单词 | bating |
释义 | batingn.1 The action of beating the wings, and (spec. in Falconry) fluttering off the fist or perch. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > flight > [noun] > flap or flutter flickeringc1440 bating1486 flushing1582 flurr1651 clapping1726 flacking1844 1486 Bk. St. Albans A vj It is calde batyng for she batith with hir selfe most oftyn causeless. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. xi. §3. 206 The crying of Crowes and bathing of Ducks foreshew raine. 1783 Ainsworth's Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (new ed.) i The bating of a hawk, alarum plausus. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2018). batingn.2 Lessening, abatement. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] waningc900 littlingOE lessingc1350 abating1370 diminutionc1374 minishinga1382 decrease1383 remissiona1398 shrinkinga1398 decreasing1398 adminishing?c1400 abbreviation?a1425 lessening?a1425 minoration?a1425 disincrease1430 abatement1433 restrictiona1450 batea1475 diminuation1477 limitation1483 abate1486 minute1495 minishment1533 mitigation1533 diminishinga1535 extenuation1542 slacking1542 reduce1549 diminishment1551 perditionc1555 debatementa1563 rebatement1573 obstriction1578 imminution1583 contracting1585 contraction1589 rabate1589 rebating1598 retrenchmentc1600 decession1606 ravalling1609 reducement1619 decrement1621 bating1629 shrivellinga1631 decretion1635 dejection1652 abater1653 rolling back1658 limiting1677 batement1679 reduction1695 depression1793 downdraw1813 descent1832 decess1854 lowering1868 shrinkage1873 dégringolade1883 minification1894 degrowth1920 downrating1950 1629 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. (ed. 5) xxxix. sig. H5 This bating shall in conclusion take away all hee granted. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online January 2018). batingadj. Beating the wings impatiently, fluttering. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > flight > [adjective] > flapping or fluttering flutteringc1374 flickeringa1544 bating1587 verberating1675 flopping1679 flapping1954 1587 G. Gascoigne Hearbes 138 The hooded hawke..fast tied, yet beats hir baiting wing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online January 2018). batingprep. Abating, leaving out of account, excepting, except. †bating of: less than. ΚΠ 1568 C. Watson tr. Polybius Hystories f. 73v Another tyme [they fought] with few baiting of seven hundreth. 1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs ii. 182 Nobler then..all that from the scaffolds saw the sport He made, not bating him that paid him for't. 1721 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 594 Bating this, I know nothing to the youth's disadvantage. 1818 Ld. Byron Beppo v. 3 For, bating Covent Garden, I can hit on No place that's call'd ‘Piazza’ in Great Britain. 1859 T. B. Macaulay Jrnl. 16 Dec. in G. O. Trevelyan Life & Lett. Macaulay (1876) II. xv. 475 Bating the irregularity of the pulse, I suffered all that I suffered..in 1852. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.11486n.21629adj.1587prep.1568 |
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