单词 | out-letting |
释义 | out-lettingn. Now rare. The action or process of letting out; a pouring forth, emission. Frequently figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > letting out letting outa1475 out-letting1555 outlet1640 1555–6 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 320 The expensis maid of the cutting and outlatting of the watter in the Play-feild. 1615 in H. M. Paton Accts. Masters of Wks. (1957) I. 361 To the porteis in drinksilver in the inletting and outletting of the warkmen. 1659 A. Hay Diary (1901) 185 She and I withdrew and prayed together, wher the Lord allowed me much outletting. a1698 W. Row Suppl. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) viii. 113 Gradual outlettings of gospel grace. 1818 Q. Rev. 18 537 It had been born in upon his mind, during several great out-lettings of the spirit. 1873 C. G. Leland Egyptian Sketch-bk. i. 5 The out-letting of a black congregation from a negro church in Philadelphia. 1963 F. C. Crews Pooh Perplex 126 Seeking in masturbatory phantasy-play an outletting of repressed materials which he upon the unsuspecting public wishes to impose in the secondarily elaborated form of ‘art’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1555 |
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