单词 | pocketing |
释义 | pocketingn.1 The action of pocket v. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > appropriation appropriation1393 propriation1602 appropriating1611 impatronization1611 impropriation1614 propriatinga1631 pocketing1638 picking1642 self-assumptiona1658 assumption1754 conscription1814 mopping-up1909 1638 J. Ford Fancies iv. 51 The pocketting Of some well looking Duccats. 1664 T. Killigrew 2nd Pt. Bellamira i. i, in Comedies & Trag. 519 D'ye hear, Brother, no pocketing; lay all down, fair play, and when we have done, divide. 1845 C. M. Kirkland Western Clearings 161 The earnest and manly tone which he assumed promised any thing but the quiet, sheepish pocketing of injury and insult, upon which she had counted. 1885 L. W. Spring Kansas 260 Legislators who..could not be thwarted by any such trifle as the pocketing of a bill. 1895 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Pocketing (Med. and Surg.), forming a pocket or pouch;..a method of treating the pedicle in ovariotomy. 1960 E. Ennion House on Shore ix. 108 They would have the greatest difficulty in taking off again: pocketing in snow or sand might easily prevent it. 1988 J. W. Long From Privileged to Dispossessed ii. 27 He was given credit for largely eliminating the illegal pocketing of surplus tax monies by the village elders and clerks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pocketingn.2 Material used to make pockets. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric for specific purpose > [noun] > for trimmings garnish1527 ruffling1680 pocketing1785 flouncing1865 1785 Daily Universal Reg. 3 Jan. 2/4 (advt.) A large Assortment of Hosiery, Linen-Drapery,..&c. Consisting of..Silk handkerchiefs. Ruffia pocketing [etc.]. 1908 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 18 May 3/1 (advt.) Buff Pocketing 30 ins at 9d yard. 1933 J. E. Liberty Pract. Tailoring v. 64 The pocketing should be about 15½ in. to 16 in. long. 1986 Daily News Record (U.S.) (Nexis) 25 Feb. 2 For 1986, manufacturers are banking heavily on all-polyester pocketing to spearhead new product lines. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pocketingadj.1 That pockets something. In later use only with prefixed noun denoting the thing pocketed. ΚΠ c1600 Return: 1st Pt. v. i, in Three Parnassus Plays (1949) 203 A Lunaticke bawdie trull, a pocketinge queane. 1661 F. Philipps Ligeancia Lugens 48 Poor England (which for Twenty yeares last past hath been kicked, tost and torn like a Foot-ball by the pocketing and plundering Reformers and their ungodly Warrs). 1988 Denver Business (Nexis) July 16 Nightclubs..rely heavily on people and cash—a vulnerable combination where a cash-pocketing employee can do much damage in little time. 1998 Morning Star (Wilmington, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 27 Aug. 6 a Mr. Davis and his money-pocketing political allies now want to give the hospital to the trustees of the state's flagship university. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pocketingadj.2 Designating a kind of hanging sleeve worn in medieval times. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [adjective] > sleeve wing-fashion1547 pocketing1614 raglan1858 poufed1874 manche1876 pouf1906 bat-wing1961 1614 W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 234 Of the long pocketting sleeues in the time of King Henry the fourth Hoccliue..song. 1884 Notes & Queries 29 Mar. 259/1 In describing the pocketing sleeve of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, to draw attention to the fact that it still exists in the heraldic charge known as the maunch. 1903 A. M. Earle Two Centuries Costume in Amer. (1968) 287 The pocketing sleeve of the time of Henry III still exists in the heraldic charge known as the manche. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11638n.21785adj.1c1600adj.21614 |
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