单词 | flinging |
释义 | flingingn. 1. The action of fling v. in various senses. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [noun] > impetuous > moving with impetuous speed flinging1487 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [noun] > kicking wincing1530 yarking?1561 flinging1596 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) viii. 324 The hors..ruschit the folk in thair flynging. 1596 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent (rev. ed.) 461 King Henry the fourth,..kept the Saddle in all this leaping and flinging. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 443 Himselfe..by the flinging of his horse was cast out of his sadle. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Flinging is the fiery, unruly Action of an unruly Horse, or a kicking with the Hind-legs. 2. concrete. The thing thrown, a missile. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > [noun] shaft1576 flinging1619 missive1644 missile1656 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. 470 Plying them what with darts, and all sorts of flingings..scattred them all. Compounds flinging-tree n. (a) the striking part of the flail; (b) ‘a piece of timber hung by way of partition between two horses in a stable’ ( Burns' Poems 1800, Gloss.). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > threshing > flail > part of flail-capc1440 flail-staffc1440 flail-swinglec1440 swinglec1440 swipplea1450 supple1556 flinging-tree1786 flail-stone1851 flapper1854 swindle1857 swingletree1858 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 103 The thresher's weary flingin-tree The lee-lang day had tired me. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). flingingadj. That flings: a. Of a horse: That kicks, unruly. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [adjective] > that kicks winching1525 flinginga1533 kicking1552 yarking1565 a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. F.viij A lusty horse fyerse and flingyng. 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 47/2 Equus calcitro, A flinging or kicking horse. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [adjective] > recklessly or riotously violent sturdy1297 ramping1484 turbulous1527 flinginga1529 turbulent1538 rampant?1609 rampageous1800 rampacious1836 a1529 J. Skelton Howe Douty Duke of Albany in Wks. (1843) II. 317 I render the, fals rebelle, To the flingande fende of helle. 1560 T. Ingelend Disobedient Child F ij b The flyinge and [? = flingand] fiende go with my wyfe. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [adjective] > transgressing or offending > of the nature of a fault or offence > fatal flinginga1577 a1577 G. Gascoigne Dan Bartholmew in Wks. (1587) 67 At last (alas) she was vntrue, Whych flinging fault, because it is not new..I maruell not. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < |
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