单词 | protracting |
释义 | protractingn. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] longingeOE bideOE abodec1225 bodea1300 demura1300 dwella1300 litinga1300 delayc1300 delayingc1300 demurrancec1300 but honec1325 without ensoignec1325 abidec1330 dretchingc1330 dwellingc1330 essoinc1330 tarrying1340 litea1350 delaymenta1393 respitea1393 oversettinga1398 delayancea1400 delitea1400 lingeringa1400 stounding?a1400 sunyiea1400 targea1400 train?a1400 deferring14.. dilation14.. dayc1405 prolongingc1425 spacec1430 adjourningc1436 retardationc1437 prolongation?a1439 training1440 adjournment1445 sleuthingc1450 tarry1451 tarriance1460 prorogation1476 oversetc1485 tarriage1488 debaid1489 supersedement1492 superseding1494 off-putting1496 postponing1496 tract1503 dilating1509 sparinga1513 hafting1519 sufferance1523 tracking1524 sticking1525 stay1530 pause1532 protraction1535 tracting1535 protract of time1536 protracting1540 postposition1546 staying1546 procrastination1548 difference1559 surceasing1560 tardation1568 detract1570 detracting1572 tarryment1575 rejourning1578 detraction1579 longness1579 rejournment1579 holding1581 reprieving1583 cunctation1585 retarding1585 retardance1586 temporizing1587 by and by1591 suspensea1592 procrastinatinga1594 tardance1595 linger1597 forslacking1600 morrowing1602 recess1603 deferment1612 attendance1614 put-off1623 adjournal1627 fristing1637 hanging-up1638 retardment1640 dilatoriness1642 suspension1645 stickagea1647 tardidation1647 transtemporation1651 demurragea1656 prolatation1656 prolation1656 moration1658 perendination1658 offput1730 retardure1751 postponement1757 retard1781 traverse1799 tarrowing1832 mañana1845 temporization1888 procrastinativeness1893 deferral1895 traa dy liooar1897 stalling1927 heel-tapping1949 off-put1970 1540 T. Wyatt Let. to Cromwell f. 240 I think he protract the tretyng w[i]t[h] them by eny oth[e]r (of wiche protractyng the byshopp of lynden grettly co[m]plainethe. 1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. iii. 125 More oftentimes profiteth and helpeth hee by protracting, then venturing rashly. 1608 Mem. in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 76 The protracting of a plantation until the Ward come to years. ΚΠ 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. lxxxixv The duke of Bedford..not content with their whisperynges and protractyng of tyme. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 590 Through his long delay, and protracting of time to make all thinges sure, he let slippe sundry occasions of notable exploytes, wherein good seruice might haue bene done. a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) ii. 114 If any danger be likely to ensue by the protracting of time. 1698 J. Strype Life Sir T. Smith xiv. 174 This the Secretary shewed her the inconvenience of, namely, that it would be a protracting of time. c. The extending or prolonging of an action in time. ΚΠ 1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia i. f. 31v The Galles were now weary with long protracting of the war. 1601 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law (1602) i. 75 The tedious and odious protracting of suits. 1859 J. G. Palfrey Hist. New Eng. I. xi. 464 His officers shrank from..leaving their homes so long undefended as the protracting of the campaign through several days would require. 1962 Times 27 Nov. 3/6 The protracting of what is essentially a one-day or at most two day programme over three days seems indefensible. 1963 J. A. Yunck Lineage Lady Meed iv. ii. 154 Such practices as the deliberate protracting of litigation or the jumping from client to client for higher fees could be carried on with impunity. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] tracingc1440 drawing1467 draught1551 protracture1551 delineation1570 proposition1584 delineating1603 protracting1661 iconography1678 graphic design1956 1661 J. Brown Descr. & Use Joynt-rule xvii. 91 These lines of equal parts serve as Scales, for the protracting of any Draught of house or field, or the like. 1669 P. Staynred Compend. Fortification (title page) in S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. The Scale, for speedy Protracting of any Fort. 1766 Compl. Farmer at Surveying These squares and long squares need no protracting; for you need only to multiply the chains and links of the length, by the chains and links of the breadth. Compounds General attributive, denoting instruments used in drawing and plotting (cf. sense 2), as †protracting-bevel, †protracting-needle, †protracting pin, etc. ΚΠ 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. iv. xi. 178 To know the Rhomb between any two Places..by a Protracting Quadrant. 1701 T. Tuttell Descr. Math. Instruments in J. Moxon Math. made Easie (ed. 3) 16 Protracting Pin, a taper piece of brass with a Point of Silver, to draw black Lines on Mathematical Paper, and a small Head..which holds a fine Needle to prick off any Degree and part from the Protractor. 1766 Compl. Farmer at Surveying Having drawn lines with the point of the compasses, or a protracting-needle, the intersections represent the angles. 1860 W. E. Newton Brit. Patent 1793 (1861) 1 An improved mathematical or plotting instrument which I intend to denominate a protracting trigonometer. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Protracting-bevel, a plotting-instrument having a protracting sector and a prolongation of one radius, which forms a rule. 1877 Manufacturer & Builder Aug. 175/3 The patent right to..protracting bevel, $100. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). protractingadj. That protracts; delaying or time-consuming; (in later use) extending. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [adjective] tarryingc1386 delayous1469 oversettingc1485 dilator1503 tarrysome1513 lingeringa1547 deferringc1565 delaying1576 dilatory1581 driving1585 protractive1596 tarrowinga1598 delayful1600 protracting1600 cunctative1617 suspensivea1623 remorala1625 Penelopeana1627 demurrant1633 remorating1638 retarding1654 tardative1666 temporizing1801 procrastinative1824 tomorrowing1824 procrastinatory1839 postponing1852 cunctatory1862 cunctatious1864 traa dy liooar1878 suspensory1884 off-putting1894 1600 R. Churche tr. M. Fumée Hist. Troubles Hungarie 29 He might rather molest them by a protracting fight. 1696 M. Pix Inhumane Cardinal 94 Nothing was so hateful to the Cardinal and Olimpia, as this protracting time because they lay liable to a hundred accidents that might betray them. 1796 R. Burns Let. 4 July in Wks. (1855) 444/2 This protracting, slow, consuming illness which hangs over me. 1822 ‘B. Cornwall’ Julian the Apostate in Dramat. Scenes i Never! A dull, protracting, melancholy word That in an alien language, talks despair. 1970 Evolution 24 452/2 Ornithischians and birds..dispensed with the protracting action of the M[usculus] pubo-ischio-femoralis externus. 1990 Condor 92 20/2 The protracting tongue builds up extra pressure in the rostral part of the mouth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1540adj.1600 |
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