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单词 poting stick
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poting stickn.

Brit. /ˈpəʊtɪŋ ˌstɪk/, U.S. /ˈpoʊdɪŋ ˌstɪk/
Forms: 1600s poating stick, 1600s poating sticke, 1600s ponting stick (transmission error), 1800s– poteing stick (English regional (Devon)).
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: poting n. at pote v. Derivatives, stick n.1
Etymology: < poting n. at pote v. Derivatives + stick n.1 With sense 1 compare poking-stick n. at poking n.1 Compounds 2, putter n.1 4, and pooter n.1
1. A wooden, iron, or bone tool for crimping linen. Cf. poking-stick n. at poking n.1 Compounds 2. Obsolete.An editorial reference in R. B. McKerrow's edition of Nashe's Works (1904–10) to the passage cited in quot. 1592 for poking-stick n. at poking n.1 Compounds 2 gives poting stick though this is not the reading of the text.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > pressing or ironing > ironing or pressing implements
pressing iron1343
cold press1552
setting-stick?1578
putter1583
putting stick1583
poking-stick1592
pooter1596
poting stick1600
poker1604
goose1606
poking-iron?1606
iron1613
smoothing-iron1627
steel1638
box iron1640
smoothing-boxa1684
press iron1695
ironing board1721
sad iron1759
ironing blanket1774
ironing table1778
flat-iron1810
sleeve-board1826
ironer1833
Italian iron1833
press-board1849
ironing machine1851
goffering-iron1861
skirt-board1861
goffer1865
trouser press1880
ironing board cover1886
trouser presser1888
electric iron1890
press cloth1918
press-pad1924
tie press1926
steam-iron1951
pressing board1969
1600 W. Kemp Nine Daies Wonder sig. C2v A boy arm'd with a poating sticke.
a1628 R. Daborne Poor-mans Comfort (1655) v. Now by my poating stick, a fit oath for a chambermaid, you shall have him.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxxvii. 314 Having..a bucked Ruff, raised, furrowed, and ridged, with Ponting [sic] Sticks of the shape and fashion of small Organ Pipes.
2. English regional (Devon). A stick for stirring clothes while washing at high temperatures. Cf. pote v. 3. rare.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > stick to stir washing
maiden1752
dolly1793
doll1841
peggy1860
dolly peg1879
maid1882
poting stick1892
potstick1922
1892 S. Hewett Peasant Speech Devon 114 'Avee zeed tha poteing-stick, Mary?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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