pouringn.
/ˈpɔːrɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɔrɪŋ/ The action of pour v. in various senses; the result of this; a quantity poured at one time. Also with out.
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the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of emitting copiously > [noun]
sheddingc1200
yotingc1390
outyettingc1400
pouring?a1425
profusion1583
outpour1864
sloosh1919
the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or fact of pouring or being poured > [noun]
pouring?a1425
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > copious or continuous
gushingc1380
streaming1398
manation?a1425
pouring?a1425
outflowinga1586
effluence1628
effluxion1638
effluvium1651
efflux1651
outflow1785
beteeming1871
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > emission > copious emission or effusion
sheddingc1200
out-hieldinga1382
yotingc1390
outyettingc1400
pouring?a1425
outpouring1440
diffusionc1484
effusion1526
infusion1563
spouting1568
profusion1583
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] > profuseness, luxuriousness, or lushness > a profusion or lavish abundance > viewed as flowing or falling > action of
gushingc1380
pouring1535
showering1592
the world > relative properties > quantity > [noun] > a definite or specified quantity or amount > specific quantities or amounts > quantity scooped, thrown, lifted, etc.
lifta1400
casta1475
draught1740
pouring1768
draw1830
scoop1832
pour1899
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 133 (MED) In þe moneþ of Maij or september..ar noȝt clowdez ne pouryngz, tonitruez ne hetez ne coldez intense þat hurteþ pacientez.
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 409 Porynge [?a1475 Winch. Powrynge] yn, infusio.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Sam. xxii. 16 The pourynges out of the See were sene.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 129 It may seeme a powring of water into the Sea.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xli. 266 The Sacrament of the Lords Supper; in which the Breaking of the Bread, and the pouring out of the Wine, do keep in memory our deliverance from the Misery of Sin.
1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 127 Pretty bottle, says Sganarelle..how envied would be my lot, wert thou to keep always full for all my pourings!
1831 Times 26 Apr. 5/2 The reiterated pourings forth of tenderness and clemency.
1885 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. (ed. 3) App. Purification,..is the pouring of wine into the chalice after the priest's communion.
1929 J. H. Jeans Universe around Us vi. 320 The events we see are as the pouring of river water into the sea, while events we do not see restore this water back to the river.
1960 R. G. Haggar Conc. Encycl. Continental Pottery & Porcelain 246/2 A narrow-necked flask or vase well adapted..for the slow pouring of oil.
2000 S. Connor Dumbstruck ii. 68 The description of Erichtho makes the violent extortion of speech identical with the expression of appetite and the pouring out of excremental discharge.
Compounds
C1.
pouring bottle n.
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1869 Sci. Amer. 9 Jan. 29/2 Filtering or pouring bottle.
1883 Science 6 July 19/1 The pouring-bottle..should be provided with a tight-fitting rubber stopper.
1983 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 18 Sept. (advt.) Pure vegetable oil... Drip-free pouring bottle.
2002 Off Licence News (Nexis) 20 Sept. 6 It is the perfect pouring bottle to have at the table.
pouring machine n.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > machine for pouring molten metal
pouring machine1856
1856 Technol. Illustr. 102 The cast-iron crucible is raised from the furnace by the aid of a crane, and set into a peculiar pouring machine.
1923 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 29 Oct. 2/6 With only a thousand feet of road to finish, the pouring machine broke down.
1999 Mirror (Nexis) 2 Oct. 4 A pouring machine capable of serving 16 pints at a time.
pouring vessel n.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > pouring vessel > [noun]
pouring vessel1535
spout pot1598
pourie1787
pourer1828
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Macc. i. 22 The table of the shewbred, the pouringe vessel, the chargers.
1610 Bible (Douay) II. 1 Macc. i And he proudly entered into the sanctuary, and took away the golden altar..and the pouring vessels, and the vials.
1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Jewish War v. xiii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 916 He did not abstain from those pouring vessels that were sent them by Augustus.
1954 A. Salmony Antler &Tongue iii. 14 It served as a sacrificial pouring vessel for some liquid.
2000 R. Hosking At Japanese Table iii. 30 The connoisseur..prefers his sake at room temperature or even chilled. Special pouring vessels, with a pocket for ice, are used for this purpose.
C2. † pouring-jack n. Obsolete rare one of the vessels used in varnish making.
pouring cream n. thin cream that flows readily, intended to be poured rather than whipped; single cream.
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the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > [noun] > cream > single cream
light cream1895
pouring cream1942
single cream1955
1942 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 5 Aug. 7/1 Berry shortcake with pouring cream.
2005 Daily Mail (Nexis) 9 May 55 Serve hot with custard or pouring cream.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for making other articles > [noun] > varnish-making equipment
pouring-jack1839
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1266 The assistant puts three copper ladlefuls of oil into the copper pouring-jack.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
pouringadj.adv.
/ˈpɔːrɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɔrɪŋ/ A. adj.
That pours (in various senses); esp. (of rain) that is falling heavily.
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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > action of river > [adjective] > flowing rapidly or violently
stiff?a1366
sternc1374
throc1380
despitousa1450
stith1487
pouring1577
stickle1587
testy1610
sharp1655
unruly1697
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] > flowing abundantly
pouring1577
streaming1579
fluenta1592
affluent1704
gushingc1709
flooding1850
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [adjective] > heavy
steepc1330
pissingc1475
thightc1480
pouring1577
pashing1581
sad1590
steep-down1601
solid1621
even down1622
sluicy1697
pelting1710
buck1732
steeping1774
peppering1827
sluicing1847
torrential1849
peltering1858
plumping1879
teeming1880
lashing1885
monsoonish1886
sheeting1940
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wet weather > [adjective] > wet (of weather, place, or time) > rainy > very
pouring1577
to rain cats and dogs1849
torrential1849
1577 T. Kendall Trifles f. 13, in tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes A powryng shower that paied them all, and well the kyng did washe.
1602 B. Jonson Poetaster v. ii. sig. K3v In tayle Of that, fell powring stormes of sleete, and hayle. View more context for this quotation
1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 331 They haue such Powring Riuers, as the Riuers of Asia, and Affrick, and Europe, are but Brookes to them.
1717 tr. A. F. Frézier Voy. South-Sea 290 There we had four Days of Calm, and pouring Rain, so heavy, that the Cataracts of Heaven seem'd to be open'd.
1787 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 286 Then down ye'll hurl..And dash the gumlie jaups up to the pouring skies.
1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. iii. 132 When the pouring shower Streams adown the roof.
1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 360 They marched..in a pouring rain all night long.
1912 H. Belloc This & That 38 Watching the pouring rain falling upon the already soaked and drenched and drowned clay lands of my county.
1944 F. O'Connor Uprooted in Crab Apple Jelly 194 Ned chuckled at a sudden vision of his father..stumping with his broken bottom across endless fields through pouring rain.
1994 Powwow Times (Sask. Indian Federated Coll.) 61/2 Jackie remembers their hilarious efforts trying to get to a raindance in the pouring rain.
B. adv.
In phrases relating to heavy rainfall, as pouring wet: (of a period of time) characterized by heavy rainfall, extremely wet; †it rains pouring: it rains heavily, it pours down (obsolete).
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [adverb] > heavily
pouringly1621
pouring1771
torrentially1882
monsoonishly1899
1771 T. Deletanville New French Dict. (at cited word) Que,..il arriva, q'il pleuvoit à verse, he came, when it rained pouring.
1831 New Sporting Mag. Oct. 405/1 On a..pouring wet day, what is an unfortunate individual to do with himself.
1860 J. A. Eames Budget Closed 167 On Sunday, it rained pouring all day.
1868 N. Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. (1879) II. 234 It rained pouring.
1900 Daily News 3 July 8/1 The nights had often been pouring wet.
1952 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 9 Sept. 11/4 There is no record..of a pouring wet Coronation Day.
1992 Climber & Hill Walker (BNC) 47 On a long, lowland walk on a pouring wet day my feet were no more than damp.
Derivatives
ˈpouringly adv.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [adverb] > heavily
pouringly1621
pouring1771
torrentially1882
monsoonishly1899
1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 363 Who..would not suddenly haue knowne whether it had rayned or no, so powringly high, and sweetely it fell like an Aprill shower.
1865 E. A. Forbes Women's First Impressions Europe viii. 163 Meanwhile, it rained, at first gently, then pouringly.
1952 Times 15 Nov. 7/4 Many far-seeing committees..may..cut out from their agenda any consideration of what to do if the day is pouringly wet.
1995 Isuzu 87 Pickup problems in rec.autos.misc (Usenet newsgroup) 6 Aug. It was pouringly raining.
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