spadingn.¹

/ˈspeɪdɪŋ/

Etymology: < spade v.¹

The action of digging, working, striking, etc., with a spade; the quantity of earth that may be lifted with a spade; a spade's depth of earth.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [noun] > digging or excavating

delfeOE

gravinga1340

pioning1590

spitting1594

spading1647

effossion1657

earthwork1796

exfodiation1823

disentombment1859

earth moving1866

delve1869

dig1887

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > [noun] > digging > digging to spade depth

spitting1594

spading1647

spittling1807

spudding1885

1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. A spading, een spittinge ofte delvinge.

1793 W. Fullarton Gen. View Agric. Ayr (1891) 111 To half trench an acre, with one spading and a shoveling.

1796 W. Marshall Rural Econ. W. Eng. I. 143 The price for ‘spading’ is about three halfpence, a square perch.

1801 Farmer's Mag. Aug. 279 To allow of the removal of perhaps a spading of earth all along.

1842 J. Aiton Domest. Econ. (1857) 161 The first spading being rich soil taken from the trench, should be buried in the centre of the dike.

1888 Daily News 21 Nov. 5/7 Had the League anything to do with the spading and shooting of Colletty?

1891 W. J. Malden Tillage 82 Another method of planting potatoes which is carried out very successfully is known as spading in.

attributive.1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 702/2 A spading-machine for loosening and turning the soil.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

† ˈspading n.² Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > livestock > stock or breed > neutered animal

gelding?1380

spader1648

spading1648

neuter1855

1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Lubber, a Gelder, or a Spader. Een Lubbinge, a Gelding or a Spading.

1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. viii. 63 If some shall..object, that gelding and spading be unnatural actions.

单词	spading
释义	spadingn.¹ /ˈspeɪdɪŋ/ Etymology: < spade v.¹ The action of digging, working, striking, etc., with a spade; the quantity of earth that may be lifted with a spade; a spade's depth of earth. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [noun] > digging or excavating delfeOE gravinga1340 pioning1590 spitting1594 spading1647 effossion1657 earthwork1796 exfodiation1823 disentombment1859 earth moving1866 delve1869 dig1887 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > [noun] > digging > digging to spade depth spitting1594 spading1647 spittling1807 spudding1885 1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. A spading, een spittinge ofte delvinge. 1793 W. Fullarton Gen. View Agric. Ayr (1891) 111 To half trench an acre, with one spading and a shoveling. 1796 W. Marshall Rural Econ. W. Eng. I. 143 The price for ‘spading’ is about three halfpence, a square perch. 1801 Farmer's Mag. Aug. 279 To allow of the removal of perhaps a spading of earth all along. 1842 J. Aiton Domest. Econ. (1857) 161 The first spading being rich soil taken from the trench, should be buried in the centre of the dike. 1888 Daily News 21 Nov. 5/7 Had the League anything to do with the spading and shooting of Colletty? 1891 W. J. Malden Tillage 82 Another method of planting potatoes which is carried out very successfully is known as spading in. attributive.1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 702/2 A spading-machine for loosening and turning the soil. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmas ˈspading † ˈspading n.² Obsolete ΘΚΠ the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > livestock > stock or breed > neutered animal gelding?1380 spader1648 spading1648 neuter1855 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Lubber, a Gelder, or a Spader. Een Lubbinge, a Gelding or a Spading. 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. viii. 63 If some shall..object, that gelding and spading be unnatural actions. extracted from † spadev.² < n.¹1647 as lemmas
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spadingn.1

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