单词 | macadamizing |
释义 | macadamizingn. Now rare. The action of macadamize v.; macadamization. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > [noun] > paving > with specific material gravelling1577 causeying1596 flagging1656 pitching1702 ruderation1730 macadamization1822 macadamizing1824 asphalting1840 blinding1843 causewaying1876 bouldering1880 metalling1885 blacktopping1947 tarmacing1975 1824 W. Bullock Six Months' Residence Mexico 39 Little is wanting towards its [sc. the road's] completion but the M'Adamizing system. 1824 W. Bullock Six Months' Residence Mexico 487 The Puente might be made a fine road, by connecting the unfinished parts on the M'Adamizing principle. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 181/1 The macadamizing of the latter thoroughfare. 1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) vii. 136 Their extensive use in causewaying and macadamising. 1998 Vernon's Annotated Missouri Statutes 6A lxxxviii. 238 To repair or reconstruct any paving, macadamizing, guttering or curbing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). macadamizingadj. a. That macadamizes. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [adjective] > relating to riding on road macadamizing1826 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [adjective] > incohesive > separating into small pieces macadamizing1826 1826 J. Bentham in Westm. Rev. 6 457 It performs the function of a Mac-adamizing hammer, in breaking down the aggregate mass. 1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table i. 20 This is the great Macadamizing place,—always cracking up something. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > rider > [adjective] yhorsedc893 ridingOE chevausende1430 horsed1488 mounted1583 horsinga1627 equestrian1711 equitant1840 bestriding1849 horse-riding1854 macadamizing1869 1869 ‘W. Bradwood’ The O.V.H. I. 224 Jack Marshall, in the safe pursuit of pleasure, as far as compatible with macadamising action, had suddenly espied..the Maule carriage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1824adj.1826 |
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