单词 | benting |
释义 | bentingn. 1. The going after bents [see bent n.1 2c ]. benting (benneting) time: the time when pigeons, etc., are reduced to feed on bents; also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating by animals > [noun] > grazing grazingc1440 pascuage1656 benting1670 depasturage1766 depasturing1823 depasturation1841 depasture1856 the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > scarcity, dearth, or deficient supply of anything > general scarcity of necessaries of life deartha1325 scarcityc1450 evil wone1570 benting (benneting) time1670 stint1820 1670 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. 44 The pigeon never knoweth wo, But when she doth a benting go. 1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 144 Bare benting times, and moulting Months may come. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Pigeon Be sure to feed them in hard Weather, and in Benting-time. 1752 E. Lisle Observ. Husb. 320 Midsummer is the oxen and cow-cattle's bennetting-time. 2. = bent n.1 2c; the seeding stalks of the plantain (herb). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Plantaginaceae > [noun] > parts of bent1612 cock's head1787 benting1802 kemp1825 1802 W. Forsyth Treat. Fruit-trees ix. 136 I generally cover them with bentings. 1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon xiv. 357 They live upon the seeds of weeds and bentings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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