| 单词 | huer |
| 释义 | ▪ I. huer Now local.|ˈhjuːə(r)|
[f. hue v.2 + -er1: cf. F. hueur.]
†1. Hunting. One who is employed to rouse or drive deer with noise and shouting. Obs.
1530Palsgr. 231/1 Hewar that fetteth the wyndelesse in huntyng, hveur. 1674N. Cox Gentl. Recreat. (1677) 125 Hewers set round the Coverts to make a noise on every side.
2. Fishing. One who directs seine-fishing from high ground by the sea. Chiefly used in the Cornish pilchard fishery. Cf. balker2.
1602Carew Cornwall 32 b, They..are directed in their worke, by a Balker or Huer, who standeth on the Cliff-side, and from thence discerneth the..course of the pilchard. 1603[see hue v.2 2]. 1616Sir R. Boyle Diary in Lismore Papers (1886) I. 135 Agreed with yong davies..to be our hewer there the next seazon..if God bless me wth a plentefull ffyshing he is to be further considered. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1862) II. iii. ii. 313 Men..called huers, who, with brooms in their hands, gave signals where the nets were to be extended. 1864Mrs. Lloyd Ladies Polc. 7 Watching the movements of the ‘Huer’ who was signalling, with green branches in his hands, to the off shore fleet of boats. 1883Times 18 May 7 Another relic..is..an ancient horn blown by the ‘huers’ when the pilchards were first sighted.
▪ II. huer
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