† cattingn.

Forms: Also 1600s cating, cateing.

Etymology: as if < verb cat.

Obsolete.

1. Caterwauling; going after the opposite sex (contemptuously).

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [noun] > lecherousness or lechery

lecheryc1230

lecherheda1325

lickerousnessc1380

lecherness?c1510

caterwauling1530

ruttery1567

cockishness1573

palliardise1581

routerya1600

salacity1605

saltness1611

catting1681

tomcatting1886

whorehopping1916

skirt patrol1941

skirt-chasing1950

1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem (1695) 116 The language us'd by Catts, When in the Night they go a Cating.

c1692 Upon Death Lady Stair in J. Maidment Bk. Sc. Pasquils (1868) 192 A strange unluckie fate..Which sent her [sc. a cat] thus a cateing into hell.

1725 New Canting Dict. Catting, Whoring.

2. Also in other senses of cat v.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

ˈcatting n.

ΚΠ

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Catting, the act of heaving the anchor by the cat-tackle.

1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy 210 When stowing the anchor for sea after the second catting.

单词	catting
释义	† cattingn. Forms: Also 1600s cating, cateing. Etymology: as if < verb cat. Obsolete. 1. Caterwauling; going after the opposite sex (contemptuously). ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [noun] > lecherousness or lechery lecheryc1230 lecherheda1325 lickerousnessc1380 lecherness?c1510 caterwauling1530 ruttery1567 cockishness1573 palliardise1581 routerya1600 salacity1605 saltness1611 catting1681 tomcatting1886 whorehopping1916 skirt patrol1941 skirt-chasing1950 1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem (1695) 116 The language us'd by Catts, When in the Night they go a Cating. c1692 Upon Death Lady Stair in J. Maidment Bk. Sc. Pasquils (1868) 192 A strange unluckie fate..Which sent her [sc. a cat] thus a cateing into hell. 1725 New Canting Dict. Catting, Whoring. 2. Also in other senses of cat v. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). > as lemmas ˈcatting ˈcatting n. ΚΠ 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Catting, the act of heaving the anchor by the cat-tackle. 1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy 210 When stowing the anchor for sea after the second catting. extracted from cattedadj. < n.1681 as lemmas
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† cattingn.

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