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单词 singling
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singlingn.

Etymology: < single v.1 + -ing suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsingling.
1. The action of the verb; selection from a number; separation from others. Chiefly with out.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun]
asunderingeOE
sheddingc1175
twinning?c1225
departingc1300
sunderinga1325
to-dighting1340
partingc1350
disseverancec1374
divisionc1374
severinga1382
departitionc1400
separation1413
sunderance1435
departisonc1440
deceperationa1450
severance1467
dissevering1488
dissever?1507
departurec1515
dividing1526
partition1530
sejunction1532
separatinga1557
sequestration1567
decision1574
divorce1593
disseveration16..
dissevermenta1603
sunderment1603
disparting1611
disunition1611
singling1625
divide1642
severation1649
concisure1656
department1677
secretion1696
abgregation1730
disengagement1791
disassociation1825
dispartment1869
dissociation1877
secernment1894
breakaway1897
delinkage1973
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun] > separating from main body
scattering1382
segregation1617
singling1625
dismemberment1838
off-break1866
split-off1935
the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [noun] > selecting from a number or for a purpose
cullingc1440
outchoosing1440
election1614
singling1625
selection1650
hand-walinga1665
1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 144 Order, and Distribution, and Singling out of Parts, is the life of Dispatch.
1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 79 It is not the singling out of a few persons that makes a Parliament.
1667 Termes de la Ley 560 Severance is the singling of two or more that are joyned in a writ.
1911 M. Beerbohm Lett. to R. Turner (1964) 210 Your singling-out of that phrase..is a proof that Rothenstein and Ruskin are right about reverence for nature.
1964 F. Bowers Bibliogr. & Textual Crit. vi. iv. 200 Sir Walter Greg's singling-out of this as the clinching evidence.
2. The action of singling or thinning out plants. Also attributive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > [noun] > thinning out
weeding1544
sizing1660
thinning1772
suckering1819
singling1844
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 16 Whether the great deficiency is occasioned by the death of plants after the singling process has been completed?..or the distance left by the singling is greater than we desire?
1899 Dundee Advertiser 21 Nov. 14 Much of the success in root-growing depends on the singling process.
3. Distilling. (See quots.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > [noun] > first spirit of distillation
low wine1526
singling1830
1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. I. vii. 226 The distillation may proceed as rapidly as can run without coming foul or muddy, until 2400 gallons have been drawn off: these constitute what are called singlings.
a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 816/1 Singlings, the first to come over, the crude spirit of distillation.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

singlingadj.

Etymology: < single v.1 + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsingling.
rare.
That renders single or separates.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [adjective]
sundry1564
discerning1574
singlinga1593
severing1597
sundering1624
segregatinga1628
separating1647
separatory1715
disparting1730
disseveringa1822
a1593 C. Marlowe Hero & Leander (1598) i. sig. C Wilt thou liue single still? one shalt thou bee, Though neuer-singling Hymen couple thee.
1621 F. Quarles Hadassa iii. Medit. sig. D4v Till singling Death this sacred knot vndoe, And part this new-made One, once more in two.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

> as lemmas

ˈsingling
ˈsingling adj. Obsolete
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > [adjective] > travelling by sea or by ship
singling1608
1608 T. Hudson tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Ivdith iv. 59 in J. Sylvester Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) The perfite pylot..with singling sheete doth shunne Cyanes straites.
extracted from singlev.2
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n.1625adj.a1593
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