| 单词 |
woodmonger |
| 释义 |
woodmonger Now rare exc. Hist.|ˈwʊdˌmʌŋgə(r)|
Forms and etym.: see wood n.1 and monger n.
A dealer in wood; a timber-merchant, or (esp.) a seller of wood for fuel.
1260–1Cal. Wills Crt. Husting, Lond. i. (1889) 8 Robert le Wudemongere. 1372Ibid. ii. 147 William Wodemongere. 1464Rolls of Parlt. V. 567/2 Carpenters, Woodemongers and Colemakers. 1567in Archaeologia XXXVI. 51 Paide to Mr. Fermer, wodemonger, for a M and iii qrs. of billetts, xviij s. viij d. 1599Shakes. Hen. V, v. i. 69. 1609 Dekker Ravens Alm. Wks. (Grosart) IV. 186 Winter,..the friend to none but Colliers and Woodmongers. 1632Massinger City Madam ii. i, Though The dishes were raised one upon another, As woodmongers do billets. 1667Lond. Gaz. No. 215/4 The many great abuses committed by the Company of Woodmongers in the Sale..of Fuel. 1720Strype Stow's Surv. II. vi. v. 76/1 Two Woodmongers Wharfs for the Sale of Fuel. 1722De Foe Plague (1754) 254 Vessels, such as the Wood-mongers, that is the Wharf Keepers, or Coal-Sellers furnished. 1821Scott Kenilw. iii, These sturdy oaks had long since become the property of some honest woodmonger. 1908W. G. Collingwood Scandinavian Britain 111 ‘Six score to the hundred’ is still familiar to Lake District gardeners and wood-mongers. |
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