单词 | scudding |
释义 | scuddingn.1 The action of the verb in various senses. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [noun] > moving swiftly flying1548 scudding1583 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > [noun] > sailing before the wind scudding1769 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xxiv. 140 There is scudding from aultar to aultar. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine s.v. The principal hazards incident in scudding are..a pooping sea; the difficulty of steering. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 81 Scudding will tend to carry the ship beyond its influence. Compounds scudding-pole n. ‘a pole erected for the purpose of shooting herrings conveniently into the hold’ ( Eng. Dial. Dict.). ΚΠ 1874 E. W. H. Holdsworth Deep-sea Fishing 110 The ‘scudding-pole’..is fixed fore and aft between the mitch-board and the mast. scudding-stone n. a thin stone that can be made to skim the surface of a body of water. ΚΠ 1897 E. W. Hamilton Outlaws of Marches xv. 166 While her great bobble of a lad's aye flinging scuddin'-stanes in Keeldar's Pool. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). scuddingn.2 Tanning. The action of scud v.4 Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > [noun] > cleaning hides scudding1882 1882 J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. XIV. 384/1 This is partly accomplished by going over the hide on the beam with a scudding knife. 1882 J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. XIV. 389/2 The general sequence of unhairing..scudding, washing, and treating with the bran drench is the same as in the case of other skins. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2019). scuddingadj. That scuds, in senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [adjective] swiftc888 swifta1050 currentc1300 quickc1300 hastivea1325 hastyc1330 ingnel1340 swiftyc1380 speedfula1387 fasta1400 swippingc1420 speedy1487 fleet1528 tite?a1540 scudding1545 flighty1552 suddenly1556 flight1581 feathered1587 Pegasean1590 wing-footed1591 swift-winged?1592 thought-swift-flying1595 wind-winged?1596 swallow-winged1597 Pegasarian1607 skelping1607 rapid1608 night-swifta1616 celerious1632 clipping1635 perniciousa1656 volatile1655 quick-foot1658 meteorous1667 windy1697 high-flying1710 fleet-footed1726 aliped1727 wickc1760 velocious1775 flight-performing1785 fast-going1800 fast-moving1802 meteor1803 wight-wapping1830 fleety1841 speeding1847 swiftening1848 two-forty1855 fire-swift1865 pennate1870 spinning1882 percursory1884 zippy1889 meteoric1895 pacy1906 presto1952 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > [adjective] > running before the wind spooming1741 scudding1762 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 13v That shafte whiche one yeare for a man is to lyghte & scuddinge, for the same selfe man the next yeare may chaunce be to heuy and hobblynge. 1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck iii. 40 What regions now the scudding Ship surround. 1849 A. Helps Friends in Council II. iv. 92 Strange images are sought out in the scudding clouds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.11583n.21882adj.1545 |
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