Definition of Onsetter

1. an assailant [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Onsetter

onreg'lar
onrush
onrushes
onrushing
onry
ons
onscreen
onsell
onselling
onsells
onsen
onsend
onsens
onset
onsets
onsetter (current term)
onsetters
onshore
onshoring
onside
onside kick
onside kicks
onsides
onsight
onsite
onslaught
onslaughter
onslaughters
onslaughts
onslip

Literary usage of Onsetter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mechanical Engineering of Collieries by T. Campbell Futers (1905)
"Moreover, the banksman cannot start the engine, as before stated, in the reverse direction, until the onsetter at the pit bottom closes the switch E. It is ..."

2. The Mining Engineer (1906)
"The chief onsetter rings to notify the engine-driver, then by throwing in his ... The gates on the back side can only be opened if the onsetter at this side ..."

3. Transactions by North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (1881)
"JOHN ORD, onsetter, was on the north side of the shaft at A ; saw a flash of ... of lightning gone in-bye ; " then he heard the onsetter speaking about it. ..."

4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
""—a call from the banksman in a colliery to the onsetter to send the cage ... Aye, aye, lad," replied the onsetter. The hewing price of a set-oot corf was ..."

5. The British Columbia Reports Being Report of Cases Determined in the Supreme by British Columbia Courts, Law Society of British Columbia (1904)
"FULL COURT danger the life or limb of any person employed in or about a 1904 mine, viz.: As banksman, onsetter, signalman, ..."

6. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Harry Haldane, Oliver Heslop (1894)
"a call from the banksman in a colliery to the onsetter to send the cage going ... "Aye, aye, lad," replied the onsetter. The hewing price of a set-oot corf ..."

7. Colliery Working and Management: Comprising the Duties of a Colliery Manager by Harrison Francis Bulman, Richard Augustine Studdert Redmayne (1906)
"When persons are to descend or ascend, the agreed signal shall be given by the banksman or onsetter only, except where otherwise authorised; ..."

8. The Consolidated Ordinances of the North-West Territories 1898: Being a by Northwest Territories (1899)
"No person shall enter or leave a cage without the consent of the banksman or onsetter. Rule 34. No person unable to speak and read English shall ..."

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