单词 | shelling |
释义 | shellingn. 1. The action of shell v.; removal of the shell of peas, nuts, etc. Cf. sheeling n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparing fruit and vegetables > [noun] > shelling nuts or peas shaling1611 shelling1725 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 1725 P. Blair Pharmaco-botanologia iii. 129 The Pains of husking or shelling of it [sc. Naked Oats] (as 'tis usually call'd) in a Water Mill. 1892 Athenæum 12 Mar. 338/2 A clandestine shelling of peas. 2. concrete. Cf. sheeling n. 2. a. Husks or chaff. 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 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Mondiglia, cleansings, purifyings, sweepings, parings, shellings. 1629 Orkney Witch Trial in County Folk-lore (1903) 3 78 Thair was sevin thrave and ane halff quhairoff he got nothing bot shellings. 1725 P. Blair Pharmaco-botanologia iii. 131 They winnow or fan off the Husk [of oats], call'd in some Places the Shellings. 1812 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 151 A quantity of wet shellings of oats had been put on the fire. ?1830 P. Sellar Kyle in Ayrshire 43, in Farm-rep. No oats are sold; they are converted into meal for the sake of getting the dust and shelling. 1851 J. F. W. Johnston Notes N. Amer. II. 128 The shellings or outer husk of this grain are sent down the stream by the millers. b. Grain, etc. from which the husk has been removed. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > grain separated from chaff wheatc825 threshinga1382 sheeling?a1513 shelling1705 sheeling-seeds1802 thrashing1898 1705 in Agnew Hered. Sheriffs Galloway (1893) II. xi. 207 That they shell their oats sufficientlie for the first time, and winnow the shelling. 1763 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 107 Kemp..brought a peck of shelling to the mill to have it ground. 1815 Pocklington Canal Act 52 Flour, shelling, and pearl barley. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Shelling, a commercial name for groats, the grain of oats when the shudes are removed. 3. a. Manuring with shells. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [noun] > use of other natural fertilizers marlingc1450 liming1620 chalking1626 sanding1670 shelling1780 straw-burning1799 ashing1842 vermiculture1976 1780 A. Young Tour Ireland (Dublin ed.) I. 122 Parts by shelling advanced, from 5s. to 25s. an acre. b. (See quot. 1796.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [noun] > a covering of snow > frozen on wool of sheep shelling1796 1796 Ann. Agric. 27 189 The snow lodging among the tops of the wool, and freezing like an incrustation around [the sheep is called] shelling. c. (See quot. 1881.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > fish-keeping, farming, or breeding > [noun] > breeding oysters > culching oyster-bed shelling1881 culching1894 1881 E. Ingersoll Oyster-industry (10th Census U.S.: Bureau of Fisheries) 248 Shelling, the spreading of shells upon the bottom to catch spawn. 4. The firing of shells, bombardment with shells. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > bombardment battery1548 cannonade1562 cannonading1637 bombarding1687 bomb battery1695 bombardment1702 cannon fire1725 bombard1807 shelling1860 hate1915 barrage1916 box barrage1916 creeping barrage1916 area bombardment1918 area shoot1919 shoot1941 stonk1944 1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 II. 288 We should knock down a few of these fellows' forts, and give them a good shelling. 1870 Daily News 29 Aug. 5 After some two hours' shelling the French fire grew slacker. 5. The collecting of seashells. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > collecting other articles > [noun] shelling1861 bugging1862 oology1869 bibliophily1877 antiquing1916 cartophily1936 deltiology1947 phillumeny1951 tegestology1960 notaphily1970 scripophily1978 1861 C. P. Hodgson Resid. Japan 35 Captain Page..lent me his gig and crew of seven men for a day's shelling. 1876 Moresby (title) New Guinea and Polynesia. Discoveries..in New Guinea,..a Cruise in Polynesia and Visits to the Pearl-Shelling Stations in Torres Straits. 6. (See quot. 1897.) ΚΠ 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 341/2 Kicking, the old term for the custom of guards to ask travellers for a tip or special fee. Also called Shelling. CompoundsGeneralattributive. C1. (= for use in shelling grain). shelling machine n. ΚΠ 1803 M. Cutler Jrnl. 22 Oct. in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) II. 137 Patent for shelling machine. shelling mill n. ΚΠ 1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon vii. 179 There being few shelling-mills, and little or no oatmeal manufactured in the country. C2. (= pertaining to shell-collecting). shelling craft n. ΚΠ 1887 H. W. Daly Digging, Squatting, & Pioneering Life S. Austral. 349 Some of the shelling craft were raising as much as a ton a month. shelling ground n. ΚΠ 1896 Strand Mag. 12 356/2 Shelling ground is usually of coral structure. shelling industry n. ΚΠ 1889 H. H. Romilly Verandah in New Guinea x. 225 The shelling industry has very considerably increased. C3. (= consisting of shelled grain. Cf. sheeling n.). shelling beans n. ΚΠ 1795 J. Phillips Gen. Hist. Inland Navigation (rev. ed.) Addenda 47 Wheat, rye, shelling beans, pease. shelling seeds n. ΚΠ 1842 J. Aiton Domest. Econ. (1857) 241 Cover all with six or eight inches of the shelling-seeds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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