单词 | guttering |
释义 | gutteringn. 1. Trenching, draining. Also attributive. Now dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun] > other types of drainage gutteringc1420 strand1565 sewaging1610 thorough-draining1669 cuniculus1670 French drain1738 riggot?1746 bush-draining1748 surface drain1765 land-drain1767 pipe-draining1776 surface draining1777 fox1784 surface drainage1796 mole drain1804 soughing1808 acequia1811 well-draining1818 tile-draining1830 wedge-draining?1830 plug-draining1833 land-drainage1841 land-draining1841 mole-draining1842 trough gutter1856 mole-ditching1860 mole drainage1860 tile-drainagea1865 well point1867 karez1875 storm sewer1887 moling1943 tiling1943 storm drain1960 c1420 Pallad. on Husb. vi. 60 Now as the treen beth cladde in her estate ffor gutteryng to hewe is and to hent. 1789 Trans. Soc. Arts 7 63 I procured a draining or guttering plough. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) I yerd you was gwain to zet on some guttering, sir. 2. a. The construction of gutters. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > [noun] > constructing gutters or channels guttering1703 channelling1850 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 163 Guttering, In Carpentry, is commonly done by the Lineal Foot. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 635 Sheet-lead used in roofing and guttering is commonly between 7 and 12 lbs. to the square foot. b. concrete. The material used for gutters; gutters collectively. Also U.S. Mining (see quot. 1883). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [noun] > building-material > for other parts skiftingc1450 guttering1703 lintelling1703 skirting1825 stringing1833 spouting1838 trussing1840 undercloak1896 shuttering1898 screed1937 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [noun] > gutter > collectively guttering1886 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 98 Lintelling, Guttering, Cornish..&c. at so much per Foot. 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Guttering (Pa.), a channel or pipe cut along the side of a pit shaft to conduct the water not tubbed back into a lodge or sump. 1886 Daily News 28 Dec. 6/1 Numerous houses were stripped of their guttering. 3. The making of grooves or furrows: a. as a process in manufacture. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] > making grooves > deliberately guttering1833 1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 359 During the foregoing operations the needles have severally become more or less crooked, especially in the guttering by hand. b. as an accidental result. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] > making grooves > accidentally guttering1877 1877 Const. & Manuf. Ordnance xii. 299 Scoring or guttering was caused by the rush of gas round the projectile. 1934 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 38 326 This raises the working temperature of the former and may eventually cause ‘blow past’ of the gases when the valve should normally be closed, finally leading to valve burning or ‘guttering’. 1948 Shell Aviation News cxix. 17/2 The condition of the valve face was good, and there were no signs of definite guttering or blow-by. 4. Of a candle (see gutter v. 5); also concrete the melted tallow or wax which runs down. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > guttering blearing1705 sweal1781 guttering1784 slut1861 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > waxy materials > [noun] > other wax materials blackball1700 heelball1774 stearin1839 wax-butter1868 solar stearin1882 guttering1888 1784–9 M. Madan tr. Persius Sat. (1795) 159 (note) They stuck up candles or lamps, in their windows..and by their flaring and guttering they made the frames of the windows on which they stood all over grease. 1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men II. xi. 316 The guttering from the wax candle..invaded his plate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021). gutteringadj. That gutters. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [adjective] > having liquid flowing (down) in streams guttering1697 runnelled1876 the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [adjective] > guttering or guttered swaling1824 guttered1860 guttering1862 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 293 From his bor'd Eye the gutt'ring Blood he laves. 1862 G. P. Scrope Volcanos (ed. 2) 68 A run of wax or tallow in a ‘guttering’ candle. 1896 A. Morrison Child of Jago 10 A little heap of guttering grease, not long ago a candle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.c1420adj.1697 |
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