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▪ I. mastering, vbl. n.|ˈmɑːstərɪŋ|
Also 6 mastringe, 8 -ing.
[f. master v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the verb master.
1654tr. Martini's Conq. China 37 Considering at how dear a rate he had bought the mastering of that City. 1740J. Clarke Educ. Youth (ed. 3) 159 As much Time..will be requisite for the mastering of them, as was..employed upon the Historians. 1874Green Short Hist. ii. §4. 71 His life was one long mastering of difficulty after difficulty.
2. spec. in Dyeing and Tanning (see master v. 3). Hence concr. a kind of lye made of lime or other astringent and used by tanners. Also attrib. as mastering-trough.
c1460E.E. Misc. (Warton Cl.) 89 For the masterynge, ȝe moste caste owte ȝoure olde flote of ȝoure maderynge. 1553Req. True-hearted Eng. (Shaks. Soc.) 5 The best wodde that our dyars occupye is masterynge. 1586Will J. Palfrye, Ilminster, My mastringe troughe, beames, working irons and all other workinge tooles belonging to my occupation of a tanner. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XVIII. 307/1 They [skins] are put into a pit of water impregnated with pigeon dung (called a grainer or mastring) forming a strong alkaline ley. 1802Chron. in Ann. Reg. 454 To beam or work green hides and skins out of the mastering or drench. 1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic Gloss., Mastering..Preparation of lime used by tanners.
Add:3. Sound Recording. [Partly f. master n.] The process of making a master disc or tape.
1960Jrnl. Audio Engin. Soc. VIII. 251/2 For mastering purposes, where maximum signal-to-noise ratio is necessary, wide tracks are desirable. 1982New Scientist 14 Jan. 85/2 Mastering and pressing of discs can take up to three months. 1988Studio News Apr. 19/3 Jones sees the machine being used for ENG (Electronic News Gathering) applications as well as for music mastering. 1990Compact Disc 7 Aug. 5/2 Even when flaws in sonic performance are detectable, they can often be traced to the recording itself, or to the mastering process.
▪ II. mastering, ppl. a.|ˈmɑːstərɪŋ|
[f. master v. + -ing2.]
That masters, subdues, or controls. † Of an army, a garrison: Superior in force (obs.).
1590Spenser F.Q. iii. vii. 2 Her white Palfrey, having conquered The maistring raines out of her weary wrest. 1596― Hymne Heav. Beautie 214 Ne could that Painter (had he lived yet)..Have purtrayd this, for all his maistring skill. 1599Porter Angry Wom. Abingt. (Percy Soc.) 33, I could..Carry a maistering eye vpon my maide. 1603Florio Montaigne (1634) 462 Yet must not shee be sterne, mastring, imperious and importunate. 1633G. Herbert Temple, Ch. Porch xviii, Some great estates provide, but doe not breed A mastr'ing minde. 1694S. Johnson Notes Past. Let. Bp. Burnet i. 58 Moses's Serpent was the Mastering Serpent and destroyed theirs. 1711in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. v. 169 Could it be imagined that..a mastering garrison, would surrender without a blow. 1863Kinglake Crimea II. 499 That Causeway battery which, until it was touched by the mastering key, had barred the mouth of the Pass. 1897R. H. Story Apostolic Min. Scott. Ch. viii. 291 The mastering passion.
†b. mastering vein = master-vein. Obs.
1605Drayton Idea, ‘As in some countries’, First make incision on each maistring vaine. |