单词 | mastication |
释义 | masticationn. 1. a. The action or process of masticating something. Also in extended use.Frequently used in preference to chewing in technical contexts, and in non-technical contexts in which it is wished to emphasize the mechanical nature of the action, stripped of any pleasurable connotations of eating or appetite. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > chewing chewingc1000 chewc1200 mastication?a1425 chamming1528 chawing?1533 champing1592 champ1604 manducation1650 masticating1827 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 134 (MED) And be þo þingz þat he eteþ softe, which nedeþ noȝt masticacioun, i. chewing, as pulmentez, i. potagez, rere eggez. c1450 tr. Secreta Secret. (Royal) 25 (MED) Whan thou etist be nought to hasty, but ete with leyser and good masticacioun. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Confectio escarum.. Mastication or chewing of the meate. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 134 All Aliments..after mastication or chewing..are swallowed. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 408 It is writ in gall and wormwood..; but if we can bring it..to that mastication, that rumination, which is [etc.]. 1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 150 After a fuller mastication, and salivous mixture. 1700 E. Ward London Spy II. v. 3 When we had..tir'd our Jaws with tedious Mastication. 1771 Trial Atticus before Justice Beau 20 As she was eating cherries she unfortunately broke the caries bone... I shall use all my endeavours to preserve it for the sake of her mastication. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1441/1 Milling,..the mastication and grinding of slip for porcelain. 1876 R. W. Emerson Comic in Lett. & Social Aims 150 To put something for mastication between the upper and lower mandibles. 1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 329 Dentition..adapted for the prehension and mastication of crustaceous..animals. 1906 J. Galsworthy Man of Prop. iii. 53 James, a slow and thorough eater, stopped the process of mastication. 1974 S. Middleton Holiday ix. 139 Mrs Hollies returned to her eating as if she needed time and mastication to deal with his statements. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > [noun] > attendance or partaking of commoningc1384 communingc1425 communion1440 perceptionc1450 sumptionc1450 sustentationc1450 manducationa1513 receipt?a1513 communicating1550 communication1550 mastication1601 theanthropophagy1654 theophagy1875 1601 Bp. W. Barlow Def. Protestants Relig. 128 They, which..haue turned..the supper into a spectacle..feeding the peoples eyes with the priestes eleuation, and sole mastucation. 2. The action or process of plasticizing rubber. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with rubber or plastic > [noun] > pulping rubber masticating1849 mastication1857 1857 T. Hancock Personal Narr. India-Rubber Manuf. 15 During the process of mastication I sometimes introduced colouring matters: they combined perfectly with the rubber. 1885 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 4th Ser. 1/2 At some works this process of ‘mastication’ [in waterproofing] is omitted. 1962 Gloss. Terms Rubber Industry (B.S.I.) 11 Mastication, process of plasticizing rubber by the combined action of mechanical work and oxygen. 1994 A. D. Thorn & R. A. Robinson in A. K. Bhowmick et al. Rubber Products Manufacturing Technol. i. 4 Natural rubber requires a certain degree of mastication (reduction in molecular weight) to facilitate processing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1425 |
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