单词 | discarding |
释义 | discardingn. 1. Cards. The rejection or throwing out of a card or cards from a hand.Recorded earliest in attributive use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > [noun] > actions or tactics > specific discarding1592 facing1635 pull1715 lead1742 return1742 discard1778 solo1814 underplay1850 convention1862 force1862 showdown1870 unblocking1885 false-carding1923 passed hand1924 exit1934 reverse1936 loser-on-loser1947 1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. D3v Sith then his conscience is so bad, let him be shuffled out amongst the knaues for a discarding carde. 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits viii. 112 To know..the skill of discarding. 1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester 81 It is no small advantage to the eldest to have the benefit of discarding, because he may take in eight of the twelve in the Stock discarding as many of his own for them. 1778 T. Jones Hoyle's Games Improved 119 By which Manner of discarding, you have a Probability of scoring fifteen Points for your Quint in Diamonds. 1877 Encycl. Brit. VII. 620/1 The dealer may either accept or refuse... If the dealer refuses the hand is played without discarding. 1961 Math. Teacher 54 436 The discarding plays as big a part as the actual laying down of cards in that the player must look ahead in the game to see whether a certain card will be needed eventually. 1993 B. Lott Reed's Beach i. 49 The game, the colorful cards, the discarding and picking up..came to him. 2. a. The action or fact of rejecting, abandoning, or casting aside anything as no longer wanted or needed; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [noun] everting1568 deposition1577 discarding1600 excussion1607 dispatch1608 reposition1617 absolution1655 depositing1667 discardment1713 discardurea1762 cashiering1826 dropping1859 discard1906 junking1911 shedding1945 load-shedding1947 1600 N. Breton Pasquils Mistresse Ep. Ded. sig. A2v Be as patient as your poore friendes (hoping, that you wil finde a iewell worth the keeping, and drosse but worth the discarding). 1663 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (1665) 306 The discarding of that rash Principle. 1748 E. Langford Modest Apol. Superior Clergy 32 The discarding of the points and the rules of Grammar will most effectually discourage the study of it. 1798 Monthly Mag. Nov. 332/2 I would propose that the discarding of a book once fairly received should be declared absolutely illegal. 1833 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 24 158 If the views of Mr. Brande were carried out, they would lead to the discarding of the corrosive chloride of mercury..and other articles from the material medica. 1881 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 12 73 Lengthening of final a. The beginning of this process is Pre-Germanic, but it survived the discarding of final consonants in West Germanic. 1921 Monist 31 358 There may be discardings and rebuildings as knowledge accumulates. 1955 Bull. (Sydney) 4 May 12/2 When a new billycan is issued to a stock-camp in Centralia the first ceremony of its initiation is the discarding of its lid. 2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 29 Apr. 24/1 Paul Levy has had to do some ruthless discarding and pruning in order to produce this single-volume selection. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > [noun] off-puttinga1387 supplantationa1393 deposal1397 deposition1399 amotion1441 privation1444 subversion1470 deposing1480 dispointment1483 quietus est1530 cassing1550 deprivation1551 remove1553 destitution1554 depose1559 abdication1574 dismissionc1600 renvoy1600 displacement1611 deprivement1630 quietus1635 removal1645 deposure1648 displacing1655 cashierment1656 discarding1660 amoval1675 depriving1705 superannuation1722 separation1779 ouster1782 disestablishment1806 dismissal1849 epuration1883 deprival1886 purge1893 1660 T. M. Walker's Hist. Independency IV. 55 A hot-spur zealot..whose ambition made old Nol lay him aside as dangerous, and that dishonourable discarding created him a desperate Enemy to the Cromwelian..name. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 55. ¶4 Since the discarding of the Counsellors..Avarice supplies Luxury in the room of Plenty. 1850 T. Dick Compl. Wks I. 166/1 The saving of a single bottle of wine a-day, would amount to £50 a-year; the discarding of an unnecessary servant, to nearly the same sum. 3. concrete. That which is or has been discarded. Chiefly in plural. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [noun] > one who or that which is waif1624 discard1719 discarding1731 cast-off1740 cast-by1818 left-off1865 sloppy seconds1973 the mind > language > statement > refusal > [noun] > rejection or non-acceptance > that which is rejected or refused offcasta1387 rejected1593 refusal1618 discarding1731 refused1740 return1749 throwaway1870 discard1888 1731 View of Town iv. 54 Borrowing a Knave and Nine of that Sort [sc. Clubs], from his Discardings. 1840 R. Browning Sordello vi. 444 Then subject..to thy cruce the world's discardings. 1937 Prairie Schooner 11 42 Potato parings and other discardings from the kitchen. 1965 Syracuse (N.Y.) Post Standard 26 Apr. Covered metal containers in which to place their discardings for the weekly pickup in the city's trash collection program. 2002 Cox News Service (Nexis) 29 May Once emptied, the move-in boxes will be coming back aboard Endeavour filled with space station discardings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1592 |
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