单词 | napping |
释义 | nappingn.1 The action of taking a nap; sleeping; (formerly also) †drowsiness (obsolete). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > action, fact, or state of sleeping or falling asleep > for a short time or lightly nappingeOE dozing1692 snoozing1811 winking1862 zizzing1942 eOE (Mercian) Vespasian Psalter (1965) cxxxi. 4 Si dedero somnum oculis meis aut palphebris meis dormitationem : gif ic sellu slep egum minum oððe bregum minum hneappunge. OE tr. Medicina de Quadrupedibus (Vitell.) ix. 262 [W]ið spiwþan & wlættan & hnap[punge] [?a1200 Harl. 6258B nappunge] genim bares gelynde [etc.]. c1390 (?c1350) St. Augustine 486 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 70 (MED) Þou seist i schal slep and take napping sone. c1425 (c1400) Prymer (Cambr.) (1895) 44 (MED) I schal not ȝyue sleep to myn iȝen & napping to myn iȝe-liddis..til y fynde a place to þe lord. a1450 York Plays (1885) 257 (MED) Warne all wightis to be in pees, For I am late layde vnto napping. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 6th Serm. sig. Uiii I had rather ye should go a napping to the sermons, than not to go at al. 1758 J. Reed Madrigal & Trulletta iii. iv. 30 The napping of the gods is very frequently intimated by tragic authors. 1835 R. M. Bird Hawks of Hawk-hollow I. xi. 146 Such convocations were strictly forbidden during that portion of the afternoon which Captain Loring devoted to napping. 1894 F. W. O. Ward Confessions of Poet viii. 397 Infidel, and Jew, and Turk, Sure to spoil his honest napping, Just as he began to snore. 1935 Sci. Monthly Nov. 415/1 We usually think of a Roman bed as a couchlike affair, of rather narrow proportions, which was used for eating as well as napping. 1995 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 1 524 A striking amount of time at Kutse is available for entertainment..or napping. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nappingn.2ΚΠ Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 358 Noppynge, Villositas. 2. The action of raising a nap on cloth. Frequently attributive. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > putting nap on napping1440 rowing1448 cottoning1565 friezing1565 mozing1842 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 358 Noppynge,..villatura. 1796 Gott Papers 21 July in W. B. Crump Leeds Woollen Industry (1931) 219 Indigo Mill, Winch, & Nappg [sic] & brusg engines. 1847 Commerc. Rev. South & West Nov. 379 At this stage of the manufacture, the cloth is applied to the ‘gig,’ or napping machine, by which the nap is raised. 1853 A. Hunter Washington & Georgetown Directory 48 Machines for making felt cloth..napping, shearing, and pressing cloth. 1862 Sci. Amer. Oct. 237/3 Regulating the degree of tension on the cloth drawn over the napping cylinder. 1933 Amer. Econ. Rev. 23 73 Finishing, which includes such processes as bleaching, dyeing, printing, and napping, is therefore in the hands of another group of specialists. 1944 L. Fox Hist. Coventry's Textile Industry 5 (heading) Medieval napping tool. 1993 Amer. Hist. Rev. 98 1490 There were the skilled crafts of dyeing, tentering (stretching), fulling, teaseling (napping), and shearing cloth. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [noun] > material for making hats capade1797 stuff1799 chip straw1806 bat1836 napping1839 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 635 The first cover of beaver or napping..is strewed equably over the body, and patted on with a brush. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1510/2 Napping, a sheet of partially felted fur... It becomes the nap of the hat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nappingadj.1 Taking a nap, snoozing; characterized by taking naps. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > asleep > lightly or half-asleep slumbering1390 connivent1644 nappinga1650 snoozing1836 semisomnous1873 a1650 in Westm. Gaz. (1901) 16 May 2/3 How can that Ship but dash on ev'ry shelf, Whose napping Pilot cannot guide himself? 1846 S. F. Cooper Elinor Wyllys I. vi. 82 The napping uncle is the old bachelor. 1868 ‘G. Eliot’ Spanish Gypsy iii. 243 Nay, I endure nought worse than napping sheep, When nimble birds uproot a fleecy lock To line their nest. 1930 Sci. Monthly Feb. 99/2 He had accomplished two things in one, a nap and a lecture... I can not, however, recommend the napping lecture habit. 1975 R. Hugo What Thou lovest well 31 The leaf flash spreading white Above the napping cows. 2001 Parenting (Electronic ed.) 2 Feb. Tiptoe in to stare at napping child. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † nappingadj.2 Obsolete. rare. = nappy adj.1 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > strong strongeOE stalec1300 mainc1400 nappyc1460 starkc1485 nase?1536 huff-cap1599 nippitatum1600 intoxicating1604 inebriating1610 distempering1613–18 inebriative1615 toxing1635 hogen mogen1653 napping1654 humming1675 hard1700 inebriousa1704 ebrietating1711 bead-proof1753 steeve1801 high-proof1810 pithy1812 stiff1813 inebriant1828 reverent1837 a little more north1864 ebriating1872 rorty1950 1654 R. Verney Let. 23 Feb. in Longman's Mag. Aug. (1894) 368 I will now send to brew some napping Ale at Claydon, but none but Sound people must tast it. 1664 J. Wilson Cheats i. v. 15 This is napping Geer, and well encourag'd: But pray no More of this Bowle..It invites A man to drink often of it. c1685 Debtford Plumb Cake in Bagford Ballads (1876) 71 With each some Plumb Cake in her hand and Cup of good napping Ale. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2018). > see alsoalso refers to : -nappingcomb. form < n.1eOEn.21440adj.1a1650adj.21654 see also |
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