† eavesingn.

Forms: Old English oefsung, efesung, Middle English evesung, Middle English–1500s evyssyng, evysyng, evesyng, evesing, 1500s eusing, eavesinge. See also easing n.²

Etymology: representing Old English efesung , verbal noun < efes-ian , eaves v.; in sense 2 directly < eaves n.

Obsolete.

†1. The action of trimming the edges of anything; clipping, polling, shearing. Also concrete. What is cut off: the clippings of hair. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment > shaving or chip > shavings, chippings, or clippings

eavesinga800

snipperings1599

rounding1683

trimmings1805

scissoring1843

a800 Corpus Gloss. 474 Circinatio, oefsung.

c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 364 Circinnatio, efesung.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 293 Absalones schene wlite. þeas ofte as he euesede him salde his euesunge..for twahundred schillinges.

2. The eaves of a house or stack; formerly also used for ‘roof’, and hence transferred for ‘dwelling’.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [noun] > eaves

eavesa1000

eavesing?c1225

easinga1400

eaving1579

dropping1596

French eaves1634

eave1823

lop-eaves1880

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 113 Þe nicht fuwel inþe euesinge bitacneð þe ancres þe wuneð under chirche euesunge.

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xx. 193 As we may seo a wynter, Isykles in euesynges · thorgh hete of þe sonne Melteþ in a mynt-while · to myst and to water.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 144 Evese, or evesynge of a howse.

1541 Schole House of Women sig. D.ii^v Kynge Salomon..A woman doth, assymylate Unto a droppynge, euesynge guyse, Dystyllynge downe, after rayne late.

1547 W. Salesbury Dict. Eng. & Welshe Bargawt tuy, house eusing.

1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 88^v A righte little parte of water..is called Gutta, when it..hangeth on eavesinges.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	eavesing
释义	† eavesingn. Forms: Old English oefsung, efesung, Middle English evesung, Middle English–1500s evyssyng, evysyng, evesyng, evesing, 1500s eusing, eavesinge. See also easing n.² Etymology: representing Old English efesung , verbal noun < efes-ian , eaves v.; in sense 2 directly < eaves n. Obsolete. †1. The action of trimming the edges of anything; clipping, polling, shearing. Also concrete. What is cut off: the clippings of hair. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment > shaving or chip > shavings, chippings, or clippings eavesinga800 snipperings1599 rounding1683 trimmings1805 scissoring1843 a800 Corpus Gloss. 474 Circinatio, oefsung. c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 364 Circinnatio, efesung. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 293 Absalones schene wlite. þeas ofte as he euesede him salde his euesunge..for twahundred schillinges. 2. The eaves of a house or stack; formerly also used for ‘roof’, and hence transferred for ‘dwelling’. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [noun] > eaves eavesa1000 eavesing?c1225 easinga1400 eaving1579 dropping1596 French eaves1634 eave1823 lop-eaves1880 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 113 Þe nicht fuwel inþe euesinge bitacneð þe ancres þe wuneð under chirche euesunge. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xx. 193 As we may seo a wynter, Isykles in euesynges · thorgh hete of þe sonne Melteþ in a mynt-while · to myst and to water. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 144 Evese, or evesynge of a howse. 1541 Schole House of Women sig. D.ii^v Kynge Salomon..A woman doth, assymylate Unto a droppynge, euesynge guyse, Dystyllynge downe, after rayne late. 1547 W. Salesbury Dict. Eng. & Welshe Bargawt tuy, house eusing. 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 88^v A righte little parte of water..is called Gutta, when it..hangeth on eavesinges. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a800
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