drenchingn.

/ˈdrɛnʃɪŋ/

Etymology: < drench v. + -ing suffix¹.

The action of drench v., various senses.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > manner of death > [noun] > death from drowning

drenchingc1380

drowning1539

shipwreck1680

watery death1831

drownage1850

the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > [noun] > action or process

soak1598

drenching1626

sobbing1664

saturation1732

flooding1799

swamping1802

drench1807

water-soaking1849

soddening1852

soakage1867

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 59 To saue a mannus bodi fro deþ or dryncchyng.

c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 387 Who kepte hire fro the drenchyng in the see?

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §648 Malt in the Drenching will swell.

1870 Daily News 25 Nov. He gives them three drenchings of varnish.

Compounds

C1. drenching-horn, drenching-staff.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > veterinary medicine and surgery > [noun] > veterinary equipment > device for administering drench

drench-horn?c1000

drenching-horn1639

drencher1893

drenching-gun1950

1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. vi. 106 Holding up his Head with a Drenching Staffe.

1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 50 If it be for any Cattel, it must be..given with a Drenching Horn.

1737 J. Ozell tr. F. Rabelais Wks. II. 64 A Drenching-horn serves to convey a Draught into a Horse's Mouth.

C2.

drenching-gun n. a device for giving a medicinal drench to animals.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > veterinary medicine and surgery > [noun] > veterinary equipment > device for administering drench

drench-horn?c1000

drenching-horn1639

drencher1893

drenching-gun1950

1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Sept. 239/1 Where a drenching ‘gun’ is used.

1961 B. Crump Hang on a Minute Mate 158 On a table in the middle of the floor was a drenching-gun.

1966 Punch 21 Sept. 446/2 Today's stockman must be proficient with hypodermic syringe and drenching gun.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

drenchingadj.

Etymology: < drench v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdrenching.

That drenches or thoroughly wets; soaking.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > [adjective] > very wetting

sousing1619

soakinga1642

sugging1733

drenching1768

sowping1807

drooking1813

saturating1897

1768 T. Gray Descent of Odin in Poems 90 The drenching dews, and driving rain!

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xi. 292 We descended..amid drenching rain.

Derivatives

ˈdrenchingly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > [adverb] > in a very wetting manner

drenchingly1880

1880 R. Broughton Second Thoughts II. iii. vii It is wet—oh, drenchingly, drowningly wet.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	drenching
释义	drenchingn. /ˈdrɛnʃɪŋ/ Etymology: < drench v. + -ing suffix¹. The action of drench v., various senses. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > manner of death > [noun] > death from drowning drenchingc1380 drowning1539 shipwreck1680 watery death1831 drownage1850 the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > [noun] > action or process soak1598 drenching1626 sobbing1664 saturation1732 flooding1799 swamping1802 drench1807 water-soaking1849 soddening1852 soakage1867 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 59 To saue a mannus bodi fro deþ or dryncchyng. c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 387 Who kepte hire fro the drenchyng in the see? 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §648 Malt in the Drenching will swell. 1870 Daily News 25 Nov. He gives them three drenchings of varnish. Compounds C1. drenching-horn, drenching-staff. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > veterinary medicine and surgery > [noun] > veterinary equipment > device for administering drench drench-horn?c1000 drenching-horn1639 drencher1893 drenching-gun1950 1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. vi. 106 Holding up his Head with a Drenching Staffe. 1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 50 If it be for any Cattel, it must be..given with a Drenching Horn. 1737 J. Ozell tr. F. Rabelais Wks. II. 64 A Drenching-horn serves to convey a Draught into a Horse's Mouth. C2. drenching-gun n. a device for giving a medicinal drench to animals. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > veterinary medicine and surgery > [noun] > veterinary equipment > device for administering drench drench-horn?c1000 drenching-horn1639 drencher1893 drenching-gun1950 1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Sept. 239/1 Where a drenching ‘gun’ is used. 1961 B. Crump Hang on a Minute Mate 158 On a table in the middle of the floor was a drenching-gun. 1966 Punch 21 Sept. 446/2 Today's stockman must be proficient with hypodermic syringe and drenching gun. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2018). drenchingadj. Etymology: < drench v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdrenching. That drenches or thoroughly wets; soaking. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > [adjective] > very wetting sousing1619 soakinga1642 sugging1733 drenching1768 sowping1807 drooking1813 saturating1897 1768 T. Gray Descent of Odin in Poems 90 The drenching dews, and driving rain! 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xi. 292 We descended..amid drenching rain. Derivatives ˈdrenchingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > [adverb] > in a very wetting manner drenchingly1880 1880 R. Broughton Second Thoughts II. iii. vii It is wet—oh, drenchingly, drowningly wet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.c1380adj.1768
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