun] workhouseOE officinec1425 shopc1450 working-house1474 working place?1505 frame housea1555 workshop1556 framing house1559 working-shop1566 shophouse1567 frame building1574 operatory1651 shopping1684 officina1832 atelier1882 craft shop1896 skunk works1960 1474 in C. L. Kingsford Rep. MSS Ld. de l'Isle & Dudley (1925) I. 154 (MED) A newe dwellyng howse..wyth a chambyr and a loft at the heygh deyse, and a shoppe callyth a werkynghowse atte flore half. 1487 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Let.-bks. London (1912) L. 242 [That no time-expired apprentice..set up shop or] wirkynghous [within the City]. 1568 J. Fen tr. J. Osório Learned Treat. Haddon i. sig. Iv They [sc. devout Christians]..commeth farre neerer to the nature and likenesse of Angelles, as it were common Scholes or working howses of heauenlie vertue. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) v. 0. 23 In the quick Forge and working-house of Thought. View more context for this quotation 1711 Act 10 Anne c. 19 §55 Any such Goods, so made, printed, painted, or stained..in..their Ware-houses, Working-houses, or Places aforesaid. 1795 J. Naismith Observ. Breeds Sheep vi. 49 Two brothers of the name of Dickson, dyers and clothiers, have a most complete working house. 2. = workhouse n. 2b.In quot. 1836 in a representation of the English of a French speaker. ΘΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for the poor, infirm, etc. > workhouse working-house1597 workhouse1631 house of industry1679 spin-house1702 parish house1709 poorhouse1727 poorshouse1732 house?1825 union workhouse1830 union house1835 pauper asylum1837 great house1838 union1839 big house1851 spiniken1859 spike1866 lump1874 1597–8 Act 39 Eliz. c. 5 (title) An Acte for erecting of Hospitalls or abiding and working Howses for the Poore. 1639 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 178 The common workinghouse of Bury. 1698 Charitable Samaritan 7 He..engaged as many of his Acquaintance as he could, to Erect a Working-House in Little-Britain. 1836 M. Barnett Monsieur Jacques 17 I go to de maison of de poor old peoples—what you call de working house. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1474 |
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