reachingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈriːtʃɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈritʃɪŋ/

Forms: see reach v.¹ and -ing suffix¹; also Old English hræcing (Northumbrian), Old English racing (Northumbrian).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reach v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < reach v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

1. The action of reach v.¹ (in various senses); an instance of this. Also with out, up.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > [noun] > reaching

reachingOE

reach1570

protension1616

outreaching1902

outreach1965

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > [noun]

reaching1591

accession1642

OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: John (headings to readings) xxiv Intincti panis porrectione: in hrining hlafes mið ræcing.

OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: John (headings to readings) xlv Extensione manuum significat ei quod crucis morte foret martyrio coronandus : mið racing honda tahte uel him þætte rodes deaðe uere toueard mið ðrounge gesigfæstnad.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 96 If..þis skin þat hatte hernia be I-broke by strecchinge and recchinge..þanne..þe bowels slideþ dounward into þe codde of þe genytras.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 425 Rechynge, or stretchynge [v.r. rehchinge], extensio.

1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica at Alcance Ouertaking, obteining, pursuing, reaching.

1592 L. Andrewes Wonderfull Combate ii. 53 There must..be a reaching out of the hand, & an opening of the doore by our selues.

1647 S. Rutherford Christ Dying sig. (b) 3 There must be reflections, and reachings of intellectuall vision, embracing, loving, wondedring, returning backe to him againe, in a circle of glory.

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge To Rdr. The one had wrackt and limm'd my thoughts, with endless tenters and boundless retchings out.

1760 W. Law Spirit of Prayer i. 55 A natural..reaching after that eternal light.

1785 E. Burke Speech Nabob Arcot's Debts in Wks. (1842) I. 333 All the reachings and graspings of a vivacious mind.

1846 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters (1883) ii. i. i Reachings forward unto the things that are before.

1855 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. ii. vi. 147 All reasoning..is a reaching of the unknown through the known.

1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. viii. 138 The reaching-out of the bodily organs.

1919 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. 26 American thus shows its character in a constant experimentation,..a steady reaching out for new and vivid forms.

1939 Times 11 Sept. 13/1 Tentative reachings were already being made in markets at the end of last week towards a new basis of investment policy.

1964 J. A. M. Meerloo Hidden Communion ii. 30 The word ‘ecstasy’..expresses this ‘reaching out’ beyond the immediate and personal limitations of everyday life.

2005 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 16 July 9 This is a very repetitive book..and its reachings for high style often collapse into bathos.

†2. A reach or stretch of country. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > tract > [noun]

placec1325

piecec1330

soil1430

groundc1436

territory?a1439

land1604

strain1614

track1686

reaching1727

terrain1766

land-score1828

outstretch1858

1727 in M. A. Richardson Local Historian's Table Bk. (1843) Legendary Div. I. 401 There are many hills and reachings for many miles.

3. Nautical. The action of sailing on a course which is approximately at right angles to the wind. Cf. reach v.¹ 16.

ΚΠ

1831 Morning Chron. 20 June The remainder of the match was a ‘running and reaching’ one.

1877 Times 21 Aug. 9/5 The wind..shifted to the south-west and south. The result was that there was a great deal of reaching.

1961 P. Moyes Sunken Sailor iv. 50 I want a proper complement of sails. Storm jib, beating jib, a Genoa for reaching and a spinnaker.

1998 Yachts & Yachting 10 July 72/2 The penultimate race..took place in Force 3–4 south-westerlies, leading to races with a high proportion of tight spinnaker or white sail reaching.

Compounds

C1. General attributive, in sense 3.

reaching foresail n.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > sail set on a stay > jib or sail set on forestay > types of

marabut1622

flying jib1711

storm-jiba1827

spitfire-jib1858

jib topsail1866

reaching foresail1901

reacher1903

jumbo1912

Yankee1912

Yankee jib1912

Genoa1932

Genoa jib1932

slave1934

quad1937

slave jib1948

masthead genoa1958

1901 Manitoba Morning Free Press 27 Sept. 12/3 At 3.21 the Shamrock took in her balloon foresail and in one minute the latter sent up a reaching foresail.

1948 R. de Kerchove Internat. Maritime Dict. 581/2 Reaching foresail, a triangular sail which sets on the forestay... Also called Genoa foresail, Genoa jib.

reaching jib n.

ΚΠ

1863 Hunt's Yachting Mag. Aug. 367 The Pet rather stupidly kept her large topsail aloft, and set a large reaching jib.

1974 Newport (Rhode Island) Daily News 16 Aug. 15/1 The windshift had made the second reach a close one, and Intrepid sailed it with a reaching jib.

reaching sail n.

ΚΠ

1901 N.Y. Times 27 Aug. 3/1 Capt. Sycamore kept the crew busy setting jib topsails. Five in all were set, first one a size larger than the baby, then a small reaching sail, followed by an intermediate.

1998 Seahorse Internat. Sailing Apr. 49/1 The reaching sails, with a small window of use across the wind angle range, had a disproportionate number of hours' usage.

reaching staysail n.

ΚΠ

1899 R. T. Pritchett Pen & Pencil Sketches Shipping & Craft 33 They are regulating their speed with a huge reaching stay-sail sheeted right aft.

2001 I. Tew Sailing in Grandfather's Wake 201 We tried to get the reaching staysail to set but without much success.

C2.

† reaching-post n. Obsolete a post used in stretching fibres when making rope.

ΚΠ

1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 56 Reaching-post, a post..about four feet high, fixed in the ground at the lower-end of the walk. It is used in stretching the yarn by means of a tackle.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

reachingn.²

Brit.

/ˈriːtʃɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈritʃɪŋ/

Forms: see reach v.² and -ing suffix¹; also Old English hræcunda (plural, perhaps transmission error), late Middle English rotchynge.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reach v.², -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < reach v.² + -ing suffix¹.

Now rare.

The action of reach v.² (in various senses); (also) an instance of this.In Old English also: †a clot of phlegm (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > discharge or flux > [noun] > sputum > coughing or spitting up

reachingeOE

retching1542

hawking1582

expectoration1615

expectorating1662

expectorating1832

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [noun] > retching

bolking1398

yoking1527

heavea1571

strain1590

reaching1601

straining1613

kecking1709

reach1736

retch1768

retching1771

vomiturition1842

eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) ii. i. 174 Þis sint tacn adlies magan; ærest gelome spætunga oððe hræcunga.

OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 183 Pituitu .i. minuta saliua : heras [read horas] uel hræcunda [perh. read hræcunga] uel spatlung.

c1450 in W. R. Dawson Leechbk. (1934) 76 Anoþer ffor the cough, ffor the brest, for rotchynge, [etc.].

c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 26 (MED) Þe forseid fossa or dich myȝte ben y clensid by hem from þe viscous vnclennesse þat comeþ in rechinge or drawynge whanne þat a man spattiþ.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Spittinge, screatus.., or it is the reachynge to spitte.

1572 J. Higgins Huloets Dict. (rev. ed.) Spitting, or the reaching to spitte, screatus.., Crachement.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxiv. iv. 178 The said barke..is greatly commended for the reaching and spitting of bloud.

1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick i. vi. 24 Coughing, Yawning, Reaching, and Hiccoughs.

1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 199 First Hungry, then sick again, with reachings to vomit.

1777 G. Forster Voy. round World II. 238 They groaned most pitifully, had violent reachings.

1791 J. Woodforde Diary 7 June (1927) III. 275 She was..very much swelled in the face by reaching and very weak.

1816 Times 18 Apr. 4/1 These Lozenges are a most efficacious remedy;..they are peculiarly serviceable in reachings, whether occasioned by intemperance or sea-sickness.

1855 H. Marquand Mem. Victorian Master Mariner (1996) 61 By this time I was fairly seasick and vomiting and reaching had already commenced to a fearful degree.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

reachingadj.

Brit.

/ˈriːtʃɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈritʃɪŋ/

Forms: see reach v.¹ and -ing suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reach v.¹, -ing suffix².

Etymology: < reach v.¹ + -ing suffix².

That reaches (in various senses).

†1. Capable of being stretched. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective] > elastic > stretchable

stretchable1398

extensible1611

extensive1612

tensible1626

tensile1626

reaching1651

distendible1673

extendible1693

distractile1709

distensile1739

extensile1744

elastic1781

distensible1828

distensive1836

stretchy1854

stretching1897

two-way stretch1932

a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 163 (MED) Þe lungis ben maad of iij substauncis: of fleisch þat is recchinge, & braunche of arterijs, & of veynis.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Marroquin chaussant, gentle, yeelding, retching.

1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 60 Nor is his conscience made of retching lether.

1630 Tincker of Turvey 5 The Coblers wit, being made of reaching Leather, told them, that the Butcher had no more braines than a Calfe.

1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 78 They saw that in such cases of Treason the Kings honor was made of retching leather, and might easily be strained.

?1705 Rime & Reason This is the Cloak that's made of Reaching Leather.

†a. Of a plan, view, thought, etc.: far-sighted; perceptive, insightful. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > high intelligence, genius > [adjective] > of mind, operations: broad, deep, strong

stronga1393

profounda1450

reachinga1500

ingenious1509

spacious1609

vast1610

vigorous1640

rugged1678

wide1717

broad1832

oceanica1834

in depth1959

a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 106 It ys nedfull to þe chese a sotell man, þat hauyn most stalworth tokenyng, and most rechand [a1500 Ashm. myghtyest; L. validius] argument.

c1592 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta i. ii. 229 A reaching thought will search his deepest wits.

1612 T. Dekker If it be not Good sig. H 4 I haue a reaching plot in that (boy) hasten, That we may smile in our securer port.

1674 R. Boyle Excellency Theol. ii. v. 207 To have so reaching and attentive a prospect of all things.

a1718 W. Penn Maxims in Wks. (1726) I. 840 St. James gives a short Draught of the Matter, but very full and reaching.

1836 R. Browning Life of Strafford (1891) 140 The views of the lord deputy, somewhat more reaching than their own, startled them.

b. Of the mind or intellect: having a great mental reach; penetrating, deep. Also occasionally of a person. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis Ded. sig. Aij Such reaching wyts, as bend theyre endewours, too thee vnfolding thereof.

1594 Willobie his Auisa i. f. 2 Then Pallas gaue a reaching head, With deepe conceites, and passing wit.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. iii. 161 The reaching soul of the renowned DesCartes.

1683 R. Dixon Canidia ii. v. 16 Paracelsus had a reaching Brain.

1705 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft 43 John Calvin, a cunning Man, a great Scholar; and, above all, a reaching Noddle.

1845 S. Wilberforce Let. 27 May in A. R. Ashwell Life S. Wilberforce (1880) I. vii. 269 A very clever reaching mother.

1933 Pacific Affairs 6 120 It is primarily an excellent background painting, designed for a reaching public that wishes to understand the fundamentals behind the daily news.

a. Of the hand, arm, etc.: that stretches out to or after something; extending; able to reach far. Also occasionally of a person.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > [adjective] > reaching

reaching1587

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 765/2 She was not lightlie induced to doo as she did, neither stood it with the frailtie of a woman to withstand the temptations of a mightie man, or rather a reaching tyrant.

1613 H. Parrot Laquei Ridiculosi sig. O6 But in a pocket, please you vnderstand, He hath a reaching, deepe, and diuing hand.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. vii. 79 Great men haue reaching hands.

1681 Heraclitus Ridens 30 Aug. 1/1 A sad Experiment I have made Of the long reaching Arms of Kings.

1737 H. Baker tr. Virgil in Medulla Poetarum Romanorum II. 36 I, just then advanc'd To my twelfth Year, could barely from the Ground Touch with my reaching Hand the tender Boughs.

a1746 M. Leapor Poems upon Several Occasions (1751) 171 The gay Impostor mocks our reaching Arms.

1817 J. Keats Sleep & Poetry 362 Fauns and satyrs taking aim At swelling apples with a frisky leap And reaching fingers.

1861 H. B. Stowe Pearl of Orr's Island (1862) xxx. 314 Who that sees one [sc. a ship] bound outward, with her white breasts swelling and heaving, as if with a reaching expectancy, does not feel his own heart swell?

1908 M. J. Cawein Poems I. 428 One..knows that sands, Pitiless sands, before him are; Yet follows ever with reaching hands Till he sinks at last.

1988 N. Bissoondath Casual Brutality vii. 115 My grandfather was in his private plot on the other side of the wall, the spot marked yet by the thick, reaching vegetation.

b. Characterized by reaching forward with the legs. Cf. reach n.¹ 5.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [adjective] > at full stride

reaching1608

extended1778

1608 H. Timberlake Disc. Trav. Two Eng. Pilg. (rev. ed.) 41 I think a good horse wil run as fast, but not continu it: their [sc. the dromedary's] pace is a reaching trot, but verie hard and quick.

1866 R. D. Blackmore Cradock Nowell xxv She broke from the long stride of her trot into a reaching canter.

1912 E. Ferguson Open Trails xxi. 223 The horses have a shorter trot than they should have... You never hear the long, raching trot of the North, or the fine, measured roll of the single-footer.

2007 L. Davidson West of Brazos vii. 52 They started the horses south at a long reaching trot.

†4. Perhaps: attractive, fetching. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1607 F. Beaumont Woman Hater v. i. sig. H4 My book-strings are sutable & of a reaching colour.

Derivatives

ˈreachingly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > high intelligence, genius > [adverb]

deeplyc888

profoundly?a1425

reachingly1664

brilliantly1882

1664 H. More Expos. 7 Epist. iii. 31 Very reachingly and comprehensively Propheticall.

a1726 G. Whitehead in J. Gough Hist. Quakers (1789) IV. ii. 200 This short ejaculation..did more deeply and reachingly affect my heart than what I had heard spoken in the meeting.

1962 E. S. Robinson in C. J. Friedrich Nomos V ii. 24 You would seem to be contending that humanist..absolutes can not be as consistently or reachingly productive of the public interest.

2006 Spectator (Hamilton, Ont.) (Nexis) 13 July g2 The most achingly exquisite chorus, sung in a reachingly expressive falsetto.

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n.¹OE

n.²eOE

adj.a1400

单词	reaching
释义	reachingn.¹ Brit. /ˈriːtʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈritʃɪŋ/ Forms: see reach v.¹ and -ing suffix¹; also Old English hræcing (Northumbrian), Old English racing (Northumbrian). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reach v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < reach v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. 1. The action of reach v.¹ (in various senses); an instance of this. Also with out, up. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > [noun] > reaching reachingOE reach1570 protension1616 outreaching1902 outreach1965 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > [noun] reaching1591 accession1642 OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: John (headings to readings) xxiv Intincti panis porrectione: in hrining hlafes mið ræcing. OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: John (headings to readings) xlv Extensione manuum significat ei quod crucis morte foret martyrio coronandus : mið racing honda tahte uel him þætte rodes deaðe uere toueard mið ðrounge gesigfæstnad. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 96 If..þis skin þat hatte hernia be I-broke by strecchinge and recchinge..þanne..þe bowels slideþ dounward into þe codde of þe genytras. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 425 Rechynge, or stretchynge [v.r. rehchinge], extensio. 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica at Alcance Ouertaking, obteining, pursuing, reaching. 1592 L. Andrewes Wonderfull Combate ii. 53 There must..be a reaching out of the hand, & an opening of the doore by our selues. 1647 S. Rutherford Christ Dying sig. (b) 3 There must be reflections, and reachings of intellectuall vision, embracing, loving, wondedring, returning backe to him againe, in a circle of glory. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge To Rdr. The one had wrackt and limm'd my thoughts, with endless tenters and boundless retchings out. 1760 W. Law Spirit of Prayer i. 55 A natural..reaching after that eternal light. 1785 E. Burke Speech Nabob Arcot's Debts in Wks. (1842) I. 333 All the reachings and graspings of a vivacious mind. 1846 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters (1883) ii. i. i Reachings forward unto the things that are before. 1855 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. ii. vi. 147 All reasoning..is a reaching of the unknown through the known. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. viii. 138 The reaching-out of the bodily organs. 1919 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. 26 American thus shows its character in a constant experimentation,..a steady reaching out for new and vivid forms. 1939 Times 11 Sept. 13/1 Tentative reachings were already being made in markets at the end of last week towards a new basis of investment policy. 1964 J. A. M. Meerloo Hidden Communion ii. 30 The word ‘ecstasy’..expresses this ‘reaching out’ beyond the immediate and personal limitations of everyday life. 2005 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 16 July 9 This is a very repetitive book..and its reachings for high style often collapse into bathos. †2. A reach or stretch of country. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > tract > [noun] placec1325 piecec1330 soil1430 groundc1436 territory?a1439 land1604 strain1614 track1686 reaching1727 terrain1766 land-score1828 outstretch1858 1727 in M. A. Richardson Local Historian's Table Bk. (1843) Legendary Div. I. 401 There are many hills and reachings for many miles. 3. Nautical. The action of sailing on a course which is approximately at right angles to the wind. Cf. reach v.¹ 16. ΚΠ 1831 Morning Chron. 20 June The remainder of the match was a ‘running and reaching’ one. 1877 Times 21 Aug. 9/5 The wind..shifted to the south-west and south. The result was that there was a great deal of reaching. 1961 P. Moyes Sunken Sailor iv. 50 I want a proper complement of sails. Storm jib, beating jib, a Genoa for reaching and a spinnaker. 1998 Yachts & Yachting 10 July 72/2 The penultimate race..took place in Force 3–4 south-westerlies, leading to races with a high proportion of tight spinnaker or white sail reaching. Compounds C1. General attributive, in sense 3. reaching foresail n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > sail set on a stay > jib or sail set on forestay > types of marabut1622 flying jib1711 storm-jiba1827 spitfire-jib1858 jib topsail1866 reaching foresail1901 reacher1903 jumbo1912 Yankee1912 Yankee jib1912 Genoa1932 Genoa jib1932 slave1934 quad1937 slave jib1948 masthead genoa1958 1901 Manitoba Morning Free Press 27 Sept. 12/3 At 3.21 the Shamrock took in her balloon foresail and in one minute the latter sent up a reaching foresail. 1948 R. de Kerchove Internat. Maritime Dict. 581/2 Reaching foresail, a triangular sail which sets on the forestay... Also called Genoa foresail, Genoa jib. reaching jib n. ΚΠ 1863 Hunt's Yachting Mag. Aug. 367 The Pet rather stupidly kept her large topsail aloft, and set a large reaching jib. 1974 Newport (Rhode Island) Daily News 16 Aug. 15/1 The windshift had made the second reach a close one, and Intrepid sailed it with a reaching jib. reaching sail n. ΚΠ 1901 N.Y. Times 27 Aug. 3/1 Capt. Sycamore kept the crew busy setting jib topsails. Five in all were set, first one a size larger than the baby, then a small reaching sail, followed by an intermediate. 1998 Seahorse Internat. Sailing Apr. 49/1 The reaching sails, with a small window of use across the wind angle range, had a disproportionate number of hours' usage. reaching staysail n. ΚΠ 1899 R. T. Pritchett Pen & Pencil Sketches Shipping & Craft 33 They are regulating their speed with a huge reaching stay-sail sheeted right aft. 2001 I. Tew Sailing in Grandfather's Wake 201 We tried to get the reaching staysail to set but without much success. C2. † reaching-post n. Obsolete a post used in stretching fibres when making rope. ΚΠ 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 56 Reaching-post, a post..about four feet high, fixed in the ground at the lower-end of the walk. It is used in stretching the yarn by means of a tackle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). reachingn.² Brit. /ˈriːtʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈritʃɪŋ/ Forms: see reach v.² and -ing suffix¹; also Old English hræcunda (plural, perhaps transmission error), late Middle English rotchynge. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reach v.², -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < reach v.² + -ing suffix¹. Now rare. The action of reach v.² (in various senses); (also) an instance of this.In Old English also: †a clot of phlegm (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > discharge or flux > [noun] > sputum > coughing or spitting up reachingeOE retching1542 hawking1582 expectoration1615 expectorating1662 expectorating1832 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [noun] > retching bolking1398 yoking1527 heavea1571 strain1590 reaching1601 straining1613 kecking1709 reach1736 retch1768 retching1771 vomiturition1842 eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) ii. i. 174 Þis sint tacn adlies magan; ærest gelome spætunga oððe hræcunga. OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 183 Pituitu .i. minuta saliua : heras [read horas] uel hræcunda [perh. read hræcunga] uel spatlung. c1450 in W. R. Dawson Leechbk. (1934) 76 Anoþer ffor the cough, ffor the brest, for rotchynge, [etc.]. c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 26 (MED) Þe forseid fossa or dich myȝte ben y clensid by hem from þe viscous vnclennesse þat comeþ in rechinge or drawynge whanne þat a man spattiþ. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Spittinge, screatus.., or it is the reachynge to spitte. 1572 J. Higgins Huloets Dict. (rev. ed.) Spitting, or the reaching to spitte, screatus.., Crachement. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxiv. iv. 178 The said barke..is greatly commended for the reaching and spitting of bloud. 1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick i. vi. 24 Coughing, Yawning, Reaching, and Hiccoughs. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 199 First Hungry, then sick again, with reachings to vomit. 1777 G. Forster Voy. round World II. 238 They groaned most pitifully, had violent reachings. 1791 J. Woodforde Diary 7 June (1927) III. 275 She was..very much swelled in the face by reaching and very weak. 1816 Times 18 Apr. 4/1 These Lozenges are a most efficacious remedy;..they are peculiarly serviceable in reachings, whether occasioned by intemperance or sea-sickness. 1855 H. Marquand Mem. Victorian Master Mariner (1996) 61 By this time I was fairly seasick and vomiting and reaching had already commenced to a fearful degree. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). reachingadj. Brit. /ˈriːtʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈritʃɪŋ/ Forms: see reach v.¹ and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reach v.¹, -ing suffix². Etymology: < reach v.¹ + -ing suffix². That reaches (in various senses). †1. Capable of being stretched. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective] > elastic > stretchable stretchable1398 extensible1611 extensive1612 tensible1626 tensile1626 reaching1651 distendible1673 extendible1693 distractile1709 distensile1739 extensile1744 elastic1781 distensible1828 distensive1836 stretchy1854 stretching1897 two-way stretch1932 a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 163 (MED) Þe lungis ben maad of iij substauncis: of fleisch þat is recchinge, & braunche of arterijs, & of veynis. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Marroquin chaussant, gentle, yeelding, retching. 1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 60 Nor is his conscience made of retching lether. 1630 Tincker of Turvey 5 The Coblers wit, being made of reaching Leather, told them, that the Butcher had no more braines than a Calfe. 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 78 They saw that in such cases of Treason the Kings honor was made of retching leather, and might easily be strained. ?1705 Rime & Reason This is the Cloak that's made of Reaching Leather. 2. †a. Of a plan, view, thought, etc.: far-sighted; perceptive, insightful. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > high intelligence, genius > [adjective] > of mind, operations: broad, deep, strong stronga1393 profounda1450 reachinga1500 ingenious1509 spacious1609 vast1610 vigorous1640 rugged1678 wide1717 broad1832 oceanica1834 in depth1959 a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 106 It ys nedfull to þe chese a sotell man, þat hauyn most stalworth tokenyng, and most rechand [a1500 Ashm. myghtyest; L. validius] argument. c1592 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta i. ii. 229 A reaching thought will search his deepest wits. 1612 T. Dekker If it be not Good sig. H 4 I haue a reaching plot in that (boy) hasten, That we may smile in our securer port. 1674 R. Boyle Excellency Theol. ii. v. 207 To have so reaching and attentive a prospect of all things. a1718 W. Penn Maxims in Wks. (1726) I. 840 St. James gives a short Draught of the Matter, but very full and reaching. 1836 R. Browning Life of Strafford (1891) 140 The views of the lord deputy, somewhat more reaching than their own, startled them. b. Of the mind or intellect: having a great mental reach; penetrating, deep. Also occasionally of a person. Now rare. ΚΠ 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis Ded. sig. Aij Such reaching wyts, as bend theyre endewours, too thee vnfolding thereof. 1594 Willobie his Auisa i. f. 2 Then Pallas gaue a reaching head, With deepe conceites, and passing wit. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. iii. 161 The reaching soul of the renowned DesCartes. 1683 R. Dixon Canidia ii. v. 16 Paracelsus had a reaching Brain. 1705 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft 43 John Calvin, a cunning Man, a great Scholar; and, above all, a reaching Noddle. 1845 S. Wilberforce Let. 27 May in A. R. Ashwell Life S. Wilberforce (1880) I. vii. 269 A very clever reaching mother. 1933 Pacific Affairs 6 120 It is primarily an excellent background painting, designed for a reaching public that wishes to understand the fundamentals behind the daily news. 3. a. Of the hand, arm, etc.: that stretches out to or after something; extending; able to reach far. Also occasionally of a person. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > [adjective] > reaching reaching1587 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 765/2 She was not lightlie induced to doo as she did, neither stood it with the frailtie of a woman to withstand the temptations of a mightie man, or rather a reaching tyrant. 1613 H. Parrot Laquei Ridiculosi sig. O6 But in a pocket, please you vnderstand, He hath a reaching, deepe, and diuing hand. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. vii. 79 Great men haue reaching hands. View more context for this quotation 1681 Heraclitus Ridens 30 Aug. 1/1 A sad Experiment I have made Of the long reaching Arms of Kings. 1737 H. Baker tr. Virgil in Medulla Poetarum Romanorum II. 36 I, just then advanc'd To my twelfth Year, could barely from the Ground Touch with my reaching Hand the tender Boughs. a1746 M. Leapor Poems upon Several Occasions (1751) 171 The gay Impostor mocks our reaching Arms. 1817 J. Keats Sleep & Poetry 362 Fauns and satyrs taking aim At swelling apples with a frisky leap And reaching fingers. 1861 H. B. Stowe Pearl of Orr's Island (1862) xxx. 314 Who that sees one [sc. a ship] bound outward, with her white breasts swelling and heaving, as if with a reaching expectancy, does not feel his own heart swell? 1908 M. J. Cawein Poems I. 428 One..knows that sands, Pitiless sands, before him are; Yet follows ever with reaching hands Till he sinks at last. 1988 N. Bissoondath Casual Brutality vii. 115 My grandfather was in his private plot on the other side of the wall, the spot marked yet by the thick, reaching vegetation. b. Characterized by reaching forward with the legs. Cf. reach n.¹ 5. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [adjective] > at full stride reaching1608 extended1778 1608 H. Timberlake Disc. Trav. Two Eng. Pilg. (rev. ed.) 41 I think a good horse wil run as fast, but not continu it: their [sc. the dromedary's] pace is a reaching trot, but verie hard and quick. 1866 R. D. Blackmore Cradock Nowell xxv She broke from the long stride of her trot into a reaching canter. 1912 E. Ferguson Open Trails xxi. 223 The horses have a shorter trot than they should have... You never hear the long, raching trot of the North, or the fine, measured roll of the single-footer. 2007 L. Davidson West of Brazos vii. 52 They started the horses south at a long reaching trot. †4. Perhaps: attractive, fetching. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1607 F. Beaumont Woman Hater v. i. sig. H4 My book-strings are sutable & of a reaching colour. Derivatives ˈreachingly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > high intelligence, genius > [adverb] deeplyc888 profoundly?a1425 reachingly1664 brilliantly1882 1664 H. More Expos. 7 Epist. iii. 31 Very reachingly and comprehensively Propheticall. a1726 G. Whitehead in J. Gough Hist. Quakers (1789) IV. ii. 200 This short ejaculation..did more deeply and reachingly affect my heart than what I had heard spoken in the meeting. 1962 E. S. Robinson in C. J. Friedrich Nomos V ii. 24 You would seem to be contending that humanist..absolutes can not be as consistently or reachingly productive of the public interest. 2006 Spectator (Hamilton, Ont.) (Nexis) 13 July g2 The most achingly exquisite chorus, sung in a reachingly expressive falsetto. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹OEn.²eOEadj.a1400
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