“calker”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

calker

释义

▪ I. † ˈcalker¹ Obs.
Also 6 calcar, 7 calcour.
[f. calk v.¹ + -er¹.]
A calculator of nativities, etc.; an astrologer; a magician, conjurer.
1535Coverdale Isa. ii. 6 Calkers of mens byrthes, whereof ye haue to many.1584R. Scott Discov. Witchcraft vii. xv. 122 Imps, calcars, conjurors.1662Fuller Worthies i. 209 Forewarned (by what Calker I wot not).
▪ II. calker² Sc.|ˈkɔːkə(r)|
Also caulker.
[f. calk v.² + -er¹.]
= calkin. Also fig.
1794Burns To John Taylor ii, Poor slip-shod giddy Pegasus Was but a sorry walker; To Vulcan then Apollo goes, To get a frosty calker.1815Scott Guy M. xxxix, They turn down the very caulkers of their animosities and prejudice, as smiths do with horses' shoes in a white frost.1833M. Scott Tom Cringle xvi. (1859) 434 The Bight of Leogane is a horseshoe, Cape St. Nicholas is the caulker on the northern heel.
▪ III. calker³
var. of caulker.

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