单词 | handing |
释义 | handingn. a. Scottish. The action of fitting a handle or handles to something. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1513 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 476 To Johne Watson, smyth, for the banding of thre skor of targis..and to ane sadlair for the handing of thaim. b. A handle. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > parts of tools generally > [noun] > handle handleeOE helvec897 haftc1000 steal1377 start1380 handa1400 helmc1430 handlinga1450 pull1551 grasp1561 hilt1574 cronge1577 hold1578 tab1607 manubrium1609 tree1611 handfast1638 stock1695 handing1703 gripe1748 stem1796 handhold1797 grip1867 1703 Moxon's Mech. Exercises (new ed.) 51 The Wood work belonging to the Jack, is a Barrel, a Spit-wheel and a Handing [1678 Handle] of the Winch. 2. a. The action of hand v. (in various senses); an act of handing something or someone. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > [noun] > passing with the hand handing1585 1585 J. Banister Wecker's Compend. Chyrurg. iv. 514 Most straite of all must the ligature be in the place of the fractur: which to be so, you shall, partly by your own handing, partly by the parties feeling, vnderstand. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. ii. 8 Like handing of things from one to another. 1673 W. Hooke Priveledge of Saints on Earth 62 The handing of Religion from Parents to Children, & from the Living to the next succeeding Age, is a standing part of our Generation-work. 1734 W. Fownes Let. 18 Oct. in J. Swift Lett. (1768) IV. 72 Generally the left hand is used but seldom, and not exposed as the other to many offices; one of which in particular is the handing of ladies. 1758 J. Blake Plan Marine Syst. 7 In knotting and splicing, in handing and reefing of sails. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 127 I should look on his compliments, his bowings, his cloakings, his shawlings, and his handings, with some little suspicion. 1851 W. Scoresby My Father i. 35 Courses and other sails are reefed or made snug by handing. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 414/1 Brought up..to full perfection by ‘handing’, i.e. brisk rubbing with the palm of the hand. 1923 J. Dos Passos Streets of Night 61 All the while he was thinking of love, his boyish idea of love elegant over teacups,..a handing of old-fashioned bouquets with a rose in the center. 1996 Church Times 13 Sept. 12/2 The handing to newly ordained priests of paten, bread and chalice as symbols of their office. b. Rugby. With off. The action or an act on the part of a player running with the ball of pushing off an opponent with the hand. Cf. to hand off 1 at hand v. Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres scrimmaging1776 throw on1845 rush1857 catch1858 maul1860 touch1863 mauling1864 touch-in-goal1869 goal-kicking1871 throw-forward1871 sidestepping1877 handing1882 punting1882 heel1886 touch kicking1889 forward pass1890 scrumming1892 touch-finding1895 heeling1896 wheel1897 scrag1903 reverse pass1907 jinka1914 hand-off1916 play-the-ball1918 gather1921 pivot pass1922 sidestep1927 smother-tackle1927 stiff-arm1927 heel-back1929 scissors1948 rucking1949 loose scrummaging1952 cut-through1960 pivot break1960 put-in1962 chip kicking1963 box kicking1971 peel1973 chip and chase1976 tap penalty1976 1882 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 6 Feb. 7/1 Running with the ball, with its incidents of ‘handing-off’ and ‘collaring’ beside the ‘dribbling’ which is common to both styles of game. 1910 Times 22 Jan. 16/3 Three of the four..look as if they could run through a stone wall; they are adepts in the gentle art of handing off. 2010 Melton Times (Nexis) 19 Mar. Forest looked dangerous after half-time and grounded the ball, but it was disallowed for a handing off on the line. Compounds handing-post n. chiefly English regional (southern, south-western, and west midlands) and now rare = fingerpost n. 1b; cf. handpost n. at hand n. Compounds 6. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] > that which guides or leads > signpost or stone Mercury's finger1589 signpost1597 mercurial statue1638 way-post1647 mercury1668 mercury's statue1684 mercurial stone1716 waywiser1725 guide-post1761 cross in the hands1762 fingerpost1762 guide stone1762 handpost1764 parson1785 fingerboard1793 direction-post1795 guide-board1810 signboard1829 handing-post1837 directing-post1876 1837 W. Baxter Brit. Phænogamous Bot. III. Pl. 165 On the side of the upper street road between Rugby and Hillmorton, after the turn to the Handing-post. 1908 Windsor Mag. 28 420/1 A unique ‘handing-post’ on Broadway Hill points the way ‘To Gloster’, ‘To Woster’, and other places. 1973 ‘A. Bridge’ Julia in Ireland v. 93 A handing-post at a turning to the right indicated the road to Lettersall. handing room n. Nautical a room on board a warship in which the shells and propellant cartridges are brought together before being sent up to the guns. ΚΠ 1844 D. B. Reid Theory & Pract. Ventilation vi. ii. 378 The magazine passage and handing-room. 1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 96 It [sc. powder] is passed..from one handing-room to the other, and then on deck. 2000 C. London Jutland 1916 25 The fumes drove men in the handing room to open the bulkhead door. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1513 |
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