单词 | pigging |
释义 | piggingn.1 1. The action of giving birth to pigs, farrowing. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > female > sow > for breeding or pregnant > giving birth farrow1601 farrowing1607 pigging1607 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [noun] > crowded condition or crowding > disorderly crowded condition > crowding together in disorderly way cluttering1583 huddling1592 pigging1898 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 669 An easie and safe pigging. 1728 R. Carter Let. in Diary, Corr. & Papers 1701–32 in http://carter.lib.virginia.edu (O.E.D. Archive) They to be well fed and when they are near Pigen [put] into Penns and kept there till their Piggs are near. 1761 J. Newton Diary 20 Nov. in Deserted Village (1992) 147 Put up one of the Sows for piging. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 699 See that all the pigs are safe, and..remove any one immediately that may be dead when pigged, or may have died in the pigging. 1898 B. Burleigh Sirdar & Khalifa xii. 191 The ‘pigging’ in Soudan dirt and heat. 1937 Times 22 Nov. 20/6 It is always calving time and pigging time; the tied cottage is..essential to keep the necessary man on top of hs job. 1999 D. Parry Gram. & Gloss. Conservative Anglo-Welsh Dial. Rural Wales 173/1 Pigging, farrowing. ΚΠ 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 86/2 Pigging is hanging of many skins together. 1704 Dict. Rusticum at Wet-glover Pigging, which is hanging of many Skins together. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † piggingn.2 Scottish. Obsolete. rare. The purchasing of crockery or pigs (pig n.2). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > buying crockery pigging1821 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 8 432 Around this gay temptation, wives are prigging, And even maidens go sometimes ‘a pigging’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2019). piggingn.3 1. pigging back n. Metallurgy the addition of more pig iron to the charge in an open-hearth furnace in order to raise its carbon content. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > conversion of metals > of iron into steel > processes involved in overblow1705 recarburization1868 recarburizing1872 after-blow1879 overblowing1879 blow1881 fluid compression1884 pigging back1900 nodulizing1905 nodulization1915 1900 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 57 128 For quick working, plenty of carbon in the pig in proportion to phosphorus is desirable,..otherwise there is delay by the addition of grey pig for ‘pigging back’ or..prolonging the boil. 1951 G. R. Bashforth Manuf. Iron & Steel II. vii. 174 The ‘pigging back’ of a large furnace to the extent of 20 points of carbon gave very beneficial results. 2. The action or process of using a pig or pigs (pig n.1 16) to clean or inspect the inside of an oil or gas pipeline. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > [noun] > laying of pipelines > cleaning or inspecting pipelines pigging1972 1972 L. M. Harris Introd. Deepwater Floating Drilling Operations xix. 208 A system that permits: pump-down tools; pigging of lines; [etc.]. 1991 Offshore Engineer Sept. 86/2 The flowlines are..‘looped’ to allow for continuous pigging without the use of a subsea pig launcher or receiver. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). piggingadj. British slang. An intensifying adjective, frequently used euphemistically as a mild expletive: flipping, blinking. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [adjective] > as everyday imprecation stinking?c1225 misbegetc1325 banned1340 cursefula1382 wariablea1382 cursedc1386 biccheda1400 maledighta1400 vilea1400 accursedc1400 whoresona1450 remauldit?1473 execrable1490 infamous1490 unbicheda1500 jolly1534 bloodyc1540 mangy?1548 pagan1550 damned1563 misbegotten1571 putid1580 desperate1581 excremental1591 inexecrable?1594 sacred1594 putrid1628 sad1664 blasted1682 plagued1728 damnation1757 infernal1764 damn1775 pesky1775 deuced1782 shocking1798 blessed1806 darned1815 dinged1821 anointed1823 goldarn1830 darn1835 cussed1837 blamed1840 unholy1842 verdomde1850 bleeding1858 ghastly1860 goddam1861 blankety1872 blame1876 bastard1877 God-awful1877 dashed1881 sodding1881 bally1885 ungodly1887 blazing1888 dee1889 motherfucking1890 blistering1900 plurry1900 Christly1910 blinking1914 blethering1915 blighted1915 blighting1916 soddish1922 somethinged1922 effing1929 Jesus1929 dagnab1934 bastarding1944 Christless1947 mother-loving1948 mothering1951 pussyclaat1957 mother-grabbing1959 pigging1970 1970 Accent Oct. 15/2 The awful, sniggering evasions of ‘piggin this’ and ‘piggin that’. 1984 K. Waterhouse Thinks iv. 39 Look, my friend, I've come in here for a haircut, not a lecture on pigging agriculture. 1999 D. Mitchell Ghostwritten 63 What an utter, pigging, mess. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11607n.21821n.31900adj.1970 |
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