dishingn.
/ˈdɪʃɪŋ/ a. The action of dish v.1
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the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [noun]
servingc1425
sewinga1483
the service of the table1588
ushering1598
dishing1679
helping1824
waiterage1849
waitering1862
1679 J. Dryden Troilus & Cressida i. ii. 4 The dishing, the setting on the Table.
1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 160 In the dishing out of whose Odcombian banquet, he had a considerable hand.
a1806 D. Wordsworth Jrnl. Tour Scotl. in Jrnls. (1941) I. 281 We grew impatient for our dinner..but we had to wait at least another half hour before the ceremony of dishing up was completed.
1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma xxxii Nor do their anxieties end with the dishing-up of the dinner.
1919 W. Lang Sea-lawyer's Log iii. 29 The Duty Watch are busily engaged in the Barrack Room washing and drying their table utensils (a process known in the Service as ‘dishing up’).
1955 Times 4 May 13/5 The dishing out of Constitutions which did not satisfy the aspirations of these African peoples.
b. Oblique position of the spokes of a wheel, making its outer face concave.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > parts of wheels > concavity in wheel > cause of
dishing1797
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > spoke > position of the spokes of a wheel
dishing1797
strut1880
1797 A. Cumming in Commun. Bd. Agric. II. 366 Dishing (or the oblique position of the spokes) added much to the strength and stiffness of wheels.
1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur 209 The spokes were sections of ivory tusks, set in with the natural curve outward, to perfect the dishing.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
dishingadj.
That ‘dishes’; spec. forming a concave or dish-like surface; see dish v.1 4 – 7.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [adjective] > concave > forming concave surface
dishing1669
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [adjective] > trotting > dishing
dishing1863
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [adjective] > overcoming or overwhelming > completely
crushing1577
confounding1595
prostrative1817
annihilatory1825
spiflicating1852
dishing1895
knock-out1938
1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 232 They make them [Spokes] concave or dishing..to secure the Wheel from breaking in a fall.
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 280 For the form of the Wheels, some make them more Dishing..that is, more Concave, by setting off the Spoaks and Felloes more outwards.
1863 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 24 ii. 94 Curby or cow hocks [of a horse] with dishing speedy cutting, or slouching action [see cut n.2 7].
1895 H. D. Traill in Fortn. Rev. Sept. 364 Urged..by Conservatives of the ‘dishing’ school [cf. quot. 1869 at dish v.1 7].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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