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单词 addling
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addlingn.1

Brit. /ˈadlɪŋ/, /ˈadl̩ɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈæd(ə)lɪŋ/
Forms: see addle v.1 and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: addle v.1, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < addle v.1 + -ing suffix1.
1. The action of earning or deserving something; that which a person earns or merits. Obsolete.
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society > morality > dueness or propriety > [noun] > deserving (good or ill)
worthnesseOE
addlingc1175
ofservingc1225
desert1297
ofgoing1340
deserving1388
merita1393
worthiness1395
deservice1480
just desert1548
deservednessa1628
fitness1648
society > morality > dueness or propriety > [noun] > deserving (good or ill) > that which is deserved
i-wurhtc888
addlingc1175
wrightc1175
meritc1230
desert1393
demerit1399
condignity1653
comeuppance1859
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 17705 Þu best ta demmd To dreȝhenn helle pine. All affterr þatt tin addlinng iss. Na lasse. ne na mare.
R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 14 (MED) Of þare addillynge it is also þat þai vtward with playne argumentis gaynstandys þe treuth.
?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 1 Adyllyng, meritum, gracia.
1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation sig. Ff2 According to Chawcers English, there can be little adling, without much gabbing.
2. concrete. Money that a person acquires by working, etc.; earnings. English regional (chiefly north-eastern).
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun]
hirec1000
shipec1000
shipingc1275
servicec1300
soldc1330
wage1338
payment1370
reward1371
pay?a1400
mercedec1400
remunerationc1400
souldie1474
emolument1480
soldery1502
stipend?1518
entertainment1535
task-money1593
consideration1607
gratuitya1637
wadage1679
addling1757
solde1852
treatment1852
screw1853
time1877
money1887
wage payment1923
1757 Muse in Moral Humour 72 He for Tythes ill-paid, gets better Land, While I am ev'ry Way o'th' losing Hand: My Adlings war'd, and yet my Rent to pay.
1849 G. C. Greenwell Gloss. Terms Coal Trade Northumberland & Durham 3 Addlings, Adlings, earnings.
1852 New Monthly Mag. Jan. 60 He had contrived to win a very decent sum..when a gendarme..quietly collared him and dragged him off to the Polizei..and his ‘addlings’ [were] employed for the good of the state.
1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 2 Addlings, wages. ‘Poor addlings’, small pay for work. ‘Hard addlings’, money laboriously acquired.
1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 1/2 Addlings, addlins, earnings, wages.
1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 4/2 Addlins,... ‘Whatcher addlins now then, boy?’
2007 D. Oldroyd Estates, Enterprise & Investm. at Dawn of Industr. Revol. iii. 85 The situation of the wagonmen, who led the coal, was similar. Written agreements bound them to particular owners, and accounts were used to record their adlings (wagon pay).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

addlingn.2

Brit. /ˈadlɪŋ/, /ˈadl̩ɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈæd(ə)lɪŋ/
Forms: see addle v.2 and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: addle v.2, -ing suffix1; addle adj., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: Either < addle v.2 (although this is first attested slightly later) + -ing suffix1, or directly < addle adj. + -ing suffix1. Compare earlier addled adj.
The action, process, or fact of addle v.2 (in various senses).
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > confused or altered mental state
vertigo1635
addling1798
mixed-upness1927
altered state1938
tiswas1960
1640 J. Carter Vindiciæ Decimarum 46 The Apostle..innovates nothing at all; with a new egge of his owne addling hee does not present the Corinthians: but the old practise upon former precept to be continued that it is ordain'd this he preacheth.
1798 W. Watkins Anomaliae 23 Jan. 107 Could he invent a merry tale By addling of his brains with ale.
1843 E. A. Poe Purloined Let. in Gift 1845 55 An unaccountable addling of the brains.
1870 Amer. Naturalist 3 602 Destruction of numberless nests, addling of eggs, and drowning of newly-hatched young, are foregone conclusions from every unusual rise of the tide.
1916 Times 15 Aug. 11/4 No one here limits the action of the guns to the addling of a few hen's eggs.
1975 Hist. Jrnl. 18 860 Anxious to avoid a repetition of the addling of 1614's parliament, James in his election proclamation of 1620 warned the voters against ‘discontented persons’ and ‘wrangling lawyers’.
2008 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) (Nexis) 15 July 26 Addling is essential to keeping numbers down, and harassment is a viable tool to chase geese from lands where you don't want the birds to be.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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