单词 | woodman |
释义 | woodmann.1 Forms and etymology: see wood n.1 and man n.1 (Cf. woodsman n.)The meaning in the following is uncertain:— 972 in Birch Cartul. Sax. III. 603 Fram hwitingho to wudemannes tune. c1273 in W. Illingworth Rotuli Hundredorum (1818) II. 19 Johanni Wodeman. 1. a. One who hunts game in a wood or forest; a huntsman. Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > hunter in forest driver1391 woodmana1425 a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xxxiii As of þe manere howe he shulde be vndo y passe ouere lightly, for þer is no wodemann nor good hunter in Inglonde, but þei cann do it wele ynowgh. 1555 H. Braham Inst. Gentleman sig. Hv Ther is a saying emonge hunters that he cannot be a gentleman which loueth not hawkyng and hunting, whiche I haue heard olde woodmen wel allowe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 26 Am I a Woodman, ha? Speake I like Herne the Hunter? View more context for this quotation 1616 J. Boys Expos. Proper Psalms xlvii. 9, in Wks. (1629) 935 Woodmen say that Deere are most circumspect in fat pasture. 1676 T. Shadwell Virtuoso iii. 38 I have taken more pains to single you out, than ever Wood-man did for a Deer. 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel vi. vii. 168 Conrad..Was by a woodman's lyme-dog found. 1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies xi. 85 He looked down with contempt upon the rangers, as..inexperienced woodmen, but little skilled in hunting lore.] b. figurative or allusively. ΚΠ 1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 54 He was not..so ill a woodman to giue ouer the chace at the first default. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. iii. 157 He's a better woodman then thou tak'st him for. View more context for this quotation a1625 J. Fletcher Chances i. viii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Aaa2v/2 I see ye are a wood-man, and can chuse Your Deere. 1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode ii. i. 18 Has the old Cupid, your Father, chosen well for you? is he a good Woodman? 2. One who looks after the trees in a wood or forest; one who fells or lops trees for timber or fuel; also, one who provides or purveys wood. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in timber wooderc1050 woodmonger1261 woodman1426 timberman1429 wood-maker1616 billet-dealera1625 mahogany trade1850 the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > lumberman wood-hewerc1000 wooderc1050 hagger1294 wood-hagger1294 feller1422 woodman1426 faller1614 wood-maker1616 forest-feller1618 axeman1671 holt-felstera1678 stocker1686 bayman1715 logger1734 wood-cutter1758 lumberer1809 lumbermana1817 shantyman1824 chopper1827 splitter1841 bushman1846 mahogany cutter1850 piner1871 bush-faller1882 lumberjack1888 bushwhacker1898 home guard1903 Jack1910 gyppo1912 timber-getter1912 timberjack1916 timber beast1919 1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 17745 Her ys a woode off lytel prys, Wych a woodeman selleth me. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 289/2 Wodman that lyveth by fellyng wode, bocquillon. 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 519/2 Dendrophori,..woodemen or such as carrie wood about streetes to be sold. 1637 J. Milton Comus 17 Either some one like us night founder'd here, Or else some neighbour wood man. 1726 J. Laurence New Syst. Agric. 229 Of the Aspen Tree our Woodmen make Hoops, Firewood, and Coals. 1800 T. Campbell Beech Tree's Petition 2 Spare, woodman, spare the beechen tree. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. vii. 83 Bonsall and Petersen are now woodmen, preparing our daily fuel. 1875 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. (ed. 2) vii. 250 Each half company providing 2 woodmen, 2 watermen. 1903 M. S. Rawson Apprentice 141 The oldest woodmen say that it takes a hundred years to grow a perfect oak for an English ship. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > forester > officer in charge of forest woodwardc1050 forester1297 ranger1327 walker1482 keeper1488 wood-master15.. grazierc1503 wood-reeve1579 woodman1594 Warden of the Forest1598 rider1647 conservator1733 woodwarden1748 wood-forester1865 1594 R. Crompton L'Authoritie & Iurisdict. des Courts f. 146v Auant que sera perfect Forest, le Roy couient appointer certaine officers, come vn keeper, Forester, Woodmen, Regarders, Agistors. a1610 J. Manwood Treat. Lawes Forest (1615) xxi. 193 The foresters & woodmen did take no good regard to the forests. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > type of show or spectacle > [noun] > parade or procession > pageant > participant > specific character woodman1442 woodwosea1464 woodist1613 society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > [noun] > uncivilized person wild mana1400 woodwose?a1400 savaginec1450 woodward1488 savagea1544 woodman1601 barbarian1604 woodist1613 wilding1621 brutigenist1631 catamountaina1640 Caliban1678 semi-barbarian1692 Hottentot1710 semi-savage1807 pagan1879 society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of human or divine beings > [noun] > savage woodwose1355 woodward1488 savage mana1656 savage1673 woodman1780 1442 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 9 The fleschowares sal fynd [for a play], twa or four wodmen. 1566 in J. Nicholl Comp. Ironmongers (1866) 85 They shall fynde us two wood~men, wt clubbes, squibbes and powder. 1601 in F. Moryson Itinerary (1617) ii. 106 To march..into Colrane..to have brought into subjection all the woodmen. 1660 J. Tatham Royal Oake 10 Several persons in the habit of Wood-men and Wood-Nymphs. 1780 J. Edmondson Compl. Body Heraldry II. (Gloss.) Woodman, a name given by several Writers to the wild man, or savage. 5. A workman who makes something of wood, esp. the woodwork of a carriage. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > woodworker > [noun] wrighta1200 woodworkman1659 woodwright1867 woodworker1875 woodman1879 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 175/1 When the body is finished from the hands of the woodman, it passes into the hands of the currier. 1908 Advt. Wanted Coach Builders and Wheelwrights.—Good woodman. Derivatives ˈwoodmancraft n. (also ˈwoodmanscraft) the business or skill of a woodman. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > woodcraft woodcraftc1386 woodmancrafta1425 woodmanship1575 a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xxxiii If þe lorde will haue þe deere vndone, he þat he biddeth..shulde vndo hym þe moste wodemanly and clenly þat he cann. And wondreth ye nought, þough y say wodmanly, for it is a poynte of wodemancrafte. 1881 Sat. Rev. 23 July 122/1 Colonel Fraser's political sagacity hardly seems on a par with his woodmanscraft. ˈwoodmanlike adv. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [adjective] > forester woodmanlike1479 1479 in Catal. Anc. Deeds (1915) VI. 168 The said beches to be drawen on the saide grounde wodmanlyke after the custume of wodsale. † †ˈwoodmanly adv. Obsolete in the manner of or befitting a woodman. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [adverb] > forester woodmanlya1650 a1650 in J. W. Hales & F. J. Furnivall Bp. Percy's Folio MS I. 106 The kyng in hys hand toke a bowe, And wodmanly he stowpy'd lowe. ˈwoodmanship n. = woodmancraft n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > woodcraft woodcraftc1386 woodmancrafta1425 woodmanship1575 1575 G. Gascoigne Hearbes 156 Gascoignes woodmanship written to the L. Grey of Wilton. 1627 J. Taylor Armado Ep. Ded. You know what belongs to the Wood-manship, the Wardship, and Stewardship. 1831 W. Scott Count Robert v, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. III. 100 It were bad woodmanship to raise the hollo upon the game, ere it had been driven within compass of the nets. 1911 A. C. Benson Ruskin v. 180 He was fond of woodmanship. His..hedging-gloves and his chopper were very characteristic signs of his presence. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † woodmann.2 Obsolete. A madman, lunatic, maniac. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mentally ill person > [noun] > mad person woodman1297 madmanc1330 lunatic1377 franticc1380 madwomana1438 March harec1500 Bedlam beggar1525 fanaticc1525 bedlama1529 frenetic1528 Jack o' Bedlam1528 Tom o' Bedlam1569 crack-brain1570 madbrain1570 Tom1575 madcap1589 gelt1596 madhead1600 brainsick1605 madpash1611 non compos1628 madling1638 bedlam-man1658 bedlamerc1675 fan1682 bedlamite1691 cracka1701 lymphatic1708 shatter-brain1719 mad1729 maniaca1763 non compos mentis1765 shatter-pate1775 shatter-wit1775 insane1786 craze1831 dement1857 crazy1867 crackpot1883 loony1884 bug1885 psychopath1885 dingbat1887 psychopathic1890 ding-a-ling1899 meshuggener1900 détraqué1902 maddiea1903 nut1908 mental1913 ding1929 lakes1934 wack1938 fruitcake1942 nutty1942 barm-pot1951 nutcake1953 nutter1958 nutcase1959 nut job1959 meshuga1962 nutsy1964 headcase1965 nutball1968 headbanger1973 nutso1975 wacko1977 nut bar1978 mentalist1990 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 3338 Hii verde as wodemen; hii wende hii were ynome. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 1351 He trampelid fast with his feet, & al to-tare his ere And his visage both, ryȝt as a woodman. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur x. xii. 432 Cryenge and rateynge hym as a wood man. c1480 (a1400) SS. Simon & Jude 412 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 220 Wodmen..In quhame þe feyndis þan can dwel. c1480 (a1400) St. Christopher 285 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 348 Þe Iugis,..fore a wodman demyt hym. 1512 J. Parfre Candlemas-Day in Marriott Miracle-Plays (1838) 200 Like as a wodman he gan to fray. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1a1425n.21297 |
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