单词 | staving |
释义 | stavingn. 1. The action of stave v. Chiefly with adverbs off, in. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > shipwreck > [noun] > staving in bulging1611 staving1633 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [noun] > breaking a hole in staving1633 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [noun] > driving away > repelling repulsionc1460 repulsing1490 repulse1578 repelling1611 staving1633 repellance1798 beating off1803 1633 W. Watts in T. James Strange Voy. To Artists sig. S He..does like the Ship here spoken of, runne against a Rocke, endanger his owne bulge, and the stauing of his vessell. 1666 W. Temple Let. to Ld. Arlington in Wks. (1731) II. 14 Neither the Emperor nor Spain will contribute any thing towards the Bishop's Assistance, nor so much as the staving off Enemies. 1815 S. T. Coleridge Let. to W. Money in Lett. (1895) II. 651 The staving off of pain is no pleasure. 1852 Bentley's Misc. 31 57 Talk of fun, there never wos any like that which followed the staving-in of the heads of them barrels. a. The action of striking with staves. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of striking with specific blunt weapon > [noun] staving1487 clubbing1593 swaddling1621 rib-basting1659 bludgeon-work1813 coshing1898 pistol-whipping1928 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 785 With staffing [1489 Adv. stabing], stoking, and striking Thar maid thai sturdy defending. b. The action of setting up defensive or protective stakes or staves. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > palisade or stockade > [noun] > palisading stavingc1543 palisading1719 stockading1855 c1543 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 245 The Kings Majesties oficeres requireth of you and of me..to be contribetors to the charges and staving of the watters of Ancotes. 3. Staves collectively. a. The staves of a trundle (see trundle n. 2). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > cog or gear > lantern > parts of cogs and rungs?1287 staving1491 stave1845 rundle1875 1491 in Reg. S., Cant. Cath. Libr. 368 b The Priorie & Conuent shall repair the seid two watirmylles Except coggyng and stavyng, which shalbe at the costes of the seid John John & Thomas. b. (See quot. 1875.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > driven by water > parts of awe1503 scoop1591 float1611 ladle1611 sole1675 float-board1719 ladle-board1744 paddle1758 shrouding1797 wrist1797 polroz1806 breastwork1833 flap1839 shrouding-plate1844 shroud-plate1844 staving1875 shroud- 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Staving, a casing of staves or planks which forms a curb around a turbine or similar water-wheel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2021). stavingadj.ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [adjective] > fond of fighting battailousc1380 battaillerousc1480 light-fingered1557 rixosous1623 stavinga1625 pugnacious1642 milling1811 fighty1888 a1625 J. Fletcher Pilgrim ii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ggggg2v/1 Rod... What have you brought me Souldiers? Lop. We know not wel what: a strange staving fellow, Sullen enough I am sure. 2. U.S. colloquial. As an intensive: Very strong, excessive. [Compare stave v. 10] ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very great swappingc1440 bumping1566 thumping1576 swingeinga1592 knocking1598 gigantical1604 gigantine1605 gigantean1611 gigantal?1614 thundering1618 whoppinga1625 humming1654 rapping1657 whisking1673 threshing1707 sousing1735 nation1765 heroic1785 runaway1790 spanking1791 gigantic1797 whacking1797 cracking1834 ringing1834 bouncing1842 walloping1847 stavingc1850 banging1864 howling1865 whooping1866 smacking1888 God almighty1913 Christ almighty1961 c1850 Cincinnati Times (Farmer citing Bartlett) A staving dram put him in better humour. 1882 P. Ludlow Nick Hardy 111 I've got a staving long lesson. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1487adj.a1625 |
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