单词 | quidding |
释义 | † quiddingn.1 Obsolete. rare. Perhaps: tobacco for chewing. Cf. quid n.3 1.The sense intended is uncertain: critical editions of Dryden's Works give either this meaning or the sense ‘stuffing’, ‘food’. ΚΠ 1668 J. Dryden Sr Martin Mar-all v. 69 The same Parson, that did the former execution, is still in the next Chamber..with Cawdels Wine, and Quidding, which he has taken in abundance. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018). quiddingn.2 The action of quid v.2 (in various senses). ΚΠ 1778 Gentleman's Mag. July 311/1 The cow chews her cud, and the man, when he chews tobacco, calls it quidding. 1831 W. Youatt Horse xix. 342 The disease..must be attacked, and the quidding will cease. 1874 W. Williams Princ. & Pract. Vet. Med. xxxi. 290 Soreness of the throat is indicated by ‘quidding of the food’. 1914 Atlanta Constit. 30 Mar. 7/2 The fact that your mare is addicted to the habit of ‘quidding’ indicates that the teeth are in bad condition. 1997 Your Horse Nov. 96/2 Quidding, when a horse drops feed out of the side of his mouth and has difficulty chewing. 2004 J. McEwen Horses 42/2 This may be accompanied by diarrhoea, quidding, constipation, [etc.]. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11668n.21778 |
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