cullingn.¹

/ˈkʌlɪŋ/

Etymology: < cull v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

a. The action of selecting or picking.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [noun] > selecting from a number or for a purpose

cullingc1440

outchoosing1440

election1614

singling1625

selection1650

hand-walinga1665

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 107 Cullynge, or owte schesynge, separacio, segregacio.

1663 J. Heath Flagellum (1672) 70 The House being thus purged, as they called it..the remaining Juncto of his Culling..passed an Ordinance for Tryal of the King.

1878 S. Newcomb Pop. Astron. ii. v. 225 This culling-out is called Selective Absorption.

b. The action of the verb (sense Compounds).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > killing of animals > [noun]

slaughtera1300

to make larder ofa1330

murdering?a1475

fall1575

butchering1609

ovicide1828

felicide1832

poultrycide1841

piscicide1847

vealing1847

kill1850

slaughterage1854

birdicide1862

apricide1864

insecticide1865

vulpicidism1865

vulpicide1873

serpenticide1882

tauricide1882

vaccicide1887

leporicide1914

culling1938

cull1958

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [noun] > picking out according to quality

culling1938

1938 Times 14 Feb. 20/1 Losses incurred through death and culling are commonly in the region of 30 per cent.

1958 Times 1 Nov. 9/4 Litters are bred on more sparing lines than formerly, which means that there are fewer surplus hounds, and the job of ‘culling’ or drafting is all the more difficult.

1964 C. Willock Enormous Zoo vi. 102 The experimental shooting of hippo—culling is the polite conservation term for it—had begun.

1978 Orcadian 31 Aug. 1/2 There was no British firm that could take on the two-year contract for the culling work.

1986 Daily Tel. 28 Apr. 11/8 In staghunting and deer culling, the sex of the prey is selected carefully.

2. concrete. The proceeds or residue of culling; a selection; plural portions drafted out.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [noun] > selecting from a number or for a purpose > the product of selection

coil1574

culla1618

delibation1624

culling1692

selecta1734

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > leavings after main part exhausted > after a process > of culling

culling1692

1692 A. Walker True Acct. Author Icon Basilike 32 That the Lord Fairfax would take any thing out of the Cabinet, and send up the Cullings to the Parliament.

1780 D. Brodhead in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) II. 449 The remaining Continentals are the cullings of our troops, and I cannot promise anything clever from them.

1865 Reader 5 Aug. 144/3 A passage like the following reads more like a culling from the Oxford ‘Lives of the Saints’.

3. Farming. See quots. and cf. cull n.³ 2, culler n. 2. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > culling of sheep

culling1611

culliona1641

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Brebis de rebut, an old or diseased sheepe thats not worth keeping; wee call such a one, a drape, or culling.

1627 M. Drayton Nimphidia in Battaile Agincourt vi. 1496 My cullings I put off, or for the chapman feed.

1652 S. Clarke Lives Fathers (1677) 334 To leave the cullen sheep in a hard condition.

a1796 Vancouver in A. Young Ess. Agric. (1813) II. 284 An assemblage of the refuse stock, and cullings of the adjacent..counties.

1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Cullings, the residue, as of a flock of fatted sheep, of which the best have been picked out.

Compounds

culling-iron n. a long-handled slender hammer, with which the mature oysters are separated from the object on which they have been deposited.

ΚΠ

1891 Scribner's Mag. Oct. 482.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	culling
释义	cullingn.¹ /ˈkʌlɪŋ/ Etymology: < cull v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. 1. a. The action of selecting or picking. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [noun] > selecting from a number or for a purpose cullingc1440 outchoosing1440 election1614 singling1625 selection1650 hand-walinga1665 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 107 Cullynge, or owte schesynge, separacio, segregacio. 1663 J. Heath Flagellum (1672) 70 The House being thus purged, as they called it..the remaining Juncto of his Culling..passed an Ordinance for Tryal of the King. 1878 S. Newcomb Pop. Astron. ii. v. 225 This culling-out is called Selective Absorption. b. The action of the verb (sense Compounds). ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing of animals > [noun] slaughtera1300 to make larder ofa1330 murdering?a1475 fall1575 butchering1609 ovicide1828 felicide1832 poultrycide1841 piscicide1847 vealing1847 kill1850 slaughterage1854 birdicide1862 apricide1864 insecticide1865 vulpicidism1865 vulpicide1873 serpenticide1882 tauricide1882 vaccicide1887 leporicide1914 culling1938 cull1958 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [noun] > picking out according to quality culling1938 1938 Times 14 Feb. 20/1 Losses incurred through death and culling are commonly in the region of 30 per cent. 1958 Times 1 Nov. 9/4 Litters are bred on more sparing lines than formerly, which means that there are fewer surplus hounds, and the job of ‘culling’ or drafting is all the more difficult. 1964 C. Willock Enormous Zoo vi. 102 The experimental shooting of hippo—culling is the polite conservation term for it—had begun. 1978 Orcadian 31 Aug. 1/2 There was no British firm that could take on the two-year contract for the culling work. 1986 Daily Tel. 28 Apr. 11/8 In staghunting and deer culling, the sex of the prey is selected carefully. 2. concrete. The proceeds or residue of culling; a selection; plural portions drafted out. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [noun] > selecting from a number or for a purpose > the product of selection coil1574 culla1618 delibation1624 culling1692 selecta1734 the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > leavings after main part exhausted > after a process > of culling culling1692 1692 A. Walker True Acct. Author Icon Basilike 32 That the Lord Fairfax would take any thing out of the Cabinet, and send up the Cullings to the Parliament. 1780 D. Brodhead in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) II. 449 The remaining Continentals are the cullings of our troops, and I cannot promise anything clever from them. 1865 Reader 5 Aug. 144/3 A passage like the following reads more like a culling from the Oxford ‘Lives of the Saints’. 3. Farming. See quots. and cf. cull n.³ 2, culler n. 2. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > culling of sheep culling1611 culliona1641 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Brebis de rebut, an old or diseased sheepe thats not worth keeping; wee call such a one, a drape, or culling. 1627 M. Drayton Nimphidia in Battaile Agincourt vi. 1496 My cullings I put off, or for the chapman feed. 1652 S. Clarke Lives Fathers (1677) 334 To leave the cullen sheep in a hard condition. a1796 Vancouver in A. Young Ess. Agric. (1813) II. 284 An assemblage of the refuse stock, and cullings of the adjacent..counties. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Cullings, the residue, as of a flock of fatted sheep, of which the best have been picked out. Compounds culling-iron n. a long-handled slender hammer, with which the mature oysters are separated from the object on which they have been deposited. ΚΠ 1891 Scribner's Mag. Oct. 482. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2019). † cullingn.² Etymology: < cull v.² Obsolete or dialect. Embracing, ‘cuddling’. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [noun] > action of embracing clippingc1230 embracingc1386 halsing1387 collinga1425 amplection1474 embracement1485 culling1490 bracingc1540 clasping1562 embrace1599 embrasure1609 hugging1616 bosoming1624 amplexation1634 embrassade1830 huddling1869 lapping- 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xviii. 69 By oure kyssynge and swete cullynge. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 231 Such a culling and hugging of them they keep. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.¹c1440n.²1490
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