cementer
(sɪˈmɛntə(r))
[f. cement v. + -er1.]
One who or that which cements.
| a 1755 Locke (J.) Language which was to be the great instrument and cementer of society [but the accepted reading in Hum. Und. iii. i. init. is ‘common tie’]. 1816 J. Lawrence in Monthly Mag. XLII. 296 Salts, the..cementers of all elementary bodies. 1831 J. Holland Manuf. Metals I. 242 The cementers and melters affect more or less mystery in their methods. 1903 Daily Chron. 24 Feb. 8/5 Envelope Cementers..wanted. Ibid. 9 Dec. 9/6 Tortoiseshell Worker.—Good cementer, used to repairs. 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §429 Solutioner (boots); cementer; uses a rubber solution or cement, on lining of upper. |