tree-maker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tree-makers
Etymology: From tree + maker.
Senses: examples: text: Alfred S. Romer, a paleontologist at Harvard, was one of the great tree makers of the midcentury, and his reached a broad audience of young scientists-in-training through his influential textbooks, most notably Vertebrate Paleontology.
ref: 2019, David Quammen, The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life, page 186:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
qualifier: genealogy
glosses: One who makes or constructs a tree, i.e., a branching diagram or a family tree.
examples: text: In making saddles to run and try in, the trees of them are occasionally leaded by the tree-maker or saddler, agreeably to the directions either may receive from his employer; and a four-pound saddle in this way is made to weigh seven pounds.
ref: 1828, Richard Darvill (V.S. 7th Hussars.), A Treatise on the Care, Treatment and Training of the English Racehorse, page 219:
text: This instrument was procured and the Investigating Officer was easily convinced of the accuracy of the wood-carver's statements, and, on the result being communicated to the victim of the theft, the thief was easily found: in fact the last servant whom the banker had dismissed had formerly been a tree maker, and indeed went back to that trade whenever he was out of a place .
ref: 1907, Hans Gross, John Adam, John Collyer Adam, Criminal Investigation, page 153:
text: It takes Hill from a week to at least a month to make a saddle, figuring drying time for the dampened leather and depending on the type of saddle. He starts with the tree, which he acquired from a tree maker.
ref: 1985, Oklahoma Today - Volumes 35-36, page 11:
topics: equestrianism
hobbies
horses
lifestyle
pets
sports
glosses: One who makes or constructs saddle trees.
examples: text: Next a a tree maker takes a handful of the waxes and attaches them to a wax rod; the waxes branch up off the rod like the limbs of a Christmas tree, connected to the rod by the twig of wax created when the wax was forced down the channel of the mold (this twig is called a "sprue").
ref: 2009, Geshe Michael Roach, Lama Christie McNally, The Diamond Cutter, page 135:
glosses: One who combines the waxes (wax molds) for multiple rings onto a a wax rod in order to cast a plaster mold for making multiple rings.
examples: text: Titles found in this category include Compton's Encyclopedia, Microsoft Encarta, Mavis Beacon Typing, home designing software, family tree makers, as well as a wide range of college test preparation software and programs to help you learn a new language.
ref: 2001, Jill T. Freeze, Sams Teach Yourself Computer Basics in 24 Hours, page 113:
text: There are also free software tree-makers, which you can track down online, or via a family history magazine bulletin.
ref: 2011, Cherry Gilchrist, Growing Your Family Tree:
text: Our Gold Award winner, Legacy Family Tree, has features that connect you to popular genealogy searches, sync with online tree makers and import any sources you find online.
ref: 2017, Leonard Hendershott, The Story Gleaner, page 179:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: A software program that constructs family trees.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tree, maker.