单词 | coiling |
释义 | coilingn. a. Winding in a coil or coils. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [noun] > forming coils folding1561 wristling1577 enwinding1598 coiling1769 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Coiling, implies a sort of serpentine winding of a cable or other rope, that it may occupy a small space in the ship. 1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 867 The coiling of tendrils attached to supports. b. The winding of a bar into a coil for a gun; cf. coil n.3 5. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > [noun] > manufacture of firearms and ammunition > processes in fine boring1789 chambering1827 percussioning1846 coiling1862 reinforcing1868 actioning1871 blowing1881 tubage1882 flint-knapping1887 chase-hooping1888 zeroing1908 sighting-in1958 1862 Illustr. London News 1 Mar. 224/1 The Armstrong gun, by the coiling process, is rendered as strong as it is possible for wrought iron to make it. 1870 Daily News 1 Sept. 3 The company..witnessed the coiling of a tube for a 9-pounder gun. c. attributive in Cotton-spinning (cf. coiler n.1). ΚΠ 1850 Tatham & Cheetham Brit. Patent 13,313 2 Our improvements..relate..to the drawing frame, such improvements consisting, firstly, in the combination of coiling apparatus..with the principle of traversing cans. 1850 Tatham & Cheetham Brit. Patent 13,313 14 The arrangement of parts for winding on the yarn as spun is substantially the same as that of our coiling machinery..which apparatus is now well known. 1873 E. Leigh Sci. Mod. Cotton Spinning (ed. 2) 168 This very ingenious contrivance is the celebrated ‘coiling motion’, patented about thirty years ago by Messrs. Tatham and Cheetham. d. Pottery. The act or process of constructing coiled ware. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > pottery-making or ceramics > [noun] > types of presswork1839 vase-work1893 coiling1900 slip casting1901 ring-building1932 1900 tr. J. Deniker Races of Man 154 A method of proceeding which may be called coiling in clay. 1936 Burlington Mag. Nov. 241/2 The nature of the lead silica glaze..and the technique of ‘coiling’. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 374/2 In the coiling technique, the raw material is rolled out into a slender rope which is coiled upon itself. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). coilingadj. That coils. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] rollingc1400 whorling1578 wreathing1584 twininga1593 wreathy1644 volvulous1657 coiling1718 vining1806 swirling1807 convolutionary1903 1718 J. Fox Wanderer 131 Drawing out a Scorpion from the coiling Knot. 1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV clx. 83 The coiling strain And gripe, and deepening of the dragon's grasp. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018). > as lemmascoiling coiling n. ΚΠ 1708–15 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Coiling of the Stud, is the first making choice of a Colt, or young Horse, for any service. < n.1769adj.1718 as lemmas |
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