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单词 cater
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catern.1

Forms: Middle English–1600s catour, cator, cater, (Middle English catore, catur(e, kator, katour, 1500s kater), 1600s chator.
Etymology: Middle English catour , aphetic form of acatour, acater n. Superseded before 1700 by caterer n.
Obsolete.
a. A buyer of provisions or ‘cates’; in large households the officer who made the necessary purchases of provisions; a caterer n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > supplying food or catering > supplier of food or caterer
purveyor1340
victualler1377
caterc1400
purveyoressc1400
achatourc1405
acaterc1415
providerc1485
provenderc1530
meatsman1567
caterer1592
proveditor1592
viander1598
foregoer1601
meat-man1614
prog man1618
provedore1631
provisioner1633
meater1643
opsonator1656
sutler1710
c1400 Gamelyn 321 I am oure Catour [v.r. Catur] and bere oure Alther purse.
1481 Howard Househ. Bks. (1841) 17 My lorde toke to the Kator, for Hossolde, xxvj. s. iiij. d.
1512 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/4) Rec. for iij calvys off þe cater of Crystis Cherche.
1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 89 He is as good a meates man and Catour for him selfe as any thing living is.
1587 J. Harmar tr. T. de Bèze Serm. 377 Their Katers, Butlers & Cooks.
1598 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man iii. 204 To eate of such a Caters prouision.
1613 Bp. J. Hall Holy Panegyrick 29 The glutton makes God his cator, and himselfe the guest.
1618 M. Dalton Countrey Justice 246 If any subiects Chator or other officer.
1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia ii. 53 Th'impartiall fist Of the false Cater.
b. transferred and figurative. = ‘Purveyor’.
ΚΠ
c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1558) vii. x. 19 161 b Of his diete catour was scarsite.
1590 R. Greene Mourning Garment 28 The eye is loues Cator.
1612 R. Carpenter Soules Sentinel 27 The very elements themselues by burning, infecting, drowning, and swallowing many, becomming caters for our corruption.
1665 R. Boyle Disc. iv. i, in Occas. Refl. sig. E2v Many of the Beasts, and Birds, and Fishes, are but our Caters for one another.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

catern.2

Brit. /ˈkeɪtə/, /ˈkatə/, U.S. /ˈkeɪdər/
Etymology: < French quatre four. See also quatre n.
1. Four. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > four > [noun]
fourOE
quaternaryc1450
cater1553
quaternion1768
rouf1950
1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 86 b The auditour..cometh in with sise sould, and cater denere, for vi.s. and iiii.d.
2.
a. Four at dice or cards; also cater-point. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > number card > others
twoa1500
cater1519
single ten1595
ten1595
eight1598
four1599
nine1599
six1599
seven1656
deuce1674
five1674
trey1680
spot1830
four-spot1878
two-spot1885
five-spot1913
ten-spot ladybird-
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > throw > (throw of) specific number
ace?a1300
cinquec1386
sicec1386
sice cinquec1386
treyc1386
quernc1450
ames-acec1460
cater-trey?a1500
twoa1500
cater1519
deuce1519
quatrec1540
trey-acea1556
sice-ace1594
four1599
size-point1648
trey-deuce1680
boxcar1909
trey-point-
1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xxxii. f. 280v Cater is a very good caste.
1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Caterpoint, the Number Four, at Dice.
1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Cater-point.
1724 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) Cater, four at cards or Dice.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Cater, the four of cards and dice. [Also in mod. Dicts.]
b. cater-trey n. the four and the three; hence, apparently, a cant term for dice (or ? falsified dice).
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > combinations of cards
cater-trey?a1500
mournival1530
sequence1575
pair royal1608
septieme1651
tierce1659
pair1674
purtaunte1688
quart major1718
matrimonya1743
queen-suit1744
quart1746
prial1776
flux1798
fredon1798
tricon1798
intrigue1830
straight1841
marriage1861
under-sequence1863
straight five1864
double pair-royal?1870
run?1870
short suit1876
four1883
fourchette1885
meld1887
doubleton1906
canasta1948
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > throw > (throw of) specific number
ace?a1300
cinquec1386
sicec1386
sice cinquec1386
treyc1386
quernc1450
ames-acec1460
cater-trey?a1500
twoa1500
cater1519
deuce1519
quatrec1540
trey-acea1556
sice-ace1594
four1599
size-point1648
trey-deuce1680
boxcar1909
trey-point-
?a1500 Chester Pl. (1847) ii. 56 Here is catter traye, Therfore goe thou thy waye.
c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Ci A well fauored die that semeth good & square: yet is the forhed longer on the cater and tray, then any other way.
c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Ci Such be also called bard cater tres, bicause commonly the longer end will of his owne sway draw downwards, and turne vp to the eye sice sinke, deuis or ace.
1589 Pappe with Hatchet (1844) 15 The quarrel was about cater-tray, and euer since he hath quarrelled about cater-caps.
1608 T. Dekker Belman of London sig. E3 A Bale of bard Cater-Treas.
1611 in C. Mackay Coll. Songs London Prentices (1841) 152 If any gallant haue with cater-tray, Play'd the wise-acre, and made all way.
a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Trag. Barnavelt (1980) v. ii. 86 How? Cater-trey?
3. Change-ringing. (See quot. 1878.)
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > bell-ringing > [noun] > going through all the changes > changes > specific
set peal16..
grandsire1668
whole pull1668
bob1671
peal1671
course1677
set changes1677
single1684
single change1688
Plain Bob1702
Stedman1731
Superlative Surprise1788
touch1788
triple1798
triple bob major1809
maximus1813
royal1813
call changes1837
slam1854
cater1872
cinques1872
triple change1872
plain hunt1874
plain hunting1874
quarter peal1888
method1901
short course1904
1872 H. T. Ellacombe Bells of Church ii. 29 The very terms of the art are enough to frighten an amateur. Hunting, dodging..caters, cinques, etc.
1878 G. Grove Dict. Music (at cited word) The name given by change ringers to changes of nine bells. The word should probably be written quaters, as it is meant to denote the fact that four couples of bells change their places in the order of ringing.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

caterv.1

Brit. /ˈkeɪtə/, U.S. /ˈkeɪdər/
Etymology: < cater n.1
1.
a. intransitive. To act as ‘cater’, caterer, or purveyor of provisions; to provide a supply of food for.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb (transitive)] > supply with provisions
victualc1380
meat1568
provant1599
provision1604
catera1616
bread1797
grub1819
ration1834
vegetate1846
tucker1899
feed1904
the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > supply with food [verb (intransitive)] > supply with provisions
suttle1648
cater1828
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. iii. 45 He that doth the Rauens feede, Yea prouidently caters for the Sparrow. View more context for this quotation
1713 J. Addison in Guardian 20 Aug. 2/1 Androcles..lived many Days in this frightful Solitude, the Lion Catering for him with great Assiduity.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ix, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 213 You were wont to love delicate fare—behold how I have catered for you.
1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia I. xiv. 301 In order to cater for both.
b. absol. To buy or provide food.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > buying > buy [verb (intransitive)] > buy provisions
market1636
cater1760
1760 J. Mair Tyro's Dict. 107 Obsōno, to cater or buy in victuals.
1849 C. Brontë Shirley III. i. 29 See if I don't cater judiciously.
c. transitive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb (transitive)] > supply with provisions > supply (provisions)
catera1635
a1635 T. Randolph Poems (1638) 4 Noe widdowes curse caters a dish of mine.
a1643 W. Cartwright Siedge ii. ii, in Comedies (1651) sig. H4 And cater Spiders for the queasie Creature When it refuseth Comfits.
1866 J. M. Neale Sequences & Hymns 190 He..Catered the poorest of food.
2.
a. transferred and figurative. To occupy oneself in procuring or providing (requisites, things desired, etc.) for.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply [verb (intransitive)]
purvey1340
purchasec1390
to make finance1540
catera1640
a1640 W. Fenner Christs Alarm (1646) 11 To cater for heaven, to bring in custome for the Kingdome of God.
1700 W. Congreve Way of World iii. i. 34 What you are..Catering (says he) ferreting for some disbanded Officer.
1789 R. Burns Let. 6 Jan. (2001) I. 353 I am still catering for Johnson's publication.
1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe IV. vi. 493 He rarely..caters for the populace of the theatre by such indecencies as they must understand.
1872 W. Minto Man. Eng. Prose Lit. Introd. 25 He does not cater for the pleasure of his jurors.
b. occasionally const. to. [Compare pander to.]
ΚΠ
1840 W. M. Thackeray Paris Sketch Bk. II. 16 Art..was..catering to the national taste and vanity.
1860 C. Kingsley Misc. (ed. 2) II. 102 Nine years afterwards we find him..catering to the low tastes of James I.
1864 Sat. Rev. 10 Dec. 711/1 Machinery for catering to the wants of the profane and the dissolute.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

caterv.2

Brit. /ˈkeɪtə/, U.S. /ˈkeɪdər/
Etymology: < cater n.2 or French quatre four.
dialect.
To place or set rhomboidally; to cut, move, go, etc., diagonally.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > inclination > incline [verb (transitive)] > place diagonally
cater1577
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > sideways movement or a sideways movement > move sideways [verb (intransitive)] > move obliquely
glentc1330
lean1398
slenta1400
glintc1440
skew1488
sklent1513
slanta1849
sashay1865
cater1873
diagonalize1884
shail1895
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 69v The trees are set checkerwise, and so catred [L. partim in quincuncem directis], as looke which way ye wyl, they lye leuel.
1873 Silverland 129Cater’ across the rails [at a level crossing] ever so cleverly, you cannot escape jolt and jar.

Derivatives

ˈcatered adj.
ΚΠ
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 71 Two sortes of this catred order [L. quincuncialis ordinis duplicem rationem], one wherein my trees stande foure square like the Chequer or Chesseboorde.
ˈcatering adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > diagonal
diagonal?1541
diagonic1592
diagonial1624
cater-cornered1838
catering1875
1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. Catering, slanting, from corner to corner.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

cateradv.

Etymology: Related to cater v.2Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcater.
U.S. and dialect.
Diagonally.
ΚΠ
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Cater and Cater-cornered, diagonal; diagonally. To ‘cut cater’ in the case of velvet, cloth, etc., is..‘cut on the cross’. Cater-snozzle, to make an angle; to ‘mitre’.

Derivatives

ˈcatercross n.
ΚΠ
1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. at Catercross If you goos caterwise across the field you'll find the stile.
caterways adv.
ΚΠ
1874 in Notes & Queries 5th Ser. I. 361 (Surrey words) Caterways, catering, to cross diagonally.
ˈcaterwise adv. See also cater-cornered adv. and adj.
ΚΠ
1875 [see catercross n.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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