单词 | gobbing |
释义 | gobbingn.1 Coal Mining. ΚΠ c1596 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Ld. Middleton (1911) 164 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 5567) XXVII. 1 Item John Cottom is to saie that he caste a gobbinge betwixte worke and worke, soe that noe moe but that pitt meane should be acquainted with the overthrowinge of the worke. 2. Waste material from a coal mine used for filling an empty space from which coal has been extracted. Also: the action of filling an excavated space in a mine with such material. Cf. stowing n.1 2. ΚΠ 1820 Edinb. Encycl. (1830) XIV. 352/2 All the back row of props are drawn, the space adjoining them having been previously filled up with gobbing. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 979 The miners secure the waste by gobbing. 1861 Coal Mines: Rep. Inspectors 1860 40/1 in Parl. Papers XXII. 173 When the roof is packed under with gobbing or stowing,..at least one prop or chock shall be set at each 6 feet in front of it. 1890 Wrexham Advertiser, & N. Wales News 4 Jan. 8/1 Deceased had some gobbing or packing to do, and it appeared he was fetching a stone from the waste when he had a blow. 1905 N.Z. Mines Rec. Nov. 185/1 Gobbing is..now practiced in most collieries of any importance, having been generally adopted by the mine-workers on their own initiative. 1964 Times 4 Aug. 13/6 The appropriation to the contingency reserve for gobbing. 1993 R. B. Zeidler tr. A. M. Galperin et al. Hydrogeol. & Engin. Geol. viii. 125 The thickness of the water conducting crack zone depends on the degree of gobbing. 2007 Occup. & Environmental Med. 64 392 (table) Builder..:transport and distribute the gobbing that falls through the winze. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gobbingn.2 Originally English regional (northern). The action of gob v.1; lengthy, pompous, or overbearing talk; prating, bragging; an instance of this. Now chiefly in gobbing off. ΚΠ 1832 W. Stephenson Coll. Local Poems, Songs, &c. 99 It's worth your while..To hear their jaw and gobbins. 1972 A. Seton Green Darkness 160 Will there be muckle more o' this gobbing?..I canna hear a word o' it, an' 'tis hot as hell's pit in here. 1994 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 25 Mar. The sledging from our national champions that trickles down to become gobbing off in the suburbs. 2011 S. Phillips Ten Bob Hour 262 The meal wasn't spoiled by the gobbing off of the plonker at the end. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † gobbingadj. Originally Scottish. Obsolete. That talks boastfully, at length, or to little purpose.Quot. 1807 could perhaps instead show gobbin n.1 The sense in quot. 1860 is unclear; it may instead be related to gob v.4 ΚΠ 1807 R. Tannahill Soldier's Return 137 Quoth gobbin Tom of Lancashire, To northern Jock. 1860 Voy. of Lady I. 203 The encounter between the Gobbing Glutton and the Fancy Fibber. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1c1596n.21832adj.1807 |
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