单词 | allotting |
释义 | allottingn. The action of allot v. (in various senses); an instance of this. Also with out. ΚΠ 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie clxxx. 1117/1 Moses telleth the people of Israel that they be bound vnto God for his allotting of their inheritance vnto them in the land of Chanaan. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Sortimento..an allotting by lot. 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. iii. iii. 252 Lawes touching the allotting out of grounds. 1658 J. Durham Comm. Bk. Revelation 109 Will not the particular allotting of Congregations for Ministers in a speciall manner, confine their Authority within the same. 1771 Town & Country Mag. Sept. 480/1 The proprietors of estates, surveyors, agents, &c. employed in the sale, letting, or allotting of land. 1800 in J. Stockdale Annales Caermoelenses (1872) 338 Immediately after such allotting and staking out, all right of common ceases. 1837 Times 24 May 6/5 A prime large ox to be slaughtered... The allotting of the pieces is intrusted to the..vicar. 1913 Pipeline & Gas Jrnl. 28 Apr. 279/2 In this allotting the Company distributed 105 shares. 1977 J. den Boeft Calcidius on Demons 5 Quite remarkable is the allotting of demons to all elements, except earth. 2004 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 18 Dec. 5353/2 Cumbersome and time-consuming procedures in the allotting of mining leases. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1583 |
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