单词 | podding |
释义 | poddingn.1 The production or formation of pods; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > plant having seed > [noun] > production or formation of seed or seed-vessel seedinga1398 kernelling1532 kerning1669 seminificationa1676 podding1743 seedage1887 1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman (Dublin ed.) July v. 36 The very hot Season..brought both [sc. peas and beans] into a sudden Podding. 1766 Compl. Farmer at Pease Both these kinds of..peas are particularly apt to degenerate, and become later in their podding. 1851 Times 1 July 8/5 Peas..were in rather improved request, the very hot weather lately experienced being considered unfavourable for the podding. 1893 Times 6 July 4/6 Spring sorts [of beans] shed their flowers without podding. 1931 E. C. Semple Geogr. Mediterranean Region xv. 418 The ancients did not plough in the legume crop till the plants gave signs of podding. 1991 Farmers Weekly (BNC) 26 July 42 A surrounding commercial crop where the farmer used a comparatively high sowing rate has less and less podding towards the centre of the field. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † poddingn.2 Obsolete. rare. The action of driving seals into a pod or group before clubbing them. ΚΠ 1887 G. B. Goode Fisheries U.S.: Hist. & Methods II. 366 (note) A singular lurid green light suddenly suffuses the eye of the fur-seal at intervals when it is very much excited, as the ‘podding’ for the clubbers is in progress. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.11743n.21887 |
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