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▪ I. preserving, vbl. n.|prɪˈzɜːvɪŋ|
[-ing1.]
a. The action of the vb. preserve, in various senses.
c1470G. Ashby Active Policy 386 Being circumspect, as youre progenitours In suche caas haue bene, to the preseruing Of their Royal estate. 1530Palsgr. 258/1 Preservyng, kepyng, conseruation. a1610Healey Theophrastus (1636) 10 Whatsoever belongeth to the womens Academie, as paintings, preservings, needle-workes, and such like. 1691T. H[ale] Acc. New Invent. 90 Application of Lead to the preserving of Iron-work. 1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 221 Oh! the saltings, the picklings, the preservings..over which she presided.
b. attrib. esp. designating utensils used in making and keeping preserves, and fruit fitted for being preserved. preserving sugar, a coarse kind of sugar used in the preserving of fruits.
1679Marg. Mason Tickler Tickl. 1 Superintendant of her Limbecks, Preserving-Pans, and Washes. 1719London & Wise Compl. Gard. 87 The truly good and fair Cherries, commonly call'd preserving Cherries, are those of Montmorancy. 1861Mrs. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. xxx. 758 In all the operations for preserve-making, when the preserving-pan is used, it should not be placed on the fire, but on a trivet. 1886York Herald 11 Aug. 1/2 Preserving Jars..in any quantity. 1909M. Little Cookery Up-to-Date xi. 235 Weigh the apricots and to every pound of fruit add three-quarters of a pound of preserving sugar. 1916Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 13 July 7/1 (Advt.), Preserving Kettles. Best grey enamel, 12 quarts, strong bail handle. 1921Ibid. 30 Oct. 3/1 (Advt.), Preserving Quinces, 2 lbs. for 25¢. 1926Ibid. 13 July 7/5 (Advt.), Preserving Crocks. For butter or eggs; four-gallon size, with cover. 1948Good Housek. Cookery Bk. 667 If you intend to make jams, jellies and marmalades regularly, you would be well advised to invest in a good strong preserving pan. 1949Nat. Geogr. Mag. XLVI. 193/2 [Watermelon] will cross with the so-called preserving melon, or citron, which is simply a hard, white-fleshed watermelon, good only for preserving. 1970Canad. Antiques Collector July–Aug. 23/2 One of the first commercial potteries..to make..preserving jars. 1972K. Stewart Times Cookery Bk. xx. 265 Strawberry Jam... 4 lb strawberries 3½ lb granulated or preserving sugar. 1977Western Morning News 30 Aug. 2/3 Attractive Sale of Furniture and Effects, including:..preserving pan.
▪ II. preserving, ppl. a.|prɪˈzɜːvɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That preserves; preservative.
1581G. Pettie tr. Guazzo's Civ. Conv. iii. (1586) 130 b, The onelie preseruing remedie against that iealousie. 1594Plat Jewell-ho. i. 13 Which Niter is a peseruing salt. 1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 15 b/2 The thirde stitchinge we call the conseruatiue or the præseruinge suture, because she præserueth and keepeth the lippes of the wounde. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. x. II. 663 It is because we had a preserving revolution in the seventeenth century that we have not had a destroying revolution in the nineteenth. |