sunningn.

Brit.

/ˈsʌnɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈsənɪŋ/

Forms: see sun n.¹ and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sun n.¹, -ing suffix¹; sun v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: Partly < sun n.¹ + -ing suffix¹, and partly < sun v. + -ing suffix¹.

1. Originally: the action of exposing something to the sun, esp. so as to dry or bleach it. Now usually: the action of basking in the sun; sunbathing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > [noun] > to heat of sun

sunning?1440

insolation1655

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) viii. l. 140 I[n] sestris xij of aysel that sour hard is, A pound and vncis sixe yshrad be do, And xl^ti dayes sonnyng stond hit so.

1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xviii. f. 169^v They chaunge the naturall colour of theyr heare with crafty colour and sonnynge [L. insolatione].

1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health i. iii. f. 7 Sundrie Chymistes are woont to prepare manye Oyles by Sunning, that is, by setting them in the hote Sunne.

1662 tr. F. Plater et al. Golden Pract. Physick (new ed.) ii. v. 627/1 When Blood is too hot, it opens the Veins of the Nose, either when it is so hot by Nature, or by Motion, Sunning or Baths.

1693 T. P. Blount Nat. Hist. 42 There are some who affirm, that Cinnamon..acquires its..strength by fifteen Days Sunning.

1757 L. Carter Diary 6 Sept. (1965) I. 175 What ever we can make use of that will bring the [tobacco] plant into a Speedy way of curing..such as by Sunning.

1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxxi. 291 Our wo-begone widows are frequently..scarce permitted to give their mourning weeds the benefit of a second day's sunning before they are entangled in another matrimonial web.

1889 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 53 Where it is necessary to degrade the whites of hard prints, that is easily done by sunning.

1894 J. M. Walsh Coffee (Philadelphia) 96 Three days' thorough sunning usually suffices to render the coffee quite dry and brittle.

1929 H. A. A. Nicholls & J. H. Holland Text-bk. Trop. Agric. (ed. 2) ii. ix. 301 A few hours' sunning in the early morning.

2016 Sun Herald (Sydney) (Nexis) 21 Aug. (Traveller section) 12 A day of swimming and sunning at a beach for which the cliche ‘tropical paradise’ was surely originally coined.

2. Chiefly poetic. Radiance comparable to that of the sun; bright shining or glowing. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > sunlight or sunshine

sunOE

sun gleamc1225

sunlightc1275

sunshinea1325

sun-shiningc1400

sunningc1595

shine1622

sun gold1868

ray1957

c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxxix. 43 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 132 On pathes enlighted by thy faces sunning.

1838 E. B. Barrett Seraphim & Other Poems 88 Thou, uttered forth of old..In the firmamental sunning.

1938 N. Gale Brackenham Church 5 Meadowsweet was paler than its wont And loosestrife purple lessened, since the sun Of trance out-shone the sunning of our world.

3. Chiefly Scottish. A method of catching salmon, used in strong sunlight when the water is shallow and clear, whereby the fish are frightened or dazzled by the dragging of a large, bright object, e.g. a bleached horse skull, through the water, and then speared as they hide under rocks or near the bank. Cf. burning n. 9b. Now historical and rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing for type of fish > [noun] > for salmon > manner of

wastering1580

black-fishing1794

sunning1843

burning1844

sun-leister1847

1843 W. Scrope Days & Nights Salmon Fishing in Tweed x. 209 Sunning..is a mode of taking salmon with a spear by sun light.

1895 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 July 9/2 In Norway we have seen the sunning carried on by means of a painted board illuminated by a large lens.

1913 A. Lang & J. Lang Highways & Byways in Border viii. 222 There may have been more fish in his day,—one cannot judge; they got more, but then they took them not only with fly, but by ‘sunning’ and by ‘burning’ the water.

1997 N. W. Simmonds Early Sc. Angling Lit. v. 32 His methods included..sunning.

Phrases

a-sunning: in the process of being exposed to the sun; undergoing exposure to the sun. In early use chiefly in to lay (also set, hang, etc.) a-sunning: to expose to the sun, esp. in order to dry, bleach, etc. In later use chiefly in to sit a-sunning: to bask in the sun. [see a prep.¹ 12, 11.]

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > subject or expose to heat or fire [verb (transitive)] > to the sun

sunc1460

to lay (also set, hang, etc.) a-sunning1510

insolate1623

apricate1839

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > [phrase] > exposed to the sun

a-sunning1510

1510 J. Stanbridge Vocabula (new ed.) sig. C.vi^v Apricor, to syt a sonnynge or to sonne.

?1517 Kalender of Shepeherdes (new ed.) sig. Av For & clerkes shewe them bokes of cunnynge They bydde them, lay them vp a sonnynge.

1600 T. Nashe Summers Last Will 198 Old wiues a sunning sit.

1633 T. James Strange Voy. 42 They hung a Sunning all day.

1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 67 They gather the cinnamon..then lay it a fortnight a sunning.

1664 Comenius' Janua Ling. 500 Linnen..is laid a sunning to whiten.

1680 T. Otway Hist. Caius Marius v. 54 When they are set a sunning upon the Capitol.

1709 F. T. tr. E. Holdsworth Welsh Mouse-trap 7 Presently a Cat, Who on the House Top then a sunning sat, Stretch'd out at ease.

1885 S. O. Jewett Marsh Island xi The pies were baked, and the pots and pans still a-sunning.

1928 L. Stockett Baltimore (1997) 23 It is a sunny resting place, and on mild winter days old men a-sunning sit.

1979 N. Ames Wildlife & People in New Mexico ii. 19/2 The dog's burrow, however, is an open door, at which he and his relatives may sit a-sunning.

Compounds

attributive, designating a place used for basking in the sun, as sunning place, sunning spot, etc.

ΚΠ

1828 G. Beauclerk Journey to Marocco vi. 64 These tadpole urchins shoot from their sunning place.

1903 Irish Monthly Nov. 637 This is a place of popular entertainment, built on a high rock over the beach,..consecrated as a sunning-spot to the use of countless seals.

1972 Copeia No. 1. 151 Individuals habitually occupied certain favored sunning places.

1992 J. C. George Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo (1993) i. 5 ‘Is that Dajun's sunning spot over there?’ he asked. He pointed to the white gently sloping beach that the alligator had made by sliding in and out of the water.

2003 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 14 Feb. 6 A patio door opens to a sunning deck for a splendid view of the sea.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

sunningadj.

Brit.

/ˈsʌnɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈsənɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sun n.¹, -ing suffix²; sun v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: Partly < sun n.¹ + -ing suffix², and partly < sun v. + -ing suffix².

†1. That brings spiritual enlightenment or divine grace or inspiration. Cf. sun n.¹ 6a, light n.¹ 8. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1631 J. Donne Mans Timely Remembring in W. Milbourne Sapientia Clamitans (1638) 276 Wee may see Day-breake, and discerne beames of Sunning light in this judgement of Eternall darknesse.

1675 S. Ford Eternal Glorification iv. 118 They know only the old Natural way to God and Heaven, according to their Natural Principles, but wanting spiritual eyes, and Sunning light in their hearts, they are real strangers to it continually.

2. Of an animal: basking in the sun. Also occasionally of a person.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > [adjective] > in the sun

sunning1891

1891 F. W. Bourdillon Lost God 11 The haunt of sunning seabirds.

1939 Sewanee Rev. 47 375 In times of well-being she becomes inert like a sunning cat, but when she becomes oppressed or forced to stand on her feet, she becomes cynical and knowing and hard.

1967 W. J. Bryant Magic of Spain 12 A road opens up this area now to villas and sunning tourists.

2010 S. Horack Eden Hunter 177 He heard movement in the high branches, then a sunning snake slapped down onto the water and vanished.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sunning
释义	sunningn. Brit. /ˈsʌnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsənɪŋ/ Forms: see sun n.¹ and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sun n.¹, -ing suffix¹; sun v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: Partly < sun n.¹ + -ing suffix¹, and partly < sun v. + -ing suffix¹. 1. Originally: the action of exposing something to the sun, esp. so as to dry or bleach it. Now usually: the action of basking in the sun; sunbathing. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > [noun] > to heat of sun sunning?1440 insolation1655 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) viii. l. 140 I[n] sestris xij of aysel that sour hard is, A pound and vncis sixe yshrad be do, And xl^ti dayes sonnyng stond hit so. 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xviii. f. 169^v They chaunge the naturall colour of theyr heare with crafty colour and sonnynge [L. insolatione]. 1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health i. iii. f. 7 Sundrie Chymistes are woont to prepare manye Oyles by Sunning, that is, by setting them in the hote Sunne. 1662 tr. F. Plater et al. Golden Pract. Physick (new ed.) ii. v. 627/1 When Blood is too hot, it opens the Veins of the Nose, either when it is so hot by Nature, or by Motion, Sunning or Baths. 1693 T. P. Blount Nat. Hist. 42 There are some who affirm, that Cinnamon..acquires its..strength by fifteen Days Sunning. 1757 L. Carter Diary 6 Sept. (1965) I. 175 What ever we can make use of that will bring the [tobacco] plant into a Speedy way of curing..such as by Sunning. 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxxi. 291 Our wo-begone widows are frequently..scarce permitted to give their mourning weeds the benefit of a second day's sunning before they are entangled in another matrimonial web. 1889 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 53 Where it is necessary to degrade the whites of hard prints, that is easily done by sunning. 1894 J. M. Walsh Coffee (Philadelphia) 96 Three days' thorough sunning usually suffices to render the coffee quite dry and brittle. 1929 H. A. A. Nicholls & J. H. Holland Text-bk. Trop. Agric. (ed. 2) ii. ix. 301 A few hours' sunning in the early morning. 2016 Sun Herald (Sydney) (Nexis) 21 Aug. (Traveller section) 12 A day of swimming and sunning at a beach for which the cliche ‘tropical paradise’ was surely originally coined. 2. Chiefly poetic. Radiance comparable to that of the sun; bright shining or glowing. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > sunlight or sunshine sunOE sun gleamc1225 sunlightc1275 sunshinea1325 sun-shiningc1400 sunningc1595 shine1622 sun gold1868 ray1957 c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxxix. 43 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 132 On pathes enlighted by thy faces sunning. 1838 E. B. Barrett Seraphim & Other Poems 88 Thou, uttered forth of old..In the firmamental sunning. 1938 N. Gale Brackenham Church 5 Meadowsweet was paler than its wont And loosestrife purple lessened, since the sun Of trance out-shone the sunning of our world. 3. Chiefly Scottish. A method of catching salmon, used in strong sunlight when the water is shallow and clear, whereby the fish are frightened or dazzled by the dragging of a large, bright object, e.g. a bleached horse skull, through the water, and then speared as they hide under rocks or near the bank. Cf. burning n. 9b. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing for type of fish > [noun] > for salmon > manner of wastering1580 black-fishing1794 sunning1843 burning1844 sun-leister1847 1843 W. Scrope Days & Nights Salmon Fishing in Tweed x. 209 Sunning..is a mode of taking salmon with a spear by sun light. 1895 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 July 9/2 In Norway we have seen the sunning carried on by means of a painted board illuminated by a large lens. 1913 A. Lang & J. Lang Highways & Byways in Border viii. 222 There may have been more fish in his day,—one cannot judge; they got more, but then they took them not only with fly, but by ‘sunning’ and by ‘burning’ the water. 1997 N. W. Simmonds Early Sc. Angling Lit. v. 32 His methods included..sunning. Phrases a-sunning: in the process of being exposed to the sun; undergoing exposure to the sun. In early use chiefly in to lay (also set, hang, etc.) a-sunning: to expose to the sun, esp. in order to dry, bleach, etc. In later use chiefly in to sit a-sunning: to bask in the sun. [see a prep.¹ 12, 11.] ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > subject or expose to heat or fire [verb (transitive)] > to the sun sunc1460 to lay (also set, hang, etc.) a-sunning1510 insolate1623 apricate1839 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > [phrase] > exposed to the sun a-sunning1510 1510 J. Stanbridge Vocabula (new ed.) sig. C.vi^v Apricor, to syt a sonnynge or to sonne. ?1517 Kalender of Shepeherdes (new ed.) sig. Av For & clerkes shewe them bokes of cunnynge They bydde them, lay them vp a sonnynge. 1600 T. Nashe Summers Last Will 198 Old wiues a sunning sit. 1633 T. James Strange Voy. 42 They hung a Sunning all day. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 67 They gather the cinnamon..then lay it a fortnight a sunning. 1664 Comenius' Janua Ling. 500 Linnen..is laid a sunning to whiten. 1680 T. Otway Hist. Caius Marius v. 54 When they are set a sunning upon the Capitol. 1709 F. T. tr. E. Holdsworth Welsh Mouse-trap 7 Presently a Cat, Who on the House Top then a sunning sat, Stretch'd out at ease. 1885 S. O. Jewett Marsh Island xi The pies were baked, and the pots and pans still a-sunning. 1928 L. Stockett Baltimore (1997) 23 It is a sunny resting place, and on mild winter days old men a-sunning sit. 1979 N. Ames Wildlife & People in New Mexico ii. 19/2 The dog's burrow, however, is an open door, at which he and his relatives may sit a-sunning. Compounds attributive, designating a place used for basking in the sun, as sunning place, sunning spot, etc. ΚΠ 1828 G. Beauclerk Journey to Marocco vi. 64 These tadpole urchins shoot from their sunning place. 1903 Irish Monthly Nov. 637 This is a place of popular entertainment, built on a high rock over the beach,..consecrated as a sunning-spot to the use of countless seals. 1972 Copeia No. 1. 151 Individuals habitually occupied certain favored sunning places. 1992 J. C. George Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo (1993) i. 5 ‘Is that Dajun's sunning spot over there?’ he asked. He pointed to the white gently sloping beach that the alligator had made by sliding in and out of the water. 2003 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 14 Feb. 6 A patio door opens to a sunning deck for a splendid view of the sea. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sunningadj. Brit. /ˈsʌnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsənɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sun n.¹, -ing suffix²; sun v., -ing suffix². Etymology: Partly < sun n.¹ + -ing suffix², and partly < sun v. + -ing suffix². †1. That brings spiritual enlightenment or divine grace or inspiration. Cf. sun n.¹ 6a, light n.¹ 8. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1631 J. Donne Mans Timely Remembring in W. Milbourne Sapientia Clamitans (1638) 276 Wee may see Day-breake, and discerne beames of Sunning light in this judgement of Eternall darknesse. 1675 S. Ford Eternal Glorification iv. 118 They know only the old Natural way to God and Heaven, according to their Natural Principles, but wanting spiritual eyes, and Sunning light in their hearts, they are real strangers to it continually. 2. Of an animal: basking in the sun. Also occasionally of a person. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > [adjective] > in the sun sunning1891 1891 F. W. Bourdillon Lost God 11 The haunt of sunning seabirds. 1939 Sewanee Rev. 47 375 In times of well-being she becomes inert like a sunning cat, but when she becomes oppressed or forced to stand on her feet, she becomes cynical and knowing and hard. 1967 W. J. Bryant Magic of Spain 12 A road opens up this area now to villas and sunning tourists. 2010 S. Horack Eden Hunter 177 He heard movement in the high branches, then a sunning snake slapped down onto the water and vanished. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1440adj.a1631
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