单词 | evener |
释义 | evener|ˈiːv(ə)nə(r)| [f. even v. + -er1.] a. One who or that which makes even; esp. one who makes or is a party to an equal division of anything.
a1400Hymn to Virgin in Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry (1840) II. x. 109 Heil evenere of old lawe and of newe. 1889Dublin Rev. Apr. 364 The ‘Cattle Eveners' Pool’ in Chicago was the result of a contract between the four federated railways leading thence eastward and three large dealers. Ibid. 364 The eveners agreed in return to divide the traffic according to the terms of the railway agreement. b. In Weaving, ‘an instrument used for spreading out the yarn on the beam’ (Jam.). c. An apparatus for giving an equal proportion of work to horses in pulling, drawing a load, etc.
1850Rep. Comm. Patents 1849 (U.S.) 371, I claim..the exclusive use of said spring rests and ‘evener’. 1874Knight Dict. Mech., Evener, a double or treble tree to ‘even’ or divide the work of pulling upon the respective horses. |

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