单词 | cater |
释义 | † catern.1 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.2ΘΚΠ 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. 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 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 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 129 ‘Cater’ 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. 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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