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单词 staving
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stavingn.

/ˈsteɪvɪŋ/
Forms: Also Middle English Scottish staffing.
Etymology: < stave v., stave n.1 + -ing suffix1.
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.
2.
a. The action of striking with staves. Obsolete.
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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.
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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).
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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.)
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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.

/ˈsteɪvɪŋ/
Etymology: ? < stave v. + -ing suffix2.
1. ? Addicted to fighting with staves, quarrelsome. Obsolete.But possibly a misprint for staring.
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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).
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