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ˈidling, vbl. n.
[f. idle v. + -ing1.]
1. a. The action of the verb.
1843A. Bethune Sc. Fireside Stor. 132 This course of idling..was now drawing to a close.
b. spec. with reference to engines (see idle v. 4).
1916R. T. Nicholson Bk. of Ford 151 You will run very economically, but you will find starting and ‘idling’ very difficult. 1925A. W. Judge Carburettors & Carburation iv. 57 For slow running, or ‘idling’, two adjustments are provided. 1949I. Katz Princ. Aircraft Propulsion Machinery xx. 216 Idling is desirable from the standpoint of warm-up prior to flight. 1966McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. II. 478/1 Slight intake or exhaust valve leaks can make smooth idling impossible.
2. attrib., as idling-place; spec. designating parts of an engine concerned with idling, as idling adjustment, idling condition, idling jet, idling mixture, idling passage, idling screw, idling speed.
1924B. G. Elliott Automobile Repairing x. 133 Carburettors which have *idling adjustments may be adjusted to overcome loading. 1940Chambers's Techn. Dict. 437/1 Idling adjustment, a setting of the slow-running jet and throttle position of a carburettor, so as to give regular idling. 1943A. P. Fraas Aircraft Power Plants vii. 131 The model H idle system depends on a small hole in the tip of the metering pin to restrict the fuel flow under *idling conditions.
1929Motor World 11 Jan. 23/2 In the new Zenith a special *idling jet, fed by its own independent compensating jet, is employed. 1942B. A. Shields Air Pilot Training xiii. 216 The engine is supplied with fuel for starting and idling by a special arrangement called an idling jet.
1959Motor Manual (ed. 36) iii. 55 Here the *idling mixture is adjusted manually.
1925A. W. Judge Carburettors & Carburation iv. 100 There is a slow running, or *idling passage, of the usual pilot jet type.
1879Geo. Eliot Theo. Such xviii. 315 An *idling-place of dilettanteism.
1972Drive New Year 99/2 The throttle-stop, or *idling screw, will be found where the accelerator cable meets the carburettor; the mixture screw is at the base of the carburettor.
1932Chatfield & Taylor Airplane & its Engine (ed. 2) viii. 139 The *idling speed is generally about 200 r.p.m. when the airplane is at rest on the ground. 1973M. Woodhouse Blue Bone xii. 128, I..opened the hood, screwing up the throttle control rod a couple of turns to raise the idling speed. |