单词 | rivering |
释义 | riveringn.ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > [noun] > hunting on river banks revaying?a1425 riveringa1425 revay1508 a1425 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Linc. Inn) (1952) l. 674 (MED) Now con Alisaundre..Jn grene wode of huntyng, And of reueryng [c1400 Laud ryuer] and of haukyng. 1805 G. Ellis Specimens Early Eng. Metrical Romances II. 38 One day, when the emperor was gone a-rivering, he proposed to Sir Guy to play a game at chess with him. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep washing or dipping sheep-wash749 rivering1532 sheepwashing1826 crutching1837 sheep-dipping1852 jetting1941 1532 Act 23 Hen. VIII c. 17 This Act concerning riuering and washing of any wooll. 1724 London Gaz. No. 6264/2 By not sufficiently Rivering, or Washing of Sheep, before they are shorn. 1792 T. Mortimer Beawes's Lex Mercatoria (ed. 5) 89 No Fraud was intended; but..the Clay, Sand, or Earth, found on the Fleeces, became mixed..with the same,..subsequent to the rivering or washing of them. 3. The action of sailing, rowing, etc., on a river. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > by river or canal inland navigation1727 canalling1834 slack-water navigation1842 rivering1891 1891 M. M. Dowie Girl in Karpathians 139 We got under weigh, and had the next two hours in the open, with a good deal of rivering. 1909 Rudder Aug. 85/1 A word of warning to deep-sea cruisers who may go rivering some time—don't fool with these floating wave makers. 1997 H. Payson Advice to Sealorn xv. 89 When we were restricted to rowing we were far less decibellicose, and our rivering was a zoological encyclopedia of sightings. 2006 J. Danvers Picturing Mind 205 Walking and rivering. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). riveringadj. Frequently poetic. Flowing like a river. ΚΠ 1928 J. Joyce Work in Progress in Le Navire d'Argent Sept. Beside the rivering waters of, hitherandthithering waters of. Night! 1968 R. E. Duncan Bending Bow 11 The few cords that bind meaning in the word-flow, the rivering web rises. 1993 C. Harrod-Eagles Devil's Horse (1994) iv. 71 She strained through the rivering rain to read his expression, to find a hint of approval or support. 2005 P. Makuck Off-season in Promised Land i. 34 Father and son must now be as fast, folding a mattress into the yellowish wagon, white wheels sunk in the rivering mud. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1425adj.1928 |
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