单词 | plying |
释义 | plyingn. The action of ply v.2 (in various senses). ΚΠ 1494 Loutfut MS f. 41v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Tremelliere is maid of iii jambes al hail quhilkis with the plying of the irn ar bot ane. 1599 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations II. 176 The 11 day in the plying to the Westwards we descried a sayle out of our maine toppe. a1609 T. Playfere Serm. (1623) 190 What lawfull calling, state, or condition soeuer thou art in, if ouer and besides the plying of thy worldly busines, thou haue a conscionable care euery day to encrease spiritually also. 1737 J. Ozell tr. F. Rabelais Wks. III. xxxii. 224 Watchings, Wardings, Researchings, Plyings, Explorations, together with..malicious Doggings of the Husband's Scouts. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 381 With the first act of plying or doubling, which is introduced in the process of spinning. 1847 T. T. Stoddart Angler's Compan. 259 In rapid water, such as the necks of streams, straiks, and eddies, the plying and working of the hook is not always requisite. 1879 Harper's Mag. Dec. 46/2 Nothing could be more laborious and tedious than the plying of the little Egyptian water-wheel by the feet. 1948 Times 2 Dec. 2 The plying for hire referred to in section 7 must, they thought, be so confined. 1988 A. Ghosh Shadow Lines (1989) 170 He was..twanging on the instrument he used in the plying of his trade—the single-stringed tool. 2001 L. M. Porter Gustave Flaubert Encycl. 127 The plying of natives with fetish objects during the process of conquest. CompoundsΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > [noun] > shipping business or trade > ferrying > place of ferry1286 plying place1626 ferry nab1852 ferrying1868 1626 in H. Humpherus Hist. Origin & Progress Company of Watermen & Lightermen (1887) 218 Persons plying beyond the plying places set out by the rulers and overseers. 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 242 At the south extremity of Water-lane is the common plying-place and ferry. 1883 Times 20 Nov. 7/6 A boatman..heard sounds of moaning proceeding from the direction of Alderman Stairs,..which is a plying place for the watermen who take off passengers to the Continental boats. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † plyingadj. Obsolete. Bending; pliant. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective] tougha700 lithyc1000 softc1330 weak?a1366 plianta1382 persha1398 plyinga1398 lithec1400 supplec1400 plicable?a1425 curvable?1440 lethec1440 scretec1440 pliablec1475 bowable1483 bowing1483 waldinc1485 supple1513 flexible1548 limber1565 lither1565 bending1567 osier1577 wiry1588 buxom1590 withy1598 suppliable1599 renderingc1600 fluxible1607 winding1609 bendable1611 flippant1622 flexive1629 flexile1633 maniable1633 compliant1667 flectible1705 limp1706 yieldy1757 complying1774 limberly1782 willowy1791 switchy1810 wandy1825 twistable1853 bendsome1861 whippy1867 swack1868 bendy1873 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. lxviii. 1220 His [sc. the hare's] eeren ben ful longe and pliaunde [L. flexibiles]. c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 439 (MED) Hit watz playn in þat place for plyande greuez. c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure 777 Thane come..A blake bustous bere..With pykes fulle perilous, all plyande. 1598 Queen Elizabeth I tr. Plutarch De Curiositate in Queen Elizabeth's Englishings (1899) xii. 10 Hither turne our witz sharpnis and pliing mind. 1697 R. Blackmore King Arthur x. 268 The plying Infantry by giving Way, The great Disorder caus'd that lost the Day. 1710 A. Philips Pastorals v. 84 Like winds, that gently brush the plying grass. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1494adj.a1398 |
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