单词 | reeving |
释义 | reevingn.1 Now rare (English regional in later use). The action or process of sifting winnowed grain (cf. reeve v.2). Also concrete (in plural): the refuse from this process (also figurative). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > sieving boltinga1300 temsingc1450 reevingc1600 c1600 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 283 The Yeoman Garnetor hath..for his fee the ryvinges and outcast of the corne when it is cleansed. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 74/1 Reeving, is to sift the Corn, to cleanse it from small seeds. 1834 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 820/2 We have worked at manual labour for our amusement..for reeling and reeving can hardly be called manual labour... We have ploughed, sowed, reaped, mowed, pitchforked, threshed. 1849 E. Tatham Let. in B. Gregory Mem. Emma Tatham (1859) v. 73 I have to seize corners, and snatch..reevings of time... I have wasted, alas! millions of my golden seeds. 1870 R. Robinson Forness Folk 10 Lads wos drivin' horses an' waggins owt o' t' tunnels, an bringin' girt clogs o' stuff to t' chaps..to be keckt up reet in front o' them. I'd heeard a deeal o' toke about this ryving job. 1897 Eng. Dial. Dict. (1904) V. at Reeve v.3 Rivings. Compounds reeving-sieve n. a sieve used to sift grain. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > sieving > sieve or riddle riddereOE riddlelOE boultel1266 temse?1362 reeing-sieve1378 bolt-clothc1425 bolt-pokec1440 bulstarec1440 bigg-riddle1446 oat riddle1446 bolting-tunc1485 bolter1530 bolting-tub1530 bolting-pipe1534 bolting-poke1552 gingerbread temse?1562 bolting-hutch1598 reeving-sieve1613 hutch1619 temzer1696 ree1728 oat-ridder1743 harp1788 bunt1796 bolting-machine1808 sowens-say1825 slap-riddle1844 bolt1847 flour-bolt1874 purifier1884 flour-bolter1888 plansifter1905 1613 Inventory in E. Nikitas & G. Hoddinott Taking their Word for It (1997) (at cited word) Revinge syve. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 331/1 The Reeving Sieve is to cleanse Corn at the time of Winnowing from the dreggs of Chaff. 1820 R. Wilbraham Attempt Gloss. Cheshire (ed. 2) (at cited word) Reeve, to separate corn that has been winnowed from the small seeds which are among it; this is done with what they call the reeving sieve. 1881 Eng. Dial. Dict. (1904) V. at Reeve v.3 To put it drue the rīvin-zeeve, vor to take out all the eaver. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Can take out all the 'eaver out o' it way the reiving-zieve. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). reevingn.2 The action of reeve v.1, in various senses; esp. the action or process of passing a rope, cable, or the like through a hole, block, etc.; (also) the manner in which this is done. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [noun] > operations on ropes or tackle reeving1627 worming1644 rounding1766 rendering1769 snaking1815 surging1839 snubbing1846 swig1849 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. v. 23 Reeuing is..drawing a rope thorow a blocke or oylet to runne vp and down. 1717 W. Sutherland Prices Labour in Ship-building 234 If there were small Rundles put in at the Reeving of every Rope, it would certainly prevent the fretting of the Rope, and add to the Purchase. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) Expl. Pl. 18 The principle whereon the reeving is performed. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 321 The reeving of the pulleys and chains will be more clearly seen in the perspective views. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 566 Reeving, in polar voyaging, following up serpentine channels in the ice, till the vessel reaches open water. 1892 R. Kipling Life's Handicap 182 The reeving and unreeving of the bed-tapes. 1932 Sci. News Let. 16 Apr. 249/1 The raising of the vessel by means of pontoons requires tunnels to be blown by divers under the hull, [and] the reeving of chains through these tunnels. 1991 Nucleonics Week (Nexis) 16 May 9 Other problems listed include..difficulty with reeving the cables and rigging the hoist systems under the vessel. Compounds attributive, as reeving block, reeving line, reeving system, etc. ΚΠ 1750 J. S. Gardiner Art & Pleasures of Hare-hunting iv. 33 The Snarer..being unprepared with Engines, the reeving Purse-net, or elastick Wire, to secure every..Track [of the hare]. c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 24 They are usually rove with a reeving line. 1896 Tyrone (Pa.) Herald 17 July Insert a reeving string of brightly colored ribbon which shall act as a draw-thread for opening and closing the reticule. 1938 Mariner's Mirror 24 419 The inboard part of the reeving bowsprit..is fitted on the port side of the fore-mast. 1969 E. H. Pinto Treen 266 The pear-shaped, elm object is a reeving block. 1975 Offshore Sept. (Dutch Suppl.) 49–12/3 The actual pulling wires..ran from the Pontra Maris to a sheave pontoon anchored 2 km away... The reeving system allowed a total pulling force of 600 tons. 2008 Manufacturer's Monthly (Austral.) (Nexis) Apr. 60 Thanks to the attached reeving components [on a hoist]..it can be easily integrated into existing steel superstructures. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1c1600n.21627 |
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