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单词 swagging
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swaggingn.

/ˈswaɡɪŋ/
Etymology: < swag v. + -ing suffix1.
Swaggyng in the following quot. may attest the existence of this word for the 15th century, but the true reading is no doubt swagynge (i.e. swaging n.1, alleviation), as in MS. Rawl. Poet. 32 (cf. v.r. swagenyng).
?a1412 J. Lydgate Fabula Duorum Merc. (1897) 511 O weepyng Mirre, now lat thy teerys reyne In to myn ynke so clubbyd in my penne, That rowthe in swaggyng abroode make it renne.
1.
a. The action of swaying or rocking to and fro; motion up and down or backwards and forwards; occasionally wagging (of the head).
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > [noun] > swaying
swimblec1386
swagging1566
rolling1578
swaling1824
swaying1837
sway1846
1566 J. Studley tr. Seneca Agamemnon iii She [sc. a ship] with her swaggyng full of sea to bottom lowe doth sinke.
1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 128 To prevent their wrecking, swagging or dislocating.
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. xi. vii. 311 A wise swagging to and fro of my head.
1832 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges (ed. 2) vii. 392 By bracing the beams together, and preventing the bridge from swagging.
1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §829 In order to prevent the swagging or sinking of the head or falling style.
figurative.1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xii. xii. 374 In this manner, Walpole..had balanced the Parliamentary swaggings and clashings.
b. figurative. Vacillation. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun]
yea-and-nayc1384
vacillationc1400
titteringa1413
stackeringc1440
wondingc1440
fluctuationc1450
waver1519
mammering1532
uncertainty1548
wavering1548
to and fro1553
suspense1560
staggering1565
suspension1568
mammery1578
demur1581
branle1591
dilly-dally1592
hesitance1601
irresolution1601
uncertainness1601
undecision1611
waveringness1614
hesitancy1617
unsettledness1619
hesitation1622
unresolvednessa1626
doubleness of minda1628
wavinga1628
swagging1636
poise1637
mambling1640
stickagea1647
vacillancy1668
whifflinga1677
hovering1679
unresolve1679
irresoluteness1686
shilly-shally1755
indecisiona1763
undecisiveness1779
indecisiveness1793
oscillation1798
flexility1815
shilly-shallying1842
swaying1850
Hamletism1852
teeter1855
havering1866
off and on1875
dilly-dallying1879
double-mindedness1881
hesitatingness1890
dither1958
1636 D. Featley Clavis Mystica lvii. 778 The people..after much swagging on both sides,..came to fix upon this middle way.
2. Sagging down.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > sinking down > under weight or pressure
saggingc1440
swagging1624
the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [noun] > and supported at two points
swagging1792
1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 224 Because so laid, they [sc. brick or squared stones] are more apt in swagging down, to pierce with their points, then in the jacent Posture.
1792 J. Belknap Hist. New-Hampsh. III. 75 It is usual for the surveyor to make large measure... Some allow one in thirty, for the swagging of the chain.
1800 Trans. Soc. Arts 18 273 A hollow cast-iron roller..in order to bear up the rope, and to prevent it from swagging.
3. Australian and New Zealand. Travelling as a swagman; carrying one's ‘swag’, back-packing.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > walking for exercise or recreation > hiking or rambling > carrying a back-pack
knapsacking1877
swagging1883
backpacking1916
society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > carrying belongings
swagging1960
1883 W. S. Green High Alps N.Z. xvi. 268 Descending to the lower camp..and doing the hard swagging work all over again.
1892 N.Z. Alpine Jrnl. 1 100 All our dirty work and heavy swagging will be done for us.
1940 W. S. Gilkison Peaks, Packs xiii. 102 Swagging—or, if you prefer it, back-packing—is more or less an essential part of every climbing trip.
1960 ‘A. Carson’ Rose by any Other Name ix. 50 Swagging is an honourable profession in Australia.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

swaggingadj.

/ˈswaɡɪŋ/
Etymology: < swag v. + -ing suffix2.
1.
a. Swaying heavily to and fro; pendulous with weight; hanging loosely.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [adjective] > hanging down > loosely
swagging1593
ungathered1615
swaggy1646
sagged1647
slouch1688
sloggering1825
flipperty-flopperty1859
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > [adjective] > swinging > heavily
swagging1593
swaggy1646
1593 T. Churchyard Challenge 180 With bellies big and swagging dugges.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. liv. 369 The brests that are too great & swagging.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxviii. 230 Swagging cod [Fr. couillon avallé].
a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 310 His [sc. a ram's] figure should be stately and tall, his belly big, swagging, and woolly.
1727 J. Gay Fables I. xxxvii. 125 Betwixt her swagging panniers' load.
a1793 G. White Meteorol. Observ. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1802) II. 260 Vast, swagging, rock-like clouds.
1852 D. Jerrold Wks. (1864) II. 497 A purple bloated face and swagging paunch.
b. Of a vehicle: Swaying, lurching, lumbering.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > [adjective] > of a vehicle: swaying, lurching, lumbering
swagging1754
1754 H. Walpole Let. to J. Chute 21 May You will dine at Farley in a swagging coach with fat mares of your own.
1826 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 1154 The swagging cart..Reels careless on.
2. ? Big, ‘whopping’. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > exceptionally large of its kind
gurta1400
swappingc1440
swappit?a1513
strongc1540
thwacking1567
thumping1576
bouncing1579
swingeinga1592
whoppinga1625
rapping1657
spankinga1666
whisking1673
swagging1731
skelping?a1786
whacking1797
slapping1825
plumping1832
walloping1847
slashing1854
smacking1888
plonking1896
sollicking1946
1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope I. 203 When the Hottentots louse themselves, they generally pick up the large swagging lice,..and devour them.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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