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单词 nerving
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nervingn.

Brit. /ˈnəːvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnərvɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nerve n., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < nerve n. + -ing suffix1.
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.
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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. 458Nerving’, 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.
a. A vein or nerve of a leaf or other plant part. Obsolete. rare.
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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.
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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).
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