filchingn.

Etymology: formed as filch v. + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈfilching.

1. The action of filch v.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > petty theft or pilfering > [noun]

micherya1393

mitchinga1393

picking1402

purloining1417

pilferc1425

pickery1460

pilfering1548

filching1567

lurching1570

pilfery1573

petty larceny1578

filching-tradea1592

prigging1591

filchery1607

nimming1607

sneaking-budge1699

pilferage1732

cabbaging1774

weeding1819

pilferment1823

crib1855

filch1877

souveniring1919

1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Eviij^v Thy facte not lesse In this thy filchinge meanes.

1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 35 Avoyde filchinge and robbinge.

2. concrete. That which is filched or stolen.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun] > article of

stealth1426

rifle1657

steal1825

filching1834

cribbing1837

thieving1861

cribbage1862

rabbit1927

1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii II. iv. ii. 197 By what reserved filchings from marketing..hast thou been enabled to make them serve thee?

1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch III. v. xlvi. 64 To pay some call where she distributed her small filchings.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations, as filching-sack, filching-trade.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > petty theft or pilfering > [noun]

micherya1393

mitchinga1393

picking1402

purloining1417

pilferc1425

pickery1460

pilfering1548

filching1567

lurching1570

pilfery1573

petty larceny1578

filching-tradea1592

prigging1591

filchery1607

nimming1607

sneaking-budge1699

pilferage1732

cabbaging1774

weeding1819

pilferment1823

crib1855

filch1877

souveniring1919

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun] > receptacle for

filching-sack1837

a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) i. sig. C The filching trade when time serues.

1837 B. D. Walsh tr. Aristophanes Knights i. iii, in Comedies 169 I'll flay you for a filching-sack!

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

filchingadj.

Etymology: formed as filch v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈfilching.

That filches; pilfering.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > petty theft or pilfering > [adjective]

light-fingered1546

lime-fingered1546

pilfering1546

fine-fingeredc1555

filching1570

mitching1576

lurching1577

lime-twig1602

nimming1603

pitchy1660

fingerative1674

marauding1748

light-handed1769

tarry1822

tarry-fingered1825

sticky-fingered1855

panhandling1884

tarry-fisted1906

1570 B. Googe tr. T. Kirchmeyer Popish Kingdome iv. f. 54 To looke that no disorder be, nor any filching hande.

1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 151 Ah filching death, thou felonous bloodie thiefe.

1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling 110 This filching Devil, that thus steals from men their precious hours.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Filching-cove, a Man-thief.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	filching
释义	filchingn. Etymology: formed as filch v. + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈfilching. 1. The action of filch v. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > petty theft or pilfering > [noun] micherya1393 mitchinga1393 picking1402 purloining1417 pilferc1425 pickery1460 pilfering1548 filching1567 lurching1570 pilfery1573 petty larceny1578 filching-tradea1592 prigging1591 filchery1607 nimming1607 sneaking-budge1699 pilferage1732 cabbaging1774 weeding1819 pilferment1823 crib1855 filch1877 souveniring1919 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Eviij^v Thy facte not lesse In this thy filchinge meanes. 1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 35 Avoyde filchinge and robbinge. 2. concrete. That which is filched or stolen. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun] > article of stealth1426 rifle1657 steal1825 filching1834 cribbing1837 thieving1861 cribbage1862 rabbit1927 1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii II. iv. ii. 197 By what reserved filchings from marketing..hast thou been enabled to make them serve thee? 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch III. v. xlvi. 64 To pay some call where she distributed her small filchings. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as filching-sack, filching-trade. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > petty theft or pilfering > [noun] micherya1393 mitchinga1393 picking1402 purloining1417 pilferc1425 pickery1460 pilfering1548 filching1567 lurching1570 pilfery1573 petty larceny1578 filching-tradea1592 prigging1591 filchery1607 nimming1607 sneaking-budge1699 pilferage1732 cabbaging1774 weeding1819 pilferment1823 crib1855 filch1877 souveniring1919 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun] > receptacle for filching-sack1837 a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) i. sig. C The filching trade when time serues. 1837 B. D. Walsh tr. Aristophanes Knights i. iii, in Comedies 169 I'll flay you for a filching-sack! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2019). filchingadj. Etymology: formed as filch v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈfilching. That filches; pilfering. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > petty theft or pilfering > [adjective] light-fingered1546 lime-fingered1546 pilfering1546 fine-fingeredc1555 filching1570 mitching1576 lurching1577 lime-twig1602 nimming1603 pitchy1660 fingerative1674 marauding1748 light-handed1769 tarry1822 tarry-fingered1825 sticky-fingered1855 panhandling1884 tarry-fisted1906 1570 B. Googe tr. T. Kirchmeyer Popish Kingdome iv. f. 54 To looke that no disorder be, nor any filching hande. 1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 151 Ah filching death, thou felonous bloodie thiefe. 1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling 110 This filching Devil, that thus steals from men their precious hours. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Filching-cove, a Man-thief. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1567adj.1570
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