pluckingn.

Brit.

/ˈplʌkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpləkɪŋ/

Forms: see pluck v. and -ing suffix¹

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pluck v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < pluck v. + -ing suffix¹.

1. The action of pluck v. (in various senses); an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > discharge from service > [noun] > act of

plucking1440

cashiering1629

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of fowls > [noun] > plucking feathers

plucking1440

unpluming1592

depluming1797

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [noun] > stripping or uncovering so as to leave bare > stripping or being stripped of feathers

plucking1440

unpluming1592

deplumation1611

pluming1614

depluming1655

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [noun] > demolition

subversiona1382

razinga1400

racing?a1450

beating down1530

rasing1552

demolishing1560

plucking1560

demolitiona1572

downpulling1581

demolishment1602

slighting1640

wreck1711

wrecking1775

wreckage1837

train-wrecking1872

unbuilding1879

demo1945

society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > marks > failing a candidate

plucking1837

pluck1852

plough1863

ploughing1882

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > glaciation > [noun] > specific processes

grooving1877

outwash1884

ice-scouring1888

plucking1893

ice scour1899

sapping1899

nivation1900

transfluence1949

society > communication > printing > inking equipment > [noun] > ink > qualities of ink

tack1876

plucking1952

hold-out1965

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 405 Plukkynge, or pullynge of fowlys, expennacio, vel expennatus, deplumacio.

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 1177 Than was there but spurryng and pluckyng up of horse.

1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer ii. f. cccl By my pluckynge was she to foryeuenesse enclyned.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. lix^v Euery man..hauinge either lande or substaunce, was called to this pluckyng bancket.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. lij The plucking downe of Images, hath procured vs no smale displeasure.

1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir iv. sig. H4^v I would not wound thine honour, pleasure forc'd Are vnripe Apples, sowre, not worth the plucking.

1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 2 These are not matters to be wrung from poor striplings, like..the plucking of untimely fruit.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 7. ¶2 I..have seen a Man in Love grow pale and lose his Appetite, upon the plucking of a Merry-thought.

1794 Sporting Mag. 4 47 I was instantly looked up to as an impending pigeon..and every preparation was made for the plucking.

1837 M. M. Sherwood Henry Milner iii. xv The cant phrase of plucking in our universities.

1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation v. 239 Let the pass-examination, with its attendant pluckings..cease.

1893 N. S. Shaler in Bull. Mus. Compar. Zoöl. Harvard 16 195 The southern end of Iron Hill is so much covered with glacial waste that it is not possible accurately to determine the relative amount of plucking which went on there.

1929 Amer. Speech 5 152 ‘It's plucking time,’ said the farmer.

1952 A. Voet Ink & Paper in Printing Process xiv. 149 The separation of the paper-ink-plate union..occurs normally in the ink film... This phenomenon..is known as ‘picking’ or ‘plucking’.

1992 K. S. Robinson Red Mars 293 They had found no glacial polish, even in the most wind-protected sections of the U-shaped valleys;..no signs of plucking.

2004 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 12 Dec. 96 When stuck in airport waiting rooms, Kristine Smock, a mandolin player, likes to practice her instrument. But in recent years, her plucking has been lost under the tinny voices of CNN anchors.

2. That which has been plucked; the product of plucking. Usually in plural. Cf. picking n.¹ 3a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > something plucked

plucking1648

1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Het Plucksel van lijnwaet, the Pluckings, or loose Threads of linnen.

1783 T. Holcroft Family Picture I. 77 His cunning..taught him to feather his nest with the pluckings of the pigeons.

1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 55 Mangel wurzel..would, if permitted to run up,..afford a good plucking of potage vegetables twice a week.

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Plucking, the quantity of worsted plucked from the end of the sliffer, or sliver, and folded over the fingers whilst turning the spinning wheel.

1874 Thistleton's Illustr. Jolly Giant 11 July III. 22/2 This is just what Father Lewis likes to have, the pluckings from some rich heretic.

1901 Scotsman 9 Apr. 4/4 If I were a planter in Assam..I would never rest till the pluckings of my garden became the staple drink of the native artisan.

1954 N. Nicholson Coll. Poems (1994) 235 The snow was stock-still in the sky like pluckings Of cottonwool glued on a grocer's window.

2003 Kansas City (Missouri) Star (Nexis) 12 May d1 How the pluckings are processed determines whether the tea is designated as black, green, oolong or white.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pluckingadj.

Brit.

/ˈplʌkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpləkɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pluck v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < pluck v. + -ing suffix².

That plucks; characterized by plucking.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [adjective] > removed or taken away > plucking or plucked

pulleda1325

plucking1577

plucked1774

1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 40 The plucking pangs of death how sore they sting.

1869 E. R. B. Lytton Orval ii. 63 Not keep those plucking fingers from their prey?

1898 Westm. Gaz. 7 Sept. 1/3 Within reach of a plucking hand are the 250 varieties of heather that star the sides of Table Mountain.

1904 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 12 574 Its [sc. a glacier's] plucking action may be directed downward as well as backward.

1978 Evening Appeal (Annapolis, Maryland) 10 Oct. 13/3 Moving his plucking fingers to various sections of the strings, Morel seems to produce different effects even when the same frets are stopped.

2004 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 12 Dec. t10 Immediately you will be besieged by platoons of plucking hands, of boys selling brass pipes that make bird whistles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	plucking
释义	pluckingn. Brit. /ˈplʌkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpləkɪŋ/ Forms: see pluck v. and -ing suffix¹ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pluck v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < pluck v. + -ing suffix¹. 1. The action of pluck v. (in various senses); an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > discharge from service > [noun] > act of plucking1440 cashiering1629 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of fowls > [noun] > plucking feathers plucking1440 unpluming1592 depluming1797 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [noun] > stripping or uncovering so as to leave bare > stripping or being stripped of feathers plucking1440 unpluming1592 deplumation1611 pluming1614 depluming1655 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [noun] > demolition subversiona1382 razinga1400 racing?a1450 beating down1530 rasing1552 demolishing1560 plucking1560 demolitiona1572 downpulling1581 demolishment1602 slighting1640 wreck1711 wrecking1775 wreckage1837 train-wrecking1872 unbuilding1879 demo1945 society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > marks > failing a candidate plucking1837 pluck1852 plough1863 ploughing1882 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > glaciation > [noun] > specific processes grooving1877 outwash1884 ice-scouring1888 plucking1893 ice scour1899 sapping1899 nivation1900 transfluence1949 society > communication > printing > inking equipment > [noun] > ink > qualities of ink tack1876 plucking1952 hold-out1965 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 405 Plukkynge, or pullynge of fowlys, expennacio, vel expennatus, deplumacio. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 1177 Than was there but spurryng and pluckyng up of horse. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer ii. f. cccl By my pluckynge was she to foryeuenesse enclyned. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. lix^v Euery man..hauinge either lande or substaunce, was called to this pluckyng bancket. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. lij The plucking downe of Images, hath procured vs no smale displeasure. 1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir iv. sig. H4^v I would not wound thine honour, pleasure forc'd Are vnripe Apples, sowre, not worth the plucking. 1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 2 These are not matters to be wrung from poor striplings, like..the plucking of untimely fruit. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 7. ¶2 I..have seen a Man in Love grow pale and lose his Appetite, upon the plucking of a Merry-thought. 1794 Sporting Mag. 4 47 I was instantly looked up to as an impending pigeon..and every preparation was made for the plucking. 1837 M. M. Sherwood Henry Milner iii. xv The cant phrase of plucking in our universities. 1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation v. 239 Let the pass-examination, with its attendant pluckings..cease. 1893 N. S. Shaler in Bull. Mus. Compar. Zoöl. Harvard 16 195 The southern end of Iron Hill is so much covered with glacial waste that it is not possible accurately to determine the relative amount of plucking which went on there. 1929 Amer. Speech 5 152 ‘It's plucking time,’ said the farmer. 1952 A. Voet Ink & Paper in Printing Process xiv. 149 The separation of the paper-ink-plate union..occurs normally in the ink film... This phenomenon..is known as ‘picking’ or ‘plucking’. 1992 K. S. Robinson Red Mars 293 They had found no glacial polish, even in the most wind-protected sections of the U-shaped valleys;..no signs of plucking. 2004 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 12 Dec. 96 When stuck in airport waiting rooms, Kristine Smock, a mandolin player, likes to practice her instrument. But in recent years, her plucking has been lost under the tinny voices of CNN anchors. 2. That which has been plucked; the product of plucking. Usually in plural. Cf. picking n.¹ 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > something plucked plucking1648 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Het Plucksel van lijnwaet, the Pluckings, or loose Threads of linnen. 1783 T. Holcroft Family Picture I. 77 His cunning..taught him to feather his nest with the pluckings of the pigeons. 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 55 Mangel wurzel..would, if permitted to run up,..afford a good plucking of potage vegetables twice a week. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Plucking, the quantity of worsted plucked from the end of the sliffer, or sliver, and folded over the fingers whilst turning the spinning wheel. 1874 Thistleton's Illustr. Jolly Giant 11 July III. 22/2 This is just what Father Lewis likes to have, the pluckings from some rich heretic. 1901 Scotsman 9 Apr. 4/4 If I were a planter in Assam..I would never rest till the pluckings of my garden became the staple drink of the native artisan. 1954 N. Nicholson Coll. Poems (1994) 235 The snow was stock-still in the sky like pluckings Of cottonwool glued on a grocer's window. 2003 Kansas City (Missouri) Star (Nexis) 12 May d1 How the pluckings are processed determines whether the tea is designated as black, green, oolong or white. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pluckingadj. Brit. /ˈplʌkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpləkɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pluck v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < pluck v. + -ing suffix². That plucks; characterized by plucking. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [adjective] > removed or taken away > plucking or plucked pulleda1325 plucking1577 plucked1774 1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 40 The plucking pangs of death how sore they sting. 1869 E. R. B. Lytton Orval ii. 63 Not keep those plucking fingers from their prey? 1898 Westm. Gaz. 7 Sept. 1/3 Within reach of a plucking hand are the 250 varieties of heather that star the sides of Table Mountain. 1904 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 12 574 Its [sc. a glacier's] plucking action may be directed downward as well as backward. 1978 Evening Appeal (Annapolis, Maryland) 10 Oct. 13/3 Moving his plucking fingers to various sections of the strings, Morel seems to produce different effects even when the same frets are stopped. 2004 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 12 Dec. t10 Immediately you will be besieged by platoons of plucking hands, of boys selling brass pipes that make bird whistles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1440adj.1577
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