单词 | sheeling |
释义 | sheelingn. 1. The action of sheel v. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > removal of husk sheelingc1440 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [noun] > stripping or uncovering so as to leave bare > of skin, bark, husk, etc. > of husk or shell sheelingc1440 shaling1611 unhusking1706 shelling1725 α. β. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 446/2 Schyllynge, of notys.1906 Woodruffe-Peacock Ideal Thoroughbred Stud 14 The dry shilling so prevalent in the spring months, which is so serious a throw-back to both plant and animal growth.1583–4 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1882) IV. 320 That thai diligentlie awaitt vpoun the scheilling of the quheitt pertening to the said nichtbouris of the baxteris. 1606 in Sel. Rec. Kirk Sess. etc. Aberd. (1846) 198 The haill millers..to absteine from millinge, grindinge or scheilinge on the Sabboth day in tymes cumminge. 1801 Farmer's Mag. Apr. 214 It [common barley] produced nearly 21 pecks and a half..of common barley-flour,..4 lb. of husks from the shealing, and [etc.]. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 350 The protuberances of the rootlets and woolly ends should not have been rubbed off by any process, such as sheeling. 2. The grain removed from the husk, also the husks of oats, wheat, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > grain separated from chaff wheatc825 threshinga1382 sheeling?a1513 shelling1705 sheeling-seeds1802 thrashing1898 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > husk(s) of chaffc1000 sheeling?a1513 pulls1788 α. β. a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 205 Thow and thy quene, as gredy gleddis ȝe gang With polkis to mylne, and beggis baith meill and schilling.a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 208 Chittirlilling, ruch rilling, lik schilling in the milhous.1546 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 7/2 Cum una firlota de lie thirl beir et una firlota de lie ring schilling.1681 O. Heywood Autobiogr., Diaries, Anecd. & Event Bks. (1881) II. 286 A stroke of shilling standing on the table.1690 J. Mackenzie Siege London-derry 39/1 There was Oats, Shilling, and Malt in Town, which could not be used for want of Mills.1729 P. Walkden Diary 24 Dec. (1866) (modernized text) 85 Sent son Thomas towards Preston with a load of shilling to sell.1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XV. 117 Shillen, i.e. shealing, or hulter corn, is measured by the tacksman of the mill, and is paid, not in shealing, but in meal.1910 G. Henderson Norse Influence on Celtic Scotl. v. 117 In Lowland Scots shillin, unhusked grain.1597 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1841) I. 173 And than the said mylne..grund efter hir auld forme, and made gude meill and scheiling. 1667 Rec. Baron Court Stitchill (S.H.S.) 46 It is..ordained that the owner of the corne mak their awn sheilling in all tyme cuming. 1844 J. Ballantine Miller of Deanhaugh x. 177 Rank an' station! bran an' sheelings! exclaimed the miller. 1902 Ardrossan Herald 31 Jan. 2/3 The multure is a quantity of grain, sometimes in kind, as wheat, oats, pease, and sometimes manufactured as flour, meal, sheeling. Compounds General attributive. sheeling cylinder n. ΚΠ 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 351 The first process which wheat undergoes in grinding is in being put through the sheeling cylinder. sheeling groats n. ΚΠ 1585–6 Shuttleworths Acc. (Chetham Soc.) 91 A peke of shillynge grotes. sheeling-hill n. a hill or eminence where grain was winnowed by the wind. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > removal of husk > hill where sheeling occurs sheeling-hill1597 sheeling-mound1911 the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [noun] > hillock > type of sheeling-hill1597 parley hill1641 parle hill1664 risbank1665 cradle-heap1830 cradle-hill1855 reef knoll1890 cradle-knoll1897 sheeling-mound1911 1597 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1841) I. 174 The schilling hill of the Mylne of Fedderet. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 151 Instead of..waiting patiently for whatever dispensation of wind Providence was pleased to send upon the sheeling-hill. 1840 J. Hodgson & J. Raine Hist. Northumberland: Pt. II III. 118 (note) A shilling-hill, as a place to deet or winnow the groats of oats from the husks that had been shilled off them, before machinery was invented for the purpose, was not an uncommon appendage to a mill. sheeling machine n. sheeling-mound n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > removal of husk > hill where sheeling occurs sheeling-hill1597 sheeling-mound1911 the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [noun] > hillock > type of sheeling-hill1597 parley hill1641 parle hill1664 risbank1665 cradle-heap1830 cradle-hill1855 reef knoll1890 cradle-knoll1897 sheeling-mound1911 1911 E. Beveridge North Uist i. 11 At a shieling-mound close to the southern base of Marrival is Tobar Chuithairidh. sheeling-seeds n. the husks of corn, esp. oats, also the grain that has been freed from the husk. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > chaff or husks of grain grita700 chaffc1000 crapa1425 coralc1440 pug?1440 shelling1598 shood1601 ray1656 scufting1688 rubble1767 cosh1787 sheeling-seeds1802 the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > grain separated from chaff wheatc825 threshinga1382 sheeling?a1513 shelling1705 sheeling-seeds1802 thrashing1898 1802 C. Findlater Gen. View Agric. County of Peebles iii. 44 The husks, or shilling seeds, are again separated by the fanners. a1867 W. Anderson in D. H. Edwards Mod. Sc. Poets (1881) 2nd Ser. 238 A cushion stuff't wi' sheelin' seeds. sheeling-stone n. (see quot. 1880). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > corn-mill > millstone millstoneeOE quernstoneOE grindle stone?c1225 grindstonea1250 dog stonea1399 grinding-stonec1440 runner1533 sheeling-stone1563 metate1625 burr millstone1771 mealing stone1866 1563 in Rates Exeter Canal in Archaeologia 29 18 For everye boate loadinge with beare, shillingstones, lyme, wood, cole [etc.] iiij.d. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down Shilling stones, the pair of stones in a corn mill which are used for taking the husks off oats. sheeling time n. ΚΠ 1895 H. Maxwell Duke of Brit. xix. 281 It is his custom to go frequently up during the sheiling~time. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † sheelingadj. Obsolete. rare. That is in process of peeling off. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [adjective] > stripped or made bare > having outer layer lost or removed > of outer layer: being lost sheeling1708 exfoliating1882 peeling1893 1708 tr. A. Cowley Plants i, in A. Cowley Wks. III. 288 All thy shealing Scabs rub off again. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.c1440adj.1708 |
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