单词 | singling |
释义 | singlingn. 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. 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 lemmasˈsingling 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. < n.1625adj.a1593 as lemmas |
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