单词 | pingling |
释义 | pinglingn. Now regional and archaic. a. Probably: rivalry, contention. Cf. pingle v. 2. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] i-winc888 wrestlingc890 fightc1000 flitec1000 teenOE winOE ungrithlOE wara1200 cockingc1225 strife?c1225 strivingc1275 struta1300 barratc1300 thro1303 battlec1375 contentionc1384 tuggingc1440 militationa1460 sturtc1480 bargain1487 bargaining1489 distrifea1500 concertation1509 hold1523 conflict1531 ruffle1532 tangling1535 scamblingc1538 tuilyie1550 bustling1553 tilt1567 ruffling1570 wresting1570 certationc1572 pinglinga1578 reluctation1593 combating1594 yoking1594 bandying1599 tention1602 contrast1609 colluctation1611 contestationa1616 dimication1623 rixation1623 colluctance1625 decertation1635 conflicting1640 contrasto1645 dispute1647 luctation1651 contest1665 stickle1665 contra-colluctation1674 contrasting1688 struggle1706 yed1719 widdle1789 scrambling1792 cut and thrust1846 headbutting1869 push-and-pull1881 contending1882 thrust and parry1889 aggro1973 society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun] rivality1528 strife1530 envy1541 emulation1552 contention1576 pinglinga1578 countermatch1581 paragon1590 competency1594 corrivality1598 rivalry1598 concurrence1603 contestation1603 competitiona1608 rivalling1607 concurrency1609 strift1612 corrivalry1614 rivalty1631 contest1648 corrivalty1649 coping1678 co-rivalry1835 rivalism1850 a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 159 They were all Borderers and could ryde and prick well, and held the Scottishmen in pingling [so two MSS.] be their pricking and skirmishing. b. Exertion, laborious work; struggle. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > under difficulties > action of wrestling?c1225 strugglingc1386 pingling1768 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 43 Wi' my teeth I gnew the raips in twa, And wi' sair pingling wan at last awa'. 1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 126 Pingling, the act of labouring with little success. c. A thrashing, a drubbing. rare. ΚΠ 1968 Sc. National Dict. VII. 129/1 Vbl. n. pinglin, a thrashing, drubbing (Rxb. 1965). 2. Poor appetite; half-hearted eating or drinking; the action of picking at one's food. Cf. pingle v. 5a. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > eating small amounts pingling1602 pick1688 1602 S. Rowlands Tis Merrie 17 Nay fill your Cup, Wee'le haue no pingling now we are alone. 1684 Tongue Combatants 12 Wif. Wee'l have no flinching Bess; round let it pass. Wid. I, I, no pingling now,—come toss it up. 1968 N. Lofts Lost Queen iv. 140 If you ask me, pingling at your food is why your legs swell. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pinglingadj. Now British regional (rare). 1. Of poor appetite; feeble, lacking in energy. ΚΠ 1594 [see pinglingly adv. at Derivatives]. 1683 R. Dixon Canidia i. 195 Scriveners are but Pingling Rats, These are the greedy devouring Cats. 1776 Coll. Most Remarkable & Interesting Trials II. 441/2 She invited her brother to live in the same street near to her, seeing he had but a pingling stomach. 1903 W. W. Skeat in Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 512/1 She's very pingling in her eating. 1948 ‘A. Hepple’ House of Gow ii. 20 There was, he had heard, only a weakling of a grand-nephew left..and ‘a pinglin' bit of a lassie’, the granddaughter. 2. Scottish. Painstaking, meticulous; tedious, demanding. ΚΠ 1827 C. I. Johnstone Elizabeth De Bruce III. ix. 215 This is no pinglin, pains-taking generation. 1862 D. Wingate Poems 117 Her pinglin' trade she plied. 1890 M. Oliphant Kirsteen I. vi. 108 ‘The lassies!’ he said, ‘a pingling set aye wanting something!’ DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [adverb] > eating small amounts pinglingly1594 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. N As long as they haue either oyle or wine, this plague feedes but pinglingly vpon them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1578adj.1594 |
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