单词 | appleing |
释义 | † appleingn. Obsolete. The process of the swelling of a potato or other root crop into a globular or apple shape. Cf. apple v. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > potato > excrescence, bud, or fruit > process of forming fruit eye1673 appleing1725 1725 R. Bradley Surv. Anc. Husb. & Gardening 168 The Root sometimes swells to a very large Substance, which in the Garden Phrase is appleing of the root. 1744 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Feb. xvi. 104 Prevent their [sc. seedling potatoes] Appling or Bottling. 1798 C. Varlo Floating Ideas Nature I. 174 If they be suffered to grow thick at first, they draw one another up tall and weak; in which case they get a bad turn in appling. 1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon vii. 197 The appleing of the potatoe keeps the mould in continual motion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1725 |
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