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单词 tossing
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tossingn.

Etymology: -ing suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtossing.
The action of toss v. in various senses. Also with adv.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] > tossing about
tossing1557
tossment1650
society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > refining > process in tin-refining
tossing1557
the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [noun]
warpinga1150
throwinga1325
casting1557
whirling1579
jaculation1608
tossing1711
1557 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandrie sig. C.iiii With tossing and raking, and setting on cox: the grasse that was grene, is now hay for an ox.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 367 The other..stirreth vp tossinges, wamlings, windinesse, and vomiting.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xvi. sig. Z5 When Basilius after long tossing was gotten a sleepe.
1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. x. 174 Like the tossing of a pike, which is..to shew the strength and nimblenesse of the arm.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 63. ¶1 The Tossings and Fluctuations of the Sea.
1801 Sporting Mag. 19 115 No cards, dice, odd-horse or tossing-up to be permitted.

Compounds

tossing iron n. Obsolete some cooking utensil.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > tossing implement
tossing irona1625
a1625 J. Fletcher Womans Prize ii. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ooooov/1 They heave ye stoole on stoole, and fling main Potlids Like massie rocks, dart ladles, tossing Irons, And tongs like Thunderbolts.
tossing-pan n. a pan for tossing food in cooking.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking vessel or pot > [noun] > pan > tossing-pan
tossing-pan1769
toss-pan1796
tosser1884
1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper iii. 65 Put them all in your Tossing Pan, and shake it over the Fire till it boils, then put in your Woodcock.
1796 Glasse's Art of Cookery (new ed.) v. 47 Put it into a tossing-pan with a tea-spoonful of lemon-pickle.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

tossingadj.

Etymology: < toss v. + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtossing.
That tosses: see the verb.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [adjective] > tossing about
forpossed1430
fortossed1571
tossing1575
betossed1597
tossed1606
tossant1616
flouncing1700
toss-about1844
1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle ii. iv. sig. Civ My goodly tossing sporyars neele, chaue lost ich wot not where.
1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the First 9 How I dreamt..Of stable Pleasures on the tossing Wave?
1816 J. Wilson City of Plague ii. iv. 106 Beside the couch of tossing agony.
1896 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Flotsam iv A fine boy with tossing fair curls.

Derivatives

ˈtossingly adv.
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1620 Thomas's Dict. (ed. 12) Volutatim..rollingly, tumblingly, tossingly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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