单词 | foiling |
释义 | foilingn.1 1. The action of foil v.4 in various senses. ΚΠ a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1539) Z There was neuer mortall man..that could scape fro the ..foilyng of hir [Enuie's] feete. 1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 90 The foiling of them in an irresistible battle. 2. esp. The treading of a deer or other animal. Hence the slot or trail; = foil n.4 ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animals hunted > trail > [noun] feutea1375 treadc1400 fewea1425 racka1467 train1568 foiling1575 slot1575 trail1590 fuse1611 piste1696 spoor1823 sign1851 slotting1909 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxxix. 237 We cal it the foyling of a Deare if it be on grasse where the print of the foote cannot well be seene. 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice viii. 40 How a horses nose is able to direct him when he comes..to the foylings of other catle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2020). foilingn.2 a. The action or process of backing (glass) with foil. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > coating with metal > with specific metals leadingc1440 tinningc1440 foilinga1582 quickening1738 electroplating1840 zincing1841 retinning1843 palladiumizinga1851 acierage1852 platinizing1853 nickelization1857 quicking1863 brassingc1865 copperingc1865 nickel plating1870 nickelling1875 steel-facing1884 brazing1886 aluminizing1890 sherardizing1901 calorizing1930 aluminization1932 stelliting1934 anodizing1936 anodization1952 flame-plating1954 a1582 W. Bourne Treat. Properties of Glasses Ep. Ded. in J. O. Halliwell Rara Mathematica (1839) 33 According vnto the several formes, facyons, and makyngs of them, and allso the foylinges of them. 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 153 The..Foiling of these Glasses. b. Architecture. Ornamentation by foils; a foil ornament. See foil n.1 2b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > ornamentation by foils foliation1815 foiling1849 1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. iii. 86 Where the wall was thick..and the foilings were large. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmasˈfoiling ˈfoiling n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > [noun] > systems of cultivation > fallowing summer fallow1601 winter fallow1601 fallowing1610 summer fallowing1610 foiling1616 pin fallow1688 winter-fallowing1707 summer-working1778 bare-fallowing1829 summer work1886 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > ploughing for third or last time foiling1616 strike1823 1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) v. xviii. 555 At August you shall giue it the third ardor or earing, which is called foyling..this ardor is..one of the best, especially for the destroying of weeds. 1620 G. Markham Farwell to Husbandry Pref. to Rdr. Sixe seuerall plowings, as fallowing in Ianuary and February, Stirring in Aprill and May, Foiling in Iuly and August [etc.]. < n.1a1533n.2a1582 as lemmas |
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