单词 | tillering |
释义 | † tilleringn.1 Obsolete. rare. The putting of a bow upon a tiller (tiller n.2 1d) in order to stretch or bend it. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > use of bow and arrow > [noun] > action of drawing bow > for testing tillering1545 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 6 I woulde desyre all bowyers to season theyr staues well, to woorke them and synke them well, to gyue them heetes conuenient, and tyllerynges plentye. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 6v I suppose that nether ye bowe can be to good and chefe woode, nor yet to wel seasoned or truly made, wyth hetynges and tillerynges. 1801 T. Roberts Eng. Bowman 295 Tillering, trying a bow by the tiller. Altering a bow by scraping it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). > as lemmasˈtillering ˈtillering n.2 and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > [noun] > other processes tillering1764 puddling1773 sulphuring1891 lingering1907 1764 Museum Rusticum (1765) 3 xii. 46 There is a particular season for its tillering, or spreading; another for its upright growth. 1840 C. Howard Farming at Ridgemont 137 in Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) III By a rapid and early vegetation of the wheat, the tillering branches of the young plant are apt to exhaust themselves. < n.11545 as lemmas |
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