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wailer

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?we?l?/
  • (US) enPR: w??l?r, IPA(key): /?we?l?/

Rhymes: -e?l?(?)

  • Homophone: whaler (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Etymology 1

wail +? -er

Noun

wailer (plural wailers)

  1. One who wails or laments.
  2. A hired (professional) mourner.
Synonyms
  • (hired mourner): moirologist (rare)
Translations

Etymology 2

wail +? -er; see wail (choose, select).

Noun

wailer (plural wailers)

  1. (mining, historical) A boy employed to pick out stones, pyrites, etc. remaining in the coal after it is screened.

Anagrams

  • Lawrie

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nailer

English

Etymology

From Middle English nayler; equivalent to nail +? -er.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?ne?l?/
  • Rhymes: -e?l?(?)

Noun

nailer (plural nailers)

  1. One whose occupation is to make nails; a nail maker.
  2. One who fastens with, or drives, nails.
  3. A nailgun.
  4. A piece of dimensional lumber and/or plywood secured to the deck or wall which provides a receiving medium for the fasteners. (Sometimes referred to as blocking.)

Anagrams

  • Arline, Erlian, Irelan, LINEAR, Lanier, Linear, aliner, enrail, lanier, larine, linear, renail

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