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fletcher
/ˈflɛt͡ʃ.ə(ɹ)/
name 5noun 4
Collocations
4ADJ.
big, loved
VERB + FLETCHER
past
FLETCHER + NOUN
dre, merkel
PREP.
in, in
Definitions
noun
1
One who fletches or feathers arrows.
This thing, if a man take not hede on, he may chaunce have cauſe to ſay ſo of his fletcher, as in dreſſinge of meate is commonlye ſayde of cookes: and that is, that God ſendeth us good feathers, but the devill noughtye fletchers.
In order that distant countries should be furnished with bowyers, fletchers, and arrow head makers, any of those workmen, not being freemen of London, might be sent by the appointment of the king's council, the lord chancellor, lord privy seal, or one of them, to inhabit the city, borough or town within the realm that was destitute of such artificers.
2
A device to assist in fletching or feathering arrows.
I don't like using a fletcher, the single feather ones are too slow, and the three feather ones inaccurate.
A fletcher that mechanically takes care of gluing feathers to arrow shafts is a great help in either making or repairing arrows.
3
Generally, a manufacturer of bows and arrows.
Robert Frankham of Colchester, fletcher, or maker of bows and arrowy, did, by his will, dated the 20th of July, 1577, give a yearly rent-charge of thirteen shillings and four-pence out of a tenement and six acres of land in West Bergholt, for ever;
Very speedily the Fletcher arrived. It was his trade, the making of bows and arrows, and the marks of the various makers were as well known to him as the marks on his own.
4
A weir or dam.
[…] the defendants cut down and lowered, and kept and continued so cut down and lowered, a part of the bank of the said river, situate and being between the mill of the defendants and the mill of the plaintiff, and on a part of the said bank so lowered, built and erected, and kept and continued so built and erected, a certain weir or fletcher, and by that means caused large quantities of the water of the said river, which otherwise would, and always before had, and still of right ought to have flowed to and through the plaintiff's mill, to flow in a new course or channel, […] and the said weir or fletcher, built and erected there by the defendant Inge in the month of June 1822; […]
They [some boards] had been washed away from the fletcher by the flood.
name
1
A surname originating as an occupation, from the profession of fletcher.
2
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Two children who were killed in an attack on a Catholic school in Minneapolis have been identified by their parents as Harper Moyski, a "joyful" big sister, and Fletcher Merkel, who loved "any sport that he was allowed to play".
3
A number of places in the United States:
4
A number of places in the United States:
5
A number of places in the United States:
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This thing, if a man take not hede on, he may chaunce have cauſe to ſay ſo of his fletcher, as in dreſſinge of meate is commonlye ſayde of cookes: and that is, that God ſendeth us good feathers, but t
Wiktionary02
In order that distant countries should be furnished with bowyers, fletchers, and arrow head makers, any of those workmen, not being freemen of London, might be sent by the appointment of the king's co
Wiktionary03
Besides the bowyers and fletchers who made the bows and arrows, others were employed to keep them in repair: the pay of these men was sixpence a-day. Among the Tolls at Carlton Ride is the Account of
Wiktionary04
Two children who were killed in an attack on a Catholic school in Minneapolis have been identified by their parents as Harper Moyski, a "joyful" big sister, and Fletcher Merkel, who loved "any sport t
Wiktionary05
In the past, Fletcher Fuel was approached by Japanese companies.
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