| 释义 |
handing, vbl. n.|ˈhændɪŋ|
[f. hand v.]
1. The action of the verb hand, in various senses.
1651Hobbes Leviath, i. ii. 8 Like handing of things from one to another. 1758J. Blake Plan Mar. Syst. 7 In knotting and splicing, in handing and reefing of sails.
†2. A handle. Obs. rare.
1703Moxon Mech. Exerc. 51 The Wood work belonging to the Jack, is a Barrel, a Spit-wheel and a Handing of the Winch.
3. attrib. handing-post (local), finger-post.
1880Jefferies Hodge & M. I. 24 On the handing-post at the lonely cross-roads. 1882Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 96 It [powder] is passed..from one handing-room to the other, and then on deck. |