单词 | nerving |
释义 | nervingn. 1. Veterinary Medicine. Destruction of the nerve supply to the foot of the horse by neurotomy or neurectomy, typically in order to relieve the pain of navicular disease or ringbone; = unnerving n. ΚΠ 1820 J. White Treat. Vet. Med. (ed. 12) I. 443 (heading) New operation for Chronic, and otherwise incurable lameness, or Founder, commonly termed Nerving. 1841 New Monthly Mag. ii. 458 ‘Nerving’, too, by which sensation is extinguished, permits a ‘splendid stepper’, alias a spanking screw, to put his unfeeling foot fearlessly and finely to the ground. 1917 H. C. Merwin Horse xlv. 263 Nerving is often performed in cases of side-bone and ring-bone. 1979 J. Kosinski Passion Play 44 A skilled South American groom..knew how to..numb its legs to pain by local anesthetic or by a procedure called nerving, which deadened feeling in the animal's legs. 2006 S. R. Rosenberg My Horses, my Healers 149 The treatment can range from doing nothing..to the extreme of ‘nerving’ or severing the nerves involved to alleviate the hurt. 2. Botany. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [noun] > part or side of > rib or vein nerve?a1425 ribc1450 vein?c1450 sinew1551 brawn1601 master-vein1658 costa1699 venule1766 pen1773 surculus1775 midrib1793 venule1806 veinlet1807 rachis1830 nervure1842 nerving1854 1854 S. Thomson Wanderings among Wild Flowers 216 Many of the glumes and paleæ of the grass flowers are marked by nervings or ribs. b. The venation of a leaf or other plant part. rare. ΚΠ 1895 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22 47 In the latter species the nerving of the leaves is pinnate. 1927 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 54 474 The obvious pinnate nerving of this species is in disaccord with the obscure (really palmate?) nerving of P. obliquum. 1941 Amer. Midland Naturalist 25 19 The ventral nerving of the perigynia, resembles C. Howei. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1820 |
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