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▪ I. † chucking, n.1 Obs.
[f. chuck n.2; cf. darling, sweeting, etc.]
A term of endearment.
1609R. Armin Maids of More-Cl. (1880) 82 So my chucking, that's a good lambe, do not cry for any thing.
▪ II. chucking, n.2
See quot. 1794.
1785Act 25 Geo. III, c. 56 §2 Short chucking, half-clean, whale-line. 1794Rigging & Seamanship 59 Chucking is a long, stout, coarse hemp, rather foul, and used for making inferior rope. Short chucking is the foul hemp from the ends of the long chucking.
▪ III. chucking, vbl. n.1|ˈtʃʌkɪŋ|
[f. chuck v.1 + -ing1.]
The clucking noise of certain fowls, esp. the common hen. Also, chuckling (obs.).
1598Florio, Gongolatione, a hartie laughing or chucking. 1611Cotgr., Cabab, the chucking, churring, or jouking of a Partridge. 1868Timbs Eccentr. Anim. Creation 205 The chucking and cackling of a hen.
▪ IV. chucking, vbl. n.2
[f. chuck v.2]
The action of the vb. chuck; throwing, ejecting; hence chucking-out, ejection. Freq. in chucking-out time (in a public house).
1881Sportsman 31 Jan. 3/5 We were the first to take the part of the pit against a chucking-out policy. 1887Pall Mall G. 23 Feb. 11/1 Evictions in Glenbeigh..and chuckings-out in London. 1909Ware Passing Eng. 76/2 Chucking-out Time, half-past twelve, the closing hour for metropolitan taverns, when those who do not go willingly are ‘chucked out’. 1922Joyce Ulysses 417 Keep a watch on the clock. Chuckingout time. 1970Guardian 8 May 9/6 What wonderful winkles we had at that stall at chucking-out time in the Old Kent Road.
▪ V. ˈchucking, vbl. n.3 Turning.
[f. chuck v.3]
The act of fixing in, or by means of, a chuck.
1889P. N. Hasluck Model Engin. Handybk. v. 49 The flanges [should be] turned and faced up at one chucking. 1906Cassal (title) Chucks and chucking, for metal and wood. |