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单词 butteris
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butterisn.

Brit. /ˈbʌtərɪs/, U.S. /ˈbədərəs/
Forms: 1500s buttreis, 1500s buttreris, 1500s–1600s buttresse, 1500s–1600s buttris, 1500s–1700s buttrice, 1600s butterys, 1600s butterysse, 1600s–1800s buttress, 1600s– butteris.
Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: butter n.2
Etymology: Apparently a variant or alteration of butter n.2, with unexplained ending.
Now chiefly historical.
A tool used for trimming the hooves of a horse prior to shoeing, typically consisting of a long, bent shaft with a chisel-like blade and grip at one end and a shoulder rest at the other.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > shoeing of horses > [noun] > shoeing instruments
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1559 in E. Roberts & K. Parker Southampton Probate Inventories, 1447–1575 (1992) I. 140 A peire of pinsers, a buttreis, a shoing hamer, xij d.
1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 14v A buttrice & pincers, a hammer & naile.
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice iv. 8 With a fine sharpe Butteris or pairing knife, spare [sic] the hoofe of the Foale.
1730 W. Burdon Gentleman's Pocket-farrier 11 He will soon discover (in pareing with his Buttrice) whether he is prick'd or bruis'd.
1781 P. Beckford Thoughts on Hunting xxiv. 348 That destructive instrument called the butteris..should be banished for ever.
1846 Monthly Jrnl. Agric. (N.Y.) Apr. 512/2 The formidable butteris is still often found in the smithy of the country farrier, although it is banished from the practice of every respectable operator.
1876 U.S. Patent 178,627 2/1 The object of our invention is to improve the construction of a farrier's buttress.
1928 Minnesota Hist. 9 178 Mr. Battles is also the donor of a spinning wheel and of a butteris—a steel instrument used in paring the hoofs of horses.
2002 Woodworker's Jrnl. June 86/1 The farrier grips the lever sticking out from the metal shaft and pulls the butteris back against his (or her) shoulder.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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