dikingn.

/ˈdʌɪkɪŋ/

Forms: see dike v.¹ and -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: Old English dícung , < díc-ian to dike v.¹: see -ing suffix¹.

1. The action of making a dike; the construction of dikes (in various senses of the noun).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [noun] > making ditches

dikingc1000

ditchingc1380

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun]

dikingc1000

ditchingc1380

voidance1398

water-furrowing1398

avoidinga1513

rilling1610

dikage1634

c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 149/15 Fossio, dicung.

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. vi. 250 Eche a wyght wrouȝte or in dykynge or in deluynge.

1486 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1885) III. 246 For dykyng at the Cheynybrigg Close.

1556 Surv. Calais in Archaeologia (1893) 53 App. ii. 370 To minishe everie yere j^d unto the time that his betterings of such dikenge be owte or Run-uppe.

1569 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 135 For dykyng the gret dyke in Westcroft.

1641 H. Best Rural Econ. Yorks. (1857) 120 Two dayes..dykinge aboute it.

1726 Laws of Sewers 188 Keep the Rivers thereof with sufficient Dyking, Scouring [etc.].

1830 N. S. Wheaton Jrnl. 464 Much of the land..reclaimed from the marsh by ditching and dykeing.

1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvi. viii. 366 Upon this Dollart itself there is now to be diking tried.

1884 Manch. Examiner 6 Sept. 5/2 The land..wants draining, and dyking.

2. Work consisting of dikes.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [noun] > embanking > an embankment > work consisting of

diking1436

wharfing1691

1436 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 153 Defens off herth and dikyng.

1483 Cath. Angl. 100/1 A Dikynge, fossatus.

1522 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/4) Paied for castyng of xxj roddis of dykyng.

Compounds

diking-boots n. stout boots, reaching up to the thigh, used in ditching.

ΚΠ

1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness Dikin-beeats, used for wading in the water and mud when diking.

diking-mitten n. a glove used by a diker.

ΚΠ

1820 T. Bewick Mem. (1882) 13 Equipt with an apron, an old dyking-mitten and a sharpened sickle, to set off among the whin bushes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	diking
释义	dikingn. /ˈdʌɪkɪŋ/ Forms: see dike v.¹ and -ing suffix¹. Etymology: Old English dícung , < díc-ian to dike v.¹: see -ing suffix¹. 1. The action of making a dike; the construction of dikes (in various senses of the noun). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [noun] > making ditches dikingc1000 ditchingc1380 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun] dikingc1000 ditchingc1380 voidance1398 water-furrowing1398 avoidinga1513 rilling1610 dikage1634 c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 149/15 Fossio, dicung. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. vi. 250 Eche a wyght wrouȝte or in dykynge or in deluynge. 1486 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1885) III. 246 For dykyng at the Cheynybrigg Close. 1556 Surv. Calais in Archaeologia (1893) 53 App. ii. 370 To minishe everie yere j^d unto the time that his betterings of such dikenge be owte or Run-uppe. 1569 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 135 For dykyng the gret dyke in Westcroft. 1641 H. Best Rural Econ. Yorks. (1857) 120 Two dayes..dykinge aboute it. 1726 Laws of Sewers 188 Keep the Rivers thereof with sufficient Dyking, Scouring [etc.]. 1830 N. S. Wheaton Jrnl. 464 Much of the land..reclaimed from the marsh by ditching and dykeing. 1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvi. viii. 366 Upon this Dollart itself there is now to be diking tried. 1884 Manch. Examiner 6 Sept. 5/2 The land..wants draining, and dyking. 2. Work consisting of dikes. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [noun] > embanking > an embankment > work consisting of diking1436 wharfing1691 1436 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 153 Defens off herth and dikyng. 1483 Cath. Angl. 100/1 A Dikynge, fossatus. 1522 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/4) Paied for castyng of xxj roddis of dykyng. Compounds diking-boots n. stout boots, reaching up to the thigh, used in ditching. ΚΠ 1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness Dikin-beeats, used for wading in the water and mud when diking. diking-mitten n. a glove used by a diker. ΚΠ 1820 T. Bewick Mem. (1882) 13 Equipt with an apron, an old dyking-mitten and a sharpened sickle, to set off among the whin bushes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.c1000
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