keyingn.

Brit.

/ˈkiːɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈkiɪŋ/

Forms: late Middle English keying', late Middle English keyenge, 1500s keeing (Scottish), 1500s keyinge, 1700s– keying.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: key n.¹, -ing suffix¹; key v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: Probably partly < key n.¹ + -ing suffix¹, and partly < key v. + -ing suffix¹.

1. The action of fixing or fastening something, or the fact of being fixed or fastened, esp. with a pin, wedge, or bolt. In later use also: the adhesion of a substance to a surface. Cf. key v. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > [noun] > with pins or pegs

keying?1427

pinning?1544

peggage1611

pegging1611

pinnage1611

?1427 in C. M. Woolgar Househ. Accts. Medieval Eng. (1993) II. 674 Cum vi s. viii d. pro cordulis pro le keying' eiusdem veli.

1560 in R. Adam Edinb. Rec. (1899) II. 97 Thre lang wedis to the pulpet heid, foure boltis to the fute; and keeing of uther foure bolltis to the samyne.

1596–7 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 302 One Chiboll for his labo^r for the keyinge of a bell, 6d.

1774 T. Skaife Key Civil Archit. xxii. 129 The method of keying [in constructing a dado] only being found insufficient, without a proper method of placing of them.

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §39 Mr. Rudyerd's method..of keying and securing, must be considered as a material accession to the practical part of Engineery.

1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 402/1 The labour..of removing the wheels from the axles, which in the keying and unkeying is known to be very troublesome.

1862 G. P. Scrope Volcanos (ed. 2) 290 The ‘keying’ of their flexures by the intrusion of molten matter from beneath, and its consolidation there.

1922 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 34/2 Roughing of the surfaces to be glued was adopted to secure keying.

1990 Antiquaries Jrnl. 70 110 Keying was provided by a matting tool and successive layers of silver lead were heated and burnished on.

1997 R. J. Mitchell & J. J. Pippenger Fluid Power Maintenance Basics xv. 169 Fixed mounting cylinders should be held in place by keying or pinning.

†a. Stonework serving as the key of an arch. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with stone > [noun] > stonework or masonry > types of

ashlar-work1398

rough wall1398

keying1483

corbelling1548

rustic1610

channel1611

rustic work1615

ledge1624

coffer-work1668

rubble work1675

canal1723

rockwork1755

ashlaring1758

rubble1815

ragwork1840

striped work1842

1483 Churchwardens' Accts. St. Mary at Hill, London in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 97 Keyenge of a gate of ston 8 fote of heyghte withynne boght of William Gemet mason.

1815 I. Landmann Treat. Mines 219 A hole..was made in the middle of the transverse measure of the bridge and through the keying of the arch to admit the saucisson.

b. The action of placing a keystone in an arch. Also with in. Cf. key v. 5, to key in 1 at key v. Phrasal verbs 1. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1737 B. Langley Reply to Mr John James's Rev. 27 But in all Manner of cylindrical Arches, which is what Mr James means, not any Keying can be, until the very uppermost Course does that Work.

1760 J. Bridges Four Designs for rebuilding Bristol Bridge iv. 27 The whole center..will support 3620 tun weight, before it can be relieved by keying in.

1839 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. May 191/2 At the keying-in of the arch, such a monstrous want of care was exhibited, as to be worthy of notice.

1848 C. B. Thornhill Rep. Building Ranee's Bridge in Select. Rec. Govt. North-western Provinces (1855) II. 96 The aperture..gradually decreased until, on the keying of the arch, it nearly closed.

1878 M. Stokes Early Christian Archit. Ireland 10 Finished at the top by selecting a thicker or thinner stone, as the case might require, for keying.

1906 D. M. Stauffer Mod. Tunnel Pract. vi. 104 The arch was then completed, the keying being done by two masons, beginning at the completed end and working back toward the end left ‘toothed’ for the next section of the arch.

1961 J. Fitchen Constr. Gothic Cathedrals 245 The time interval is usually recorded between the keying of the arch and the striking of the centerings.

3. The action or process of operating keys or a keyboard; spec. (a) the process of entering text or data into a computer by this means; (b) Electronics the action of switching a device from one state to another, typically on or off; cf. key v. 8.

ΘΚΠ

society > computing and information technology > hardware > peripherals > [noun] > keyboard > entering via keyboard

keying1879

rekeying1895

keyboarding1910

1879 Electrician 14 June 43/1 It comes in as a real boon when messages accumulate faster than keying..can dispose of them.

1931 L. B. Turner Wireless v. 131 In keying..the oscillation cannot be started and stopped as in a spark transmitter.

1959 Chambers's Encycl. XI. 471/1 A method of keying which is extensively employed with teleprinters is that known as frequency-shift (or carrier shift), in which the sender radiates continuously.

1997 New Techniques & Technol. Statistics II (Office Official Publ. European Communities) 19 Optical Character Recognition... This option would be used as an alternative to the manual keying of data from forms.

2002 C. B. Tayntor in P. C. Tinnirello New Direct. Project Managem. xv. 165 An additional 5 percent of all updates have at least one error in keying.

2007 I. Sinclair & J. Dunton Electronic & Electr. Servicing (ed. 2) 186 Switch the radio wave on and off in a pattern of long pulses (dashes) and short pulses (dots), known as on-off keying.

4. Advertising (originally U.S.). The practice of distinguishing advertisements placed in different periodicals, typically by varying the form of the address given for customer responses, so as to identify the publication generating any particular response. Cf. key v. 6.

ΚΠ

1896 Printers' Ink 14 Oct. 18/2 I do not..regard keying as necessary or infallible by any means.

1902 Mahin's Mag. July 14/1 The return coupon was, then, in the beginning a keying device.

1915 H. W. Hess Productive Advertising xiii. 199 The average method of keying is very inadequate and makeshift.

1926 E. J. Rowse & L. J. Fish Fund. Advertising iii. 39 Still another method of keying is based on changes in the name of the article to be sent for.

1991 D. Lunny Selling by Mail Order & Independence 51 Mail order firms trace the source of all enquiries through special identification or keying systems.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	keying
释义	keyingn. Brit. /ˈkiːɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkiɪŋ/ Forms: late Middle English keying', late Middle English keyenge, 1500s keeing (Scottish), 1500s keyinge, 1700s– keying. Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: key n.¹, -ing suffix¹; key v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: Probably partly < key n.¹ + -ing suffix¹, and partly < key v. + -ing suffix¹. 1. The action of fixing or fastening something, or the fact of being fixed or fastened, esp. with a pin, wedge, or bolt. In later use also: the adhesion of a substance to a surface. Cf. key v. 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > [noun] > with pins or pegs keying?1427 pinning?1544 peggage1611 pegging1611 pinnage1611 ?1427 in C. M. Woolgar Househ. Accts. Medieval Eng. (1993) II. 674 Cum vi s. viii d. pro cordulis pro le keying' eiusdem veli. 1560 in R. Adam Edinb. Rec. (1899) II. 97 Thre lang wedis to the pulpet heid, foure boltis to the fute; and keeing of uther foure bolltis to the samyne. 1596–7 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 302 One Chiboll for his labo^r for the keyinge of a bell, 6d. 1774 T. Skaife Key Civil Archit. xxii. 129 The method of keying [in constructing a dado] only being found insufficient, without a proper method of placing of them. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §39 Mr. Rudyerd's method..of keying and securing, must be considered as a material accession to the practical part of Engineery. 1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 402/1 The labour..of removing the wheels from the axles, which in the keying and unkeying is known to be very troublesome. 1862 G. P. Scrope Volcanos (ed. 2) 290 The ‘keying’ of their flexures by the intrusion of molten matter from beneath, and its consolidation there. 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 34/2 Roughing of the surfaces to be glued was adopted to secure keying. 1990 Antiquaries Jrnl. 70 110 Keying was provided by a matting tool and successive layers of silver lead were heated and burnished on. 1997 R. J. Mitchell & J. J. Pippenger Fluid Power Maintenance Basics xv. 169 Fixed mounting cylinders should be held in place by keying or pinning. 2. †a. Stonework serving as the key of an arch. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with stone > [noun] > stonework or masonry > types of ashlar-work1398 rough wall1398 keying1483 corbelling1548 rustic1610 channel1611 rustic work1615 ledge1624 coffer-work1668 rubble work1675 canal1723 rockwork1755 ashlaring1758 rubble1815 ragwork1840 striped work1842 1483 Churchwardens' Accts. St. Mary at Hill, London in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 97 Keyenge of a gate of ston 8 fote of heyghte withynne boght of William Gemet mason. 1815 I. Landmann Treat. Mines 219 A hole..was made in the middle of the transverse measure of the bridge and through the keying of the arch to admit the saucisson. b. The action of placing a keystone in an arch. Also with in. Cf. key v. 5, to key in 1 at key v. Phrasal verbs 1. Now rare. ΚΠ 1737 B. Langley Reply to Mr John James's Rev. 27 But in all Manner of cylindrical Arches, which is what Mr James means, not any Keying can be, until the very uppermost Course does that Work. 1760 J. Bridges Four Designs for rebuilding Bristol Bridge iv. 27 The whole center..will support 3620 tun weight, before it can be relieved by keying in. 1839 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. May 191/2 At the keying-in of the arch, such a monstrous want of care was exhibited, as to be worthy of notice. 1848 C. B. Thornhill Rep. Building Ranee's Bridge in Select. Rec. Govt. North-western Provinces (1855) II. 96 The aperture..gradually decreased until, on the keying of the arch, it nearly closed. 1878 M. Stokes Early Christian Archit. Ireland 10 Finished at the top by selecting a thicker or thinner stone, as the case might require, for keying. 1906 D. M. Stauffer Mod. Tunnel Pract. vi. 104 The arch was then completed, the keying being done by two masons, beginning at the completed end and working back toward the end left ‘toothed’ for the next section of the arch. 1961 J. Fitchen Constr. Gothic Cathedrals 245 The time interval is usually recorded between the keying of the arch and the striking of the centerings. 3. The action or process of operating keys or a keyboard; spec. (a) the process of entering text or data into a computer by this means; (b) Electronics the action of switching a device from one state to another, typically on or off; cf. key v. 8. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > hardware > peripherals > [noun] > keyboard > entering via keyboard keying1879 rekeying1895 keyboarding1910 1879 Electrician 14 June 43/1 It comes in as a real boon when messages accumulate faster than keying..can dispose of them. 1931 L. B. Turner Wireless v. 131 In keying..the oscillation cannot be started and stopped as in a spark transmitter. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. XI. 471/1 A method of keying which is extensively employed with teleprinters is that known as frequency-shift (or carrier shift), in which the sender radiates continuously. 1997 New Techniques & Technol. Statistics II (Office Official Publ. European Communities) 19 Optical Character Recognition... This option would be used as an alternative to the manual keying of data from forms. 2002 C. B. Tayntor in P. C. Tinnirello New Direct. Project Managem. xv. 165 An additional 5 percent of all updates have at least one error in keying. 2007 I. Sinclair & J. Dunton Electronic & Electr. Servicing (ed. 2) 186 Switch the radio wave on and off in a pattern of long pulses (dashes) and short pulses (dots), known as on-off keying. 4. Advertising (originally U.S.). The practice of distinguishing advertisements placed in different periodicals, typically by varying the form of the address given for customer responses, so as to identify the publication generating any particular response. Cf. key v. 6. ΚΠ 1896 Printers' Ink 14 Oct. 18/2 I do not..regard keying as necessary or infallible by any means. 1902 Mahin's Mag. July 14/1 The return coupon was, then, in the beginning a keying device. 1915 H. W. Hess Productive Advertising xiii. 199 The average method of keying is very inadequate and makeshift. 1926 E. J. Rowse & L. J. Fish Fund. Advertising iii. 39 Still another method of keying is based on changes in the name of the article to be sent for. 1991 D. Lunny Selling by Mail Order & Independence 51 Mail order firms trace the source of all enquiries through special identification or keying systems. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1427
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