单词 | scotching |
释义 | scotchingn.1 The action of scotch v.1 (in various senses); an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [noun] bita1000 kerfc1000 slittingc1175 carving?c1225 chop1362 cuttinga1398 hacking1398 scissure?a1425 garsingc1440 racing?a1450 incision1474 secting1507 raze1530 chopping1548 scotching1551 hackling1564 slashing1596 carbonadoing1599 kinsing1599 insection1653 secation1656 scission1676 gash1694 inciding1694 haggling1761 cut1808 shear1809 carve1888 1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. B vij v The milky humour, that commeth out of ye herbe, by scotching or nyckyng. 1559 J. Feckenham in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. App. ix. 26 There was no scotchinge nor cuttinge of the Faces and Legs of the Crucifix and Image of Christ. 1866 Atlantic Monthly Feb. 131/2 The South seceded..to maintain a system the scotching or killing of which..would have been a benefit to mankind. 1885 Amer. Angler 17 Jan. 39/2 The scotching takes out all the milk which is so objectionable in fish when less than twenty-four hours old. 1923 Weekly Disp. 28 Jan. 9 The ‘scotching’ of Bolshevism in Italy by the black-shirted Fascisti. 1973 C. A. Wilson Food & Drink in Brit. iii. 100 The chopping or scotching of the meat, which was typical of this style of cookery, served to tenderize it. 2003 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 23 Nov. viii. 12/3 I especially appreciate your scotching of the widely held idea that the pyramids were built by slave labor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). scotchingn.2 Now rare. The placing of a scotch or scotches beneath a wheel, etc., to prevent it from moving. Cf. scotch v.2 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > state of cessation of movement > arrest of motion > action of blocking or wedging scotching1842 chocking1859 1842 Westm. Rev. July 60/1 A very rough process it is, owing to the impetus which so great a weight acquires, notwithstanding the scotching of the wheels. 1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 110 This is called scotching, or chocking. 1884 Antiquary 9 38/2 The scotching of the wheels of the vehicles and the use of the slipper would contribute to the wear. 1916 Southeastern Reporter 86 137/1 The scotching of a mine car to hold it in place while being loaded. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11551n.21842 |
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