单词 | rulering |
释义 | ruleringn. The action or an act of beating or rapping with a ruler, esp. as a punishment. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > with ruler rulering1849 1849 C. Dickens David Copperfield (1850) vii. 77 Tear-blotted copy-books, canings, rulerings. 1885 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 26 Nov. 6/2 The primers and spelling-books through which, with much rulering and many manual applications, white children tearfully arrive at a knowledge of their letters. 1944 K. Duncan & D. F. Nickols Mentor Graham ix. 97 There was no rulering for error. The smallest child said his letters from the master's knee, encouraged by nod and pat and smile when on the point of faltering. 1986 P. Woods Inside Schools v. 91 Tweaks of the ear, slaps of the face, rulerings of the fingers, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1849 |
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