单词 | tucking |
释义 | tuckingn.1ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > fulling waulkingc1300 fulling1383 thickingc1440 tucking1467 tuckage1612 milling1884 1467–8 [implied in: Rolls of Parl. V. 587/1 A Water Mille 11 Tokyng Milles and Medowes, Pastures and Wodes. (at tucking-mill n.)]. 1530 in F. W. Weaver Wells Wills (1890) 24 All that belongyth to my crafte of tokynge and sherynge. a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1883) I. 167 The..charges in the wholl manufactory..in..Tuckinge, shearinge, dying, dressinge and the like. 2. Fishing. The taking of fish from the seine with the tuck-net. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > fishing with net > seine- or purse-netting > removing fish with tuck-net tucking1847 1847 Zoologist 5 1706 On tucking, all the fish were discovered to be dead. 1888 Argosy 279 To get the fish [pilchards] out of the seine is the next operation..this is called tucking, and it is carried on by means of a small net or tuck net. 3. The gathering or girding up of one's garments; concrete the part or fold so gathered; also, the putting of tucks in a garment; concrete a tuck, or tucks collectively. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > [noun] > adjusting or arranging tuckingc1440 kilting1521 costumery1838 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > carrying out specific processes > other tuckingc1440 sleeving1495 stenting1507 welting1508 furring1554 poignetting1555 bombasing1598 flouncing1766 fulling1810 goring1814 piping1825 slashing1834 collaring1865 gusseting1883 overtrimming1897 post-boarding1952 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > pleated fabric > pleat > collectively tucking1880 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 504/2 Tukkynge vp (of clothys, or stykkynge..), suffarci(naci)o. 1713 E. Budgell in Guardian 23 Mar. 2/1 The taking and tucking up of Gowns. 1880 L. S. Floyer Plain Hints Examiners Needlework 22 Tucking..is used both as ornament, and for elongation when the material has shrunk. 1893 Athenæum 7 Oct. 498/1 A higher tucking of the picturesque and flowing robes. 4. The action of putting anything away so that it is snugly covered or concealed, or of thrusting in something, as a bed-covering, so as to confine it at the end or edge; hence (slang) tucking in, hearty or greedy feeding; also concrete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [noun] hiding?c1225 heelinga1250 hidea1300 hillinga1300 coverturec1374 tapinage1390 concealing1421 hodymokec1450 occultation1453 concelising1492 blindnessa1616 concealmenta1616 shrouding1615 back-hood1621 absconsion1649 screening1651 obvelation1664 muffling1788 tucking1810 smokescreening1922 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > eating heartily or greedily mouching1607 engorgement1611 engorging1611 demolition1722 tucking in1810 brosier1907 1810 Splendid Follies I. 186 Tom Sponge now began cramming unmercifully, exclaiming every three mouthfuls, ‘Rare tucking in, Sir William’. 1833 T. B. Macaulay Horace Walpole in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 234 Whose vast volume of wig, and infinite length of riband, had figured at the dressing or at the tucking up of Louis XIV. 1874 J. Brown Lett. in Recoll. (1893) 65 This tucking [of the leg of a fowl under its wing]..was due to the force automatic. 1876 W. Besant & J. Rice Golden Butterfly II. xiii. 197 They gave themselves unreservedly..to ‘tucking in’. 1884 E. P. Roe Nature's Serial Story vi High winds and frosty nights prompted to careful covering and tucking away. Compounds General attributive. See also tucking-mill n. tucking-bush n. the dwarf juniper, Juniperus nana. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > junipers > [noun] gorsec1000 savinOE juniper-treea1382 junipera1400 quickena1400 juniperinec1430 cade1575 jeniver1585 melmot1644 oxycedar1646 red cedar1682 cover-shame1694 Bermuda cedar1700 pencil cedar1785 sharp cedar1840 Rocky Mountain juniper1852 tuckamore1863 tucking-bush1890 1890 W. P. Lett in Big Game N. Amer. 88 Large patches of ‘tucking-bushes’, or dwarf juniper, which grow about breast-high, with strong branches stiffly interlaced. tucking-comb n. a comb confining the hair. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > accessories worn in the hair > [noun] > comb side-combc1784 tucking-comb1822 tuck-comb1824 back-comb1865 Spanish comb1873 peineta1926 1822 in Dict. Amer. Eng. (1944) IV. 2369/1 Mr. Pettigrew Bot of D McDowell one tucking Comb at $4.50. 1895 S. B. Kennedy in Outing 27 11/2 He stopped and held up a gold-tipped tucking comb. tucking-gauge n. see quot. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > equipment for > sewing-machine > parts of or attachments for presser bar1813 flat bed1819 shuttle1847 foot1854 looper1857 take-up1859 work holder1859 feller1860 shuttle-carrier1860 binder1865 braider1866 ruffler1868 presser foot1875 shuttle-windera1877 tension-device1877 thread-cutter1877 thread-oiler1877 tuck-creaser1877 tucking-gauge1877 tuck-marker1877 thread-guide1924 zipper foot1938 free arm1948 balance-wheel1961 tuck-folder- 1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Tucking-gage, an attachment for marking tucks at a determinate distance ready for the next line of sewing. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > vestments > outer garments > [noun] > alb > girdle worn with tucking-girdle1487 girdle1519 subcingulum1844 1487–8 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 131 Item, for a dossen tuckyng gyrdilles, x d. 1490–1 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 37 For tukkynge girdillis for Awbis, iiij d. 1499–1500 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 51 For a dossyn Tokynggirdels for the Vestre, xij d. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 283/2 Tuckyng gyrdell [printed kyrdell], saincture a ecourter [printed ecourser]. tucking-maund n. a tuck-basket (tuck n.1 Compounds). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > other fishing equipment > [noun] > basket for lifting fish tuck-basket1883 tucking-maund1896 1896 Good Words Jan. 18/1 The ‘tucking-maund’ is..a somewhat shallow basket, through which water may readily escape, but mackerel cannot. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > shearing > shears tucking-shear1478 1478 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 6 A tokyng shere. 1533 in F. W. Weaver Wells Wills (1890) 102 My son Thomas..ii pere of tokyne sherys. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > fulling > mill waulk mill1241 fulling mill1388 tucking-mill1467 tuck-milla1641 fullery1728 tucking-stock1751 walk mill1773 plash-mill1795 waulking-mill1805 1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer at Staverton, (Wilts.) 4 tucking-stocks and 2 grist-mills. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † tuckingn.2 Obsolete or archaic. Touching; beating of a drum. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > [noun] riningOE touchingc1300 taking1340 toucha1387 tastea1400 atouchment1483 tuckingc1485 tacture1598 taction1623 contaction1628 tactation1688 tig1721 tact1801 skinship1966 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of drums tuck of druma1500 dubc1572 dub-a-dub1582 tucking1632 drumming1663 beat1672 vellum thunder1716 rattan1764 hub a dub1777 drum1810 drum beat1817 tom-tomming1833 bum-bum1844 rataplan1846 tom-tom1863 tattooing1871 tumming1882 tan-tan1893 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > beating drum > [noun] taboringa1400 drumming1541 battery1591 tucking1632 beating1656 stickwork1786 c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 969 Whan he towcheyd it with his toukkyng, þey brast as ony glase, and rofe asonder, as it byn with thondor. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vii. 316 Singing, toucking of kettle Drummes, sounding of Trumpets, and other ostentations of ioy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1c1440n.2c1485 |
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