sizingn.1
/ˈsʌɪzɪŋ/ 1.
a. In University use: The action or practice of procuring ‘sizes’ from the buttery or kitchen; a portion or quantity so obtained; a size.
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the world > food and drink > food > supply of food or provisions > rations > [noun] > in college
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commons1685
1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. L3v The Butler or Manciple of Trinitie Hall..trusted him for his commons & sizing.
1628 J. Shirley Wittie Faire One iv. ii I have had a head in most of the butteries of Cambridge, and it has been sconced to purpose. I know what belongs to sizing.
1661 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 2) at Size In Cambridge they call it Sizing.
1736 in Athenæum (1906) 20 Jan. 76/2 Commons, 10 weeks, £1 3s. 4d. Sizings, £1 11s. 6d.
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Sizings, Cambridge term for the college allowance from the buttery, called at Oxford battles.
1833 B. Peirce Hist. Harvard Univ. 219 We were allowed at dinner a cue of beer, which was a half-pint, and a sizing of bread.
1834 in J. Cottle Rem. Coleridge & Southey (1847) 304 What little suppers, or sizings, as they were called, have I enjoyed.
1852 C. A. Bristed Five Years Eng. University (ed. 3) 20 Two tables..which..go through a regular second course instead of the ‘sizings’.
b. transferred. A share or allowance.
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the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > an allotted share, portion, or part > [noun] > definite or fixed
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ordinary1481
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dimensum1631
plotment1634
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scantling1660
ratio1751
sizing1823
ration1915
1823 Ld. Byron Werner iv. i. 124 As for merriment And sport,..our sizings were Even of the narrowest.
1885 Sat. Rev. 3 Jan. 1/1 There appears to have also been a..tendency..to stint the metropolitan counties of their sizings.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > [noun] > in order to conform > to a standard or purpose > of weights and measures
assizingc1638
sizingc1640
c1640 in Roxburghe Ballads II. 181 A health unto the Baker that never was misled Nor yet put into the pillorie for sizing of his bread.
3. The action of separating and arranging according to size; also, singling of plants.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > [noun] > thinning out
weeding1544
sizing1660
thinning1772
suckering1819
singling1844
1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. 119 It may be proper here to speak of weeding and sising. The latter operation is the plucking up roots or plants that are..offensive to others in the same beds, by reason of their nearness.
1710 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum II Sizing, is a curious way of Dressing the Tin Ore, after it comes from the Launder of the Stamping-mill; which is by sifting it thro' an Hair-Sieve.
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. (at cited word) Size, In all regiments the sizing begins from flanks to centre [etc.].
1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 425 A previous accurate sizing of the stuff to be treated is necessary.
1894 Daily News 30 Jan. 3/4 It is most especially in the inferior sizing or assorting of fruit that reform is needed.
4. sizing up, the process of assessing or evaluating.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > [noun]
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emprisea1393
reputation?c1400
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nick?a1450
vail1471
countc1475
opinionc1480
estimationc1522
meting1548
reckoning1548
valuation1548
computation1558
account1583
cess1588
esteem1598
appreciation1605
resentiment1606
repute1610
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estimate1637
vote1639
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value1651
resentment1655
contemplation1673
critique1798
appraisement1808
appraisal1817
viewa1854
sizing up1967
chit1989
1967 Coast to Coast 1965–6 136 No doubt he guessed I'd been doing a bit of sizing up and decided he had better help me get my ideas into order.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
sizingn.2
/ˈsʌɪzɪŋ/ 1. The action of applying size, or of preparing in some way with size.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with coating or covering materials > [noun] > sizing
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1635 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 98 Item siseing and oyling of the new window, 8 d.
1667 W. Petty in T. Sprat Hist. Royal-Soc. 294 When we treat of Sising and Stiffening.
1797 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 715/1 The sizing of this paper must also be moderate.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 927 For printing paper, the sizing is given in the beating engine.
1883 J. T. Taylor Hardwich's Man. Photogr. Chem. (ed. 9) 229 The Photographic properties of the paper are much affected by the mode of sizing adopted.
2. Size prepared for use; also, the materials from which size is prepared.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > painting or coating materials > [noun] > size
sizec1440
animal size1799
clear-cole1823
sizing1825
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 470 A strong lie of soft soap, called sizing.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Sizing, glutinous matter used by weavers to stiffen the warp, or to make it more smooth.
1878 W. de W. Abney Treat. Photogr. (1881) 177 The sizing should be removed by immersion in boiling water.
3. attributive, as sizing-box, sizing-house, sizing-machine, etc.
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1799 Hull Advertiser 1 June 1/1 Paper-mill..comprises..four vatts,..and sizing-house adjoining.
1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 370 I have since seen the sizing machine in action, dressing warp.
1880 J. Dunbar Pract. Papermaker 55 Strain through a fine wire into the sizing box.
1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 405 It has..been recommended as a sizing material for photographic prints.
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