skintlingn.adv.

Brit.

/ˈskɪntlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈskɪn(t)lɪŋ/

Forms: 1800s scintling, 1800s– skintling.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: skintle v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: Apparently < skintle v. (although this is first attested later) + -ing suffix¹. Compare later skintle n.

Brickmaking.

A. n.

The action or technique of separating half-dried bricks and resetting them at angles to each other, to allow them to dry fully. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > brick and tile making > [noun] > specific processes

skintling1807

pallet-moulding1867

mullitization1939

1807 J. Middleton View Agric. Middlesex (ed. 2) 26 The brick-maker pays in labour, for digging the earth in autumn and winter, about 40s. per hundred thousand, that is per thousand nearly £ 0 0 5... Skintling, per ditto, 0 2 0.

1836 Penny Cycl. V. 408/2 After the bricks are partially dried, another operation takes place, called ‘skintling’.

1841 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 4 341/1 (note) When the bricks have stood a few days, they are reset with a greater space between them, which operation is called scintling.

1930 Times 5 Apr. 15/4 The language of the law is not the language of brickmaking... But they would feel no uneasiness at all at not knowing what skintling was.

2007 New Scientist 22 Dec. 45/3 The researchers have one last tip for competitive stackers looking to go that extra millimetre with their after-dinner mints: skintling. All you do is angle all your blocks so that their diagonals are perpendicular to the edge of the table.

B. adv.

At an angle; slantingly, askew. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adverb] > at angles

angularly1474

skintling1889

1889 Science 13 335/2 When dry, they [sc. the bricks]..are carried in wheel-barrows and set ‘skintling’, or at angles across each other.

1928 W. Lewis Childermass 93 Satters trails his eye skintling and hangdog.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	skintling
释义	skintlingn.adv. Brit. /ˈskɪntlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈskɪn(t)lɪŋ/ Forms: 1800s scintling, 1800s– skintling. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: skintle v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: Apparently < skintle v. (although this is first attested later) + -ing suffix¹. Compare later skintle n. Brickmaking. A. n. The action or technique of separating half-dried bricks and resetting them at angles to each other, to allow them to dry fully. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > brick and tile making > [noun] > specific processes skintling1807 pallet-moulding1867 mullitization1939 1807 J. Middleton View Agric. Middlesex (ed. 2) 26 The brick-maker pays in labour, for digging the earth in autumn and winter, about 40s. per hundred thousand, that is per thousand nearly £ 0 0 5... Skintling, per ditto, 0 2 0. 1836 Penny Cycl. V. 408/2 After the bricks are partially dried, another operation takes place, called ‘skintling’. 1841 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 4 341/1 (note) When the bricks have stood a few days, they are reset with a greater space between them, which operation is called scintling. 1930 Times 5 Apr. 15/4 The language of the law is not the language of brickmaking... But they would feel no uneasiness at all at not knowing what skintling was. 2007 New Scientist 22 Dec. 45/3 The researchers have one last tip for competitive stackers looking to go that extra millimetre with their after-dinner mints: skintling. All you do is angle all your blocks so that their diagonals are perpendicular to the edge of the table. B. adv. At an angle; slantingly, askew. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adverb] > at angles angularly1474 skintling1889 1889 Science 13 335/2 When dry, they [sc. the bricks]..are carried in wheel-barrows and set ‘skintling’, or at angles across each other. 1928 W. Lewis Childermass 93 Satters trails his eye skintling and hangdog. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adv.1807
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