单词 | barbing |
释义 | barbingn.1 1. Originally: the action or practice of clipping, sheep-shearing, or cutting. In later use: the action or occupation of shaving, cutting, and styling hair or facial hair. Now frequently as a modifier, as in barbing salon n. Now chiefly Nigerian English. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > [noun] > cutting or shaving dodding?c1225 shearingc1315 shaving138. tonsure1390 pollinga1400 clippingc1440 rasure1483 barbing1485 trimmingc1525 colling1575 tonsuring1811 detonsure1819 pogonotomy1896 poodling1907 razor cutting1952 1425 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 204 (MED) To Rychard Fyscher, For Barbyng off iij Clothis iij s. 1485–6 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1485 1st Roll §20. m. 15 The same wolle shuld be as it was shorne..withoute any sortyng, barbing or clakkyng. 1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. iv. 215 Suffred his yellow haire to growe long without barbing. 1639 W. Denton Let. 16 May in J. Bruce Verney Papers (1853) 236 Untill you send me a paire of barbinge sissers. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis ii. 49 The Abantes..were the first that used this kind of barbing. 1660 Exact Narr. Escape Worcester 6 The King was pleased to take notice of Richards good barbing. 1741 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 4) Barbing, is sometimes used in ancient statutes for sheering. ?1915 A. P. Graves tr. M. A. Ó Dálaigh in Bk. Irish Poetry 339 Seldom on thy brow, fair chief, Hath a barbing knife been plied. 1964 Nigerian Jrnl. Econ. Social Stud. Mar. 29 The types of tools and implements used in the handicraft industry (such as..barbing, weaving, hairdressing, pottery, foodstuff processing), in which a large number of Yoruba people are employed. 2020 Nigerian Tribune (Nexis) 11 July I have heard a lot about how easily one can catch the COVID-19 infection from barbing salons. However, I need to urgently cut my hair. 2022 Daily Independent (Nigeria) (Nexis) 25 Mar. The institution has expanded..to include skills acquisition training such as fashion design, barbing, make-up artists, computer programming. 2. a. Chiefly Archaeology and Anthropology. Barbs (as on arrows, fish hooks, etc.); the state of having barbs. Π 1813 J. Laskey Gen. Acct. Hunterian Mus. 19 It is rather difficult to comprehend on what principle the barbing of this hook acts. 1907 F. W. Hodge Handbk. Amer. Indians I. 91/2 In the long examples from ivory, bone, or wood the barbing is either bilateral or unilateral. 1932 Jrnl. Agric. Res. 44 447 There is some barbing on the tip of the awns. 2008 Arctic Anthropol. 45 63/4 Elaborate barbing on bone points, toggling harpoons, asymmetrical knives, spall scrapers. b. The action of providing something (as arrows, fish hooks, wire, etc.) with barbs. Also as a modifier, as in barbing machine. Cf barb v. 4. Π 1852 Crystal Palace & its Contents: Illustr. Cycl. Index p. v/1 Making and Barbing of Fish-hooks. 1879 Sci. Amer. 25 Oct. 257/3 The barbing is done by automatic machinery. 1915 Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Kentucky) 25 Sept. 12/3 The plan being to receive wire by river from Pittsburgh, put it through the barbing process and reship it by river..for export. 2002 A. Krell Devil's Rope i. 27 They soon moved into a larger building where they installed a new barbing machine. 2016 Lat. Amer. Antiq. 27 293/1 The barbing of points would be advantageous for hunting aquatic prey. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). barbingn.2 = barding n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > armour for horse > [noun] trappera1400 habiliment1470 bard1520 bardingc1540 barb1566 cooperison1586 caparison1598 housing1698 barbing1799 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > other cloths poitrel1490 bard1520 fore-cloth1526 bardingc1540 barb1566 pectoral1602 water-deck1721 rug1790 barbing1799 sweaters1828 quarter blanket1872 quarter cloth1894 peto1957 sweat rug1971 1799 W. Scott Shepherd's Tale in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1839) II. 35 In every stall..Stood a steed in barbing bright. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019). barbingadj. 1. Shaving; stripping bare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [adjective] > stripped or made bare > stripping or making bare barbing1630 denuding1639 stripping1681 denudatory1845 denudating1849 1630 J. Taylor Wks. iii. 28 As barbing Autumne robs the trees of leaues. 2. Furnishing with barbs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.11425n.21799adj.1630 |
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