earmarkingn.

Brit.

/ˈɪəmɑːkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈɪ(ə)rˌmɑrkɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: earmark v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < earmark v. + -ing suffix¹.

†1. The practice of cutting or marking a person's ears, by way of public punishment. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1660 S. Fisher Rusticus ad Academicos i. 70 The..practice of..pilloring, gagging, ear marking, nose slitting.

2. The practice of marking a sheep or other animal in the ear as a sign of ownership or identity.

ΚΠ

1790 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Midland Counties I. 437 The lambs are, or ought to be, identified, by ear-marking.

1851 F. A. Weld Hints to Intending Sheep-farmers 10 About a week after the lambing is finished, the operations of castration, tailing, and ear-marking are performed.

1916 Bulletin (Sydney) 6 July 22/3 Five catchers were allotted to each man, who had to do his own tailing and earmarking.

1966 R. J. D. Sharpe Fiordland Muster 76 Dave's [stock-]yards consisted of two main pens and one small one, known as the ‘Crush’, into which calves could be driven for earmarking and castration.

1992 L. W. Attebery Sheep may safely Graze 40 There are four distinct processes subsumed under the term ‘marking’; the branding or marking itself, earmarking, docking, and castrating, all done as steps in the single operation.

3. In plural. Identifying or indicative features or characteristics. Frequently in to have all the earmarkings of: = to have all the markings of at marking n. 2c. Cf. earmark n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > [noun]

tokenc1000

distinctionc1374

differencea1398

signeta1425

knowledge?c1475

smell?a1505

markc1522

badge1529

note1583

impress1590

monument1590

type1595

stamp1600

pressure1604

mintage1612

criterion1613

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differencer1633

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mole1644

discrimination1646

tessera1647

diagnostic1651

monumental1657

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signate1662

footmark1666

trait1752

memorandum1766

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differential1883

earmarkings1888

paw print1894

discriminator1943

ident1952

1888 C. H. Montague Face of Rosenfel vii. 80 I have never set eyes on either of them from that day to this. Which..has all the ear markings of shy-canery on the face of it.

1943 Atlanta Constit. 24 Sept. 8/3 There are the earmarkings of such an issue in his recent statement.

1984 Jerusalem Post 2 Nov. 16/2 ‘It has all the earmarkings of a landslide,’ one Reagan-Bush campaign official predicted.

2012 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 8 June 16 The homicide has all the earmarkings of a drug hit.

4. The setting aside of part of a general fund for a particular prescribed purpose; (also) an instance of this.

ΚΠ

1893 Times 28 Apr. 9/4 A perfectly arbitrary earmarking of moneys paid into a common fund.

1931 Economist 10 Jan. 64/2 The usual year-end earmarkings have cut down the usual gain, so that the year may end with the total under earmark virtually unchanged at around $135,000,000.

1966 New Statesman 22 July 123/2 Already the unions give about £270,000 to Transport House without ear-markings.

2007 New Yorker 4 June 45/2 DeLay saw earmarking—the practice by which members of Congress can attach spending projects to larger bills—as a means of keeping the Republicans in permanent power.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	earmarking
释义	earmarkingn. Brit. /ˈɪəmɑːkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɪ(ə)rˌmɑrkɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: earmark v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < earmark v. + -ing suffix¹. †1. The practice of cutting or marking a person's ears, by way of public punishment. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1660 S. Fisher Rusticus ad Academicos i. 70 The..practice of..pilloring, gagging, ear marking, nose slitting. 2. The practice of marking a sheep or other animal in the ear as a sign of ownership or identity. ΚΠ 1790 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Midland Counties I. 437 The lambs are, or ought to be, identified, by ear-marking. 1851 F. A. Weld Hints to Intending Sheep-farmers 10 About a week after the lambing is finished, the operations of castration, tailing, and ear-marking are performed. 1916 Bulletin (Sydney) 6 July 22/3 Five catchers were allotted to each man, who had to do his own tailing and earmarking. 1966 R. J. D. Sharpe Fiordland Muster 76 Dave's [stock-]yards consisted of two main pens and one small one, known as the ‘Crush’, into which calves could be driven for earmarking and castration. 1992 L. W. Attebery Sheep may safely Graze 40 There are four distinct processes subsumed under the term ‘marking’; the branding or marking itself, earmarking, docking, and castrating, all done as steps in the single operation. 3. In plural. Identifying or indicative features or characteristics. Frequently in to have all the earmarkings of: = to have all the markings of at marking n. 2c. Cf. earmark n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > [noun] tokenc1000 distinctionc1374 differencea1398 signeta1425 knowledge?c1475 smell?a1505 markc1522 badge1529 note1583 impress1590 monument1590 type1595 stamp1600 pressure1604 mintage1612 criterion1613 impressa1628 differencer1633 lineament1638 mole1644 discrimination1646 tessera1647 diagnostic1651 monumental1657 discretive1660 signate1662 footmark1666 trait1752 memorandum1766 fingerprint1792 insignia1796 identifier1807 designative1824 cachet1840 differentiator1854 tanga1867 trademark1869 signature1873 totem1875 differential1883 earmarkings1888 paw print1894 discriminator1943 ident1952 1888 C. H. Montague Face of Rosenfel vii. 80 I have never set eyes on either of them from that day to this. Which..has all the ear markings of shy-canery on the face of it. 1943 Atlanta Constit. 24 Sept. 8/3 There are the earmarkings of such an issue in his recent statement. 1984 Jerusalem Post 2 Nov. 16/2 ‘It has all the earmarkings of a landslide,’ one Reagan-Bush campaign official predicted. 2012 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 8 June 16 The homicide has all the earmarkings of a drug hit. 4. The setting aside of part of a general fund for a particular prescribed purpose; (also) an instance of this. ΚΠ 1893 Times 28 Apr. 9/4 A perfectly arbitrary earmarking of moneys paid into a common fund. 1931 Economist 10 Jan. 64/2 The usual year-end earmarkings have cut down the usual gain, so that the year may end with the total under earmark virtually unchanged at around $135,000,000. 1966 New Statesman 22 July 123/2 Already the unions give about £270,000 to Transport House without ear-markings. 2007 New Yorker 4 June 45/2 DeLay saw earmarking—the practice by which members of Congress can attach spending projects to larger bills—as a means of keeping the Republicans in permanent power. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1660
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