单词 | egging |
释义 | eggingn.1 An urging forward, incitement, instigation. Also egging forward or on. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation puttingOE sleatinga1122 eggingc1200 pricking?c1225 enticement1303 movinga1382 eggmentc1386 stirring1399 instinct1412 instigationc1422 motiona1425 provocationa1425 coyingc1440 ertingc1440 tollingc1440 artation1441 incitation1477 instinction1490 inhortationc1503 stimulation1526 abetment1533 onsetting1541 provokement?1545 incitament1579 stirring?c1580 irritation1589 incitement1594 spurring1611 to give foment to1613 fomenting1615 prompturea1616 proritation1615 urgea1618 exstimulation1626 fomentation1633 instinctment1661 spurning1672 impulsing1885 c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 197 Þat heued þat Iob helede wið þe deules eginge was his rihte bileue. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7206 His [sc. Samson's] wijf wald noght fin Thoru egging of his wiþerwin. a1400 Octouian 688 Selle hem noght For no eggenges. 1521 Old City Acct. Bk. in Archaeol. Jrnl. (1886) 43 A fyne lost by John Stone for eggyng of an other mannes apprentice from his maistre xxd. 1564 N. Haward tr. Eutropius Briefe Chron. vii. sig. L.vii Antonius began a greate ciuill warre through the..egging forward of his wife Cleopatra. 1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Hecyra ii. i, in Terence in Eng. 344 They have married by your egging on. a1658 J. Cleveland Wks. (1687) 370 How curst an egging..do these unwily Dances bring. 1875 ‘A. R. Hope’ My Schoolboy Friends 90 He needed very little egging on, to talk nonsense. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018). eggingn.2 1. The action of collecting (wild fowls') eggs; also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > collection or conservation of natural specimens > [noun] > egg-collecting egging1883 1883 G. C. Davies Norfolk Broads ii. 15 The unholy trade of egging and bird-destroying. 1886 E. C. Dawson Life Bp. Hannington (1887) viii. 107 They had arrived in the height of the egging season. 2. The laying or production of eggs, as in egging season, egging time. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > bringing forth young > laying an egg cast1646 ovation1656 partion1656 oviposition1815 ovipositing1887 egging1905 1905 Westm. Gaz. 4 May 4/1 Among the risks which attend the breeding of game birds, frost at the ‘egging’ time is not the least serious. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 14 May 5/1 This is the ‘egging’ season, and outlying nests of pheasants and partridges may be disturbed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1c1200n.21883 |
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