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单词 quaining
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quainingn.2

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quain n., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < quain n. + -ing suffix1.
Obsolete.
G. M. Hopkins' name for: angularity.
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the world > space > shape > angularity > [noun]
angularity1642
angulosity1659
angulization1665
angularness1670
angulationa1687
edginess1822
quaining1871
1871 G. M. Hopkins Jrnls. & Papers (1959) 205 And if you look well at big pack-clouds overhead you will soon find a strong large quaining and squaring in them which makes each pack impressive and whole.
1871 G. M. Hopkins Jrnls. & Papers (1959) 206 Below it [sc. the bud]..is a half-moon-shaped sill as if once chipped from the wood and this gives the twig its quaining in the outline.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

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quaining
quaining n.1 Obsolete
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a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 12495 Quen iesus herd þis quaining gret.
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