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单词 droving
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drovingn.1

Forms: Middle English drofyng, Middle English drouing, Middle English drouyng, Middle English drouynge, Middle English druuynge.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: drove v.1, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < drove v.1 + -ing suffix1.
Obsolete.
Tribulation, trouble; disturbance. Cf. drove v.1 1.With use in reference to water in quot. a1500 cf. drof adj., druvy adj. 2.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [noun]
drovinga1400
vexation1413
molestation1435
inquietation1461
inquieting1527
hershipc1540
pesterment1593
gêne1787
harassment1893
a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) ix. 22 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 141 In nedinges, in drouynge [L. tribulatione].
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22384 Wit all þe drouing he mai do Ouer al þis werld.
a1450 York Plays (1885) 292 Drawe to no drofyng, but dresse you to drede.
a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) vi. 2 (MED) Sorow for his synn has reft him the shyrnes of warldis delite..as druuynge does watere.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

drovingn.2

Brit. /ˈdrəʊvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdroʊvɪŋ/
Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: drove n., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: Probably < drove n. + -ing suffix1, after drover n. Compare later drove v.2 and also drovering n. at drover n. Derivatives.
The action or work of driving cattle or other livestock, esp. to market, typically over a long distance; the occupation of a drover. Cf. drovering n. at drover n. Derivatives.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [noun] > droving
drift1540
droving1633
drive1837
drovership1838
drovering1850
drove1905
1633 W. Lithgow Scotlands Welcome sig. C4v My Kyne and Cattell, they're transported, And Sheep, with Gallowedian Nages consorted, To all the English quarters,..But see this droving, and this caryeing out, Makes flesh both scarce and deare, all where about.
1881 Cheq. Career 335 Droving is very wearisome work.
1896 Westm. Gaz. 19 June 3/3 The unconventional freedom of colonial life, with its rough riding and droving.
2007 D. Lewis Murranji Track (2011) xii. 92 There was no feed along the Murranji and Barkly stockroutes so droving came to a virtual standstill.

Compounds

General use as a modifier, as in droving season, droving work, etc.
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1761 Information for J. Dingwall against W. Mackintosh 3 Mar. 9 It was owing to the Accident of Alexander's being at the Time of the Sales employed in his droving Business, that prevented his own Attendance at Inverness.
a1832 W. Scott Mem. Early Years in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Sir W. Scott (1837) I. i. 6 He was..active in the cattle trade..and by his droving transactions acquired a considerable sum of money.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 83 He's not used to droving work.
1998 D. K. Cameron Eng. Fair vi. 79 One Boroughbridge blacksmith reckoned to make some 30,000 ox-shoes each droving season.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

drovingn.3

Brit. /ˈdrəʊvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdroʊvɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: drove v.3, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < drove v.3 + -ing suffix1.
The dressing of stone, esp. in parallel lines, using a drove (drove n. 5). Also: stonework or a finish produced using this technique. Cf. drove work n.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with stone > [noun] > dressing stone
scappling1473
droving1819
plain work1823
broaching1842
stone-dressing1845
ragging1850
straggling1850
drove work1851
rocking1856
scutching1861
skifflinga1877
1819 A. Rees Cycl. XXII. at Masonry Though broaching is sometimes performed without droving, it is never so regular... It must be observed, however, that workmen in general do not take the same pains to drove the face of a stone which is to be afterwards broached, as in that of which the droving is to remain the final finish.
1875 Manch. Weekly Times 24 Apr. Suppl. 135/1 Much of the beauty of sandstone depends on its tooling—notching, scabbling, pearling, broaching, droving, or polishing.
1997 S. T. Driscoll et al. Excavations Edinb. Castle 1988–91 162/1 Attempt at simple rustication by means of diagonal droving on arch face.
2010 A. Chessell Coldstream Building Snippets ii. 26 (caption) Rubble stonework in lime mortar with roughly done ‘stugging’ (top stones) and ‘droving’ or ‘broaching’ (bottom stone).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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