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单词 husbanding
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husbandingn.

Brit. /ˈhʌzb(ə)ndɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈhəzb(ə)ndɪŋ/
Forms: see husband n. and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: husband n., -ing suffix1, husband v.
Etymology: Originally (i) < husband n. + -ing suffix1. In later use partly also (ii) < husband v. + -ing suffix1. Compare earlier husbandry n.
1.
a. Cultivation, tillage (of soil or plants); farming. Also figurative.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > [noun]
governaila1400
husbanding?1440
nursing?1533
culture1580
cultivation1637
elevation1658
growth1663
rearing1693
growing1889
tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. l. 469 A pitte in hit, for wynes white or rede That ouerrenne of ignoraunt kepynge, To make is oon good poynt of husbondyng.
1572 R. Gwalther Sermons 315 In the husbanding and dressing of the mynde, they haue most vnfruitefully laboured which haue not paynefully and carefully ioyned both these togither.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xii. 202 Land which for want of tillage and husbanding brought forth Bryars and Thistles.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. i. 153 Describing the manner of husbanding and tilling of the Earth.
1655 E. Terry Voy. E.-India 15 Salads, which the soyl brings forth without husbanding.
a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 64 For the husbanding of these Mountains, their manner was [etc.].
1849 Genesee (Rochester, N.Y.) Farmer 10 280 Good husbandry implies the faithful husbanding of all the elements of bread, milk and meat in every change of form which these atoms undergo.
1898 Westm. Gaz. 31 Mar. 5/1 Waiting for the produce of their husbanding.
1915 J. R. Macdonald N.Z. Sheepfarming xxxi. 81 Proper husbanding of his flock is essential to the satisfactory growth of a fleece.
2007 D. Baker in D. Baker & A. Townsend Radiant Lyre ii. i. 134 A georgic is a poem dealing..not with herding but rather with farming, the husbanding of crops.
b. Careful management (of anything); economical or thrifty administration; the action of saving or storing something up.
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the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [noun] > thrift or economical management
housewifeship?c1225
husbandryc1390
thriftiness1552
thrift?1553
housewifery1557
housewifeliness1561
husbanding1591
mesnagery1653
managery1658
mesnage1667
economy1670
scrimping1835
1591 tr. A. Saravia Of Diuerse Degrees Ministers of Gospell ii. v. 122 The husbanding & disposing of them [sc. the wealth and riches of the Church] was after such a sort, as might easely cleare the Bishops from all suspition of auarice.
1597 1st Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus i. i. 205 For the husbanding of my witt I put it out to interest, and make it returne twoo phamphlets a weeke.
1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 17 The riches of a prince consist not in the abundance of reuenues, but in the thriftie husbanding therof.
1633 A. B. tr. J.-P. Camus Sprituall Director Disinteressed iii. viii. 275 At the Tribunall of God, you shall not giue so strict an accompte for not enlarging your order and multipling your dwellings, as for the ill husbanding of vertues.
1708 Royal Proclam. in London Gaz. No. 4452/1 The Curing, Salting, Drying and Husbanding of their Fish.
1741 S. Knight in J. Wilford Memorials & Characters 407 She thought..that 'twas the best Husbanding of Time, to make it subservient to Eternity, by a due Preparation for Death.
c1842 E. J. Lance Cottage Farmer 7 For the husbanding of manures and their increase.
1872 Globe 5 Aug. A careful husbanding of the elements of wealth.
1885 T. Mozley Reminisc. II. cv. 285 The practice was scarcely more ridiculous than the husbanding of bits of unused paper, or of twine, or of buttons.
1994 H. Bloom Western Canon ii. vi. 167 Montaigne teaches a husbanding of the will, leading to self-possession.
2. The action or fact of matching someone with a husband. rare.
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1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) x. f. 132 O Atalanta, thou at all of husband hast no neede Shonne husbanding [L. coniugis usum].
1960 J. Barth Sot-weed Factor ii. i. 118 It seemed a sinful waste for me to see..poor Betsy alone and all a-fidget for want of husbanding.
3. The action or fact of fulfilling the role of husband; the position or function of a husband.
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1902 S. Phillips Ulysses 53 I have shown you amorous craft, tricks of delay, tears that can fire men's blood; you must forget these, and return to simple husbanding.
1937 I. S. Wile Man takes Wife x. 219 The crux of intelligent husbanding, is patient, thoughtful cooperation founded upon affectionate interest.
1983 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 30 Oct. (Long Island Weekly section) 24/4 It's not his fathering or ‘husbanding’ that I find fault with. He performs both lovingly and intelligently.
2012 Toronto Star (Nexis) 21 July wd4 She reckoned it was better not to be the first wife of a young man with unproven husbanding skills.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

husbandingadj.

Brit. /ˈhʌzb(ə)ndɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈhəzb(ə)ndɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: husband v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < husband v. + -ing suffix2.
rare.
That husbands something (in various senses of the verb).
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1673 Loyal Garland (ed. 4) sig. F6v To see our Corn grow, and prosper the land upon, And to get it in our Barns, Free from any harms, oh 'tis pleasure for a Husbanding-man.
1811 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 6 275 The husbanding politicians and peace-praters.
1979 Spokesman-Rev. (Spokane, Washington) 14 Feb. a20/2 To cross the bridge from a wasteful society to a husbanding society.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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