单词 | haking |
释义 | † hakingn.1 Obsolete. rare. A type of net used for catching sea fish. Also: a device to which such a net is attached. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > sea-net haking1602 sea-net1851 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 30 Of round fish..The generall way of killing these..is by Weares, Hakings, Saynes, Tuckes, and Tramels. 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 30 For the Haking, certaine stakes are pitched in the Ose at low water, athwart some Creeke, from shore to shore, to whose feete they fasten a Net. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2021). hakingn.2 The action or practice of fishing for hake.Recorded earliest in attributive use. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing for type of fish > [noun] > for white fish > for hake haking1860 1860 Cape Ann Advertiser (Gloucester, Mass.) 27 July A fleet of small boats..passing out by the Point, bound for the haking ground, which is situated some six miles beyond. 1865 J. C. Wilcocks Sea-fisherman 81 Haking as it is called is always practised at night, for they do not feed well during the day. 1907 Statistics Fisheries New Eng. States 1905 (U.S. Bureau of Fisheries Doc. No. 620) 31 Many vessels engage exclusively in ‘haking’ during certain times of the year. 2012 H. Gratwick Stories from Maine Coast ii. 60 The two brothers decided to combine forces and go haking together in Doug's new boat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). hakingadj. Scottish and English regional (northern and midlands). Of a person: that spends time loitering or loafing around; idle, lazy; good-for-nothing. Also in haking about. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [adjective] idlec950 tooma1340 unoccupiedc1405 void1530 restyc1540 unbusied1570 idlefula1652 haking1703 unbusy1731 otiose1850 non-employed1853 1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 423 A Haking fellow, an idle loiterer. 1838 Wilson's Hist. Tales Borders IV. 356 Can Lizzy hae gane oot wi' that haikin' callant, Jamie Rib? 1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 73 He'll niver get on; he's sic a haikin-aboot hypal. 1894 Fenland Notes & Queries 2 273 Haking, idle, loitering. ‘A great haking fellow.’ 1993 in Sc. National Dict. New Suppl. (Electronic text) at Haik [Aberdeenshire] She's a great haikin aboot kinna buddy, niver at hame! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11602n.21860adj.1703 |
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