单词 | necking |
释义 | neckingn.1 1. The action of striking on the neck; an instance of this, a blow to the neck. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking on specific part of the body > [noun] > on the neck neckingc1429 neck herring?c1475 rabbit punch1914 c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 3257 The buffetts, reproves, neckings [L. Alapae, colaphi, opprobia]. 1870 tr. E. Swedenborg Arcana Cœlestia IX. xxiii. 116 What is signified by..a barren valley which is not cultivated nor sown, what by necking the heifer in that valley, by washing the hands over the heifer [etc.]. 2. The act of embracing, caressing, or kissing a person. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > [noun] > fondling, embracing, or caressing necking1825 mousing1941 1825 A. Crawford Tales of my Grandmother I. 138 Let's see nae mair o' Peter Wallett's neckin' an' touslin' here. 1922 Dial. Notes 5 148 Necking, dancing with cheeks together, also known as ‘parking’. 1928 Daily Tel. 4 Sept. 7/5 High school children..whose favourite pastime is ‘necking’ in motor-cars in dark roads with the lights turned off. 1938 E. Bowen Death of Heart ii. vi. 278 A spot of necking with Daphne. 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Aug. p. x/3 For the active young non-reader, sport, cars, dancing and necking are the prime immediacies. 1974 S. King Carrie (1975) 128 They..had had some pretty hot necking sessions. 1989 T. Kidder Among Schoolchildren iii. i. 68 Chris wasn't ready for necking in the bushes. She was always a very good girl. 1996 Just Seventeen 14 Aug. 26/3 Neckin'. The word used by your olds to mean a-kissing and a-cuddling. Strangely, though, it doesn't involve your neck at all. 3. A reduction in the width of something at a particular point, esp. occurring as a result of subjection to tension or pressure. Frequently with down. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > breadth or width > lack of breadth or narrowness > [noun] > narrowing straiting1421 straitening1598 angustiation1638 angustation1663 narrowing1769 strangulation1882 necking1921 neckdown1984 1921 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 100 339 There was no necking at the fracture, the test-piece remained broad but drew down to a knife edge and then parted in a straight line. 1957 Textile Terms & Definitions (Textile Inst.) (ed. 3) 67 Necking, the sudden reduction in diameter occurring on stretching an undrawn filament. 1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) VIII. 270/2 Even the tension test, which is in general the most satisfactory, gives some difficulty because of the instability that leads to necking down. 1974 V. J. Colangelo & F. J. A. Heiser Anal. Metall. Failures ii. 15 When failure occurs, the necking leads to a variety of fracture surfaces, depending on the material's ductility. 1998 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 95 13999/2 Pulling the [DNA] fiber too rapidly resulted in a necking down of the fiber. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). neckingn.2 1. a. Architecture. The short, usually plain section of a column between the capital and the shaft. Also attributive, as necking band. Cf. neck n.1 6d. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > parts at junction of shaft and capital hypotrachelium1563 frieze1569 neck1624 neckstone?1662 gorgerin1664 collarino1688 cincture1696 gorge1706 colarin1728 collar1728 necking1798 neck moulding1818 bell-stone1851 neck-mould1851 throat1919 1798 B. H. Latrobe Jrnl. 26 Apr. (1905) v. 91 The pilasters are carried up..to their neckings and being diminished, they look horribly. 1804 European Mag. 45 8/2 Under the necking in the brick-work are made crosses formed like the letter T. 1831 Fraser's Mag. 4 281 The moulding that divides the necking from the shaft. 1880 Archaeologia Cantiana 13 38 The pattern occurs on the necking of a shaft. 1904 Man 4 104 The capitals, which are made in one piece with the uppermost part of the shaft and the necking, have simple Romano-Doric mouldings of good style. 1932 Speculum 7 30 (caption) Shaft with Necking, Impost and Capital 8. 1977 R. Lyle & P. H. Simpson Archit. Hist. Lexington 181 A curious feature of the column capitals on..the center building..is the distance between the abacus and the necking band. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > rails or mouldings > at stern or quarter fife-rail1721 tafferel1805 taffrail1814 necking1822 monkey-rail1840 stern-rail1846 pushpit1964 1822 J. Fincham Directions Laying off Ships 102 The cove, in a solid taffrail and open balcony, has the necking as much below the round-house transom as the heading of the lights is below the lower side of the other transoms. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 135 Necking, a small neat moulding at the foot of the taffrail over the lights. 2. A neck-like part, stem, or stalk (of an animal, plant, etc.). rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [noun] > of excessive length neck1673 necking1831 1831 T. Hope Ess. Origin Man II. 110 These neckings remain so flexible that..the pressure from the air above weighs them down. 1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes viii. 104/1 Thunniform swimmers also typically have a tail that originates from a narrow peduncle (= narrow necking)... Narrow necking creates an overall more streamlined shape to the body. 3. Archaeology. A circlet around a projection such as the boss of a shield. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration atiffement1330 agraithing1340 apparela1375 anornamenta1382 adubmentc1400 dubmentc1400 anourement?1403 honourment1442 honestnessa1450 quaintisingc1450 ornaturea1475 adorning1495 furnish1500 accomplement?c1525 decking1531 habilimenta1533 parelc1540 exornation1548 garnishment1550 attirement1566 beautifyings1574 pranking1580 trinklement1582 decoration1584 decorement1587 trapping1596 trim1598 garnish1615 vinetry1622 polition1623 trickmenta1625 deckage1642 decor1656 garniture1685 buskrya1687 ornamentation1706 broidery1782 dizenment1864 necking1946 fanciness1961 1946 Antiquity 20 24 A decorative necking of tinned bronze connects the boss with its wide ornamental border. Compounds necking cord n. Weaving any of various cords in a drawloom joining the pulley cords and the leashes. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > method of > figure weaving > loom > parts of or attachments for tablea1400 simple1731 draw-boy1811 card1829 needle1829 witch1829 machine card1832 Jacquard apparatus1841 Jacquard1851 griff1860 dobby1878 lappet1894 witch top1897 trap-board1900 necking cord1910 1910 L. Hooper Hand-loom Weaving 328 Necking cords, cords joining pulley cords and leashes in a monture. 1958 A. Hindson Designer's Drawloom ii. 26 The doubled part of the cord stretching from top to bottom of the Simple frame is known as the Simple cord and the divided sections from the top of the Simple frame to where they meet the cords from the shafts as the Necking cords. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † neckingadj. Obsolete. rare. Of a blow: falling on the neck; stunning or beheading. See neck v.1 1. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking on specific part of the body > [adjective] > on the neck necking1681 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > [adjective] > stunned > stunning swimec1540 stounding1608 stunning1667 necking1681 1681 Heraclitus Ridens 30 Aug. 2/2 This Scottish Parliament has given the Whiggs a Necking blow. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. §150. 220 The Plot had a fatal necking Stroke at that Execution. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1c1429n.21798adj.1681 |
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