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单词 bulling
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bullingn.1

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bull v.1, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < bull v.1 (compare sense 1b at that entry) + -ing suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbulling.
See bull v.1 Also attributive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bull > [noun] > act of copulation
bullinga1398
a1398 [implied in: J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. cix. 1257 Kyne lowen whanne þey ben abolyynge [emended in ed. to abolynge]. (at bull v.1 1b)].
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 73 The signes of their bulling (as it is tearmed) are their cries, and disorderly forsaking their fellowes.
a1625 J. Fletcher Rule a Wife (1640) v. 54 Pox they love bulling too well, though they smoak for 't.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Cow The Advantages of their bulling at that Time is, that they will calve in ten Months.
1950 J. G. Davis Dict. Dairying 84 Bulling heifer, a heifer which is the right age and size for being served.
1960 Times 9 May 3/3 The calfhood vaccination scheme allowed animals to be vaccinated up to the age of bulling.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

bullingn.2

Etymology: < bull v.1, or nonce-verb < bull n.1, + -ing suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbulling.
(nonce-use) = bull-baiting n.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > animal baiting > [noun] > bull-baiting
bull-baiting1574
bull-running1622
bulling1645
bull-bait1656
bull run1788
bull-feast1824
bullfight1824
1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ iii. xxi. 82 The Pope hath sent divers Bulls against this sport of bulling.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

bullingn.3

Etymology: < bull v.3 to deceive; compare buller n.1 b.
Obsolete.
? Fraudulent scheming.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > action
bulling1532
cogging1570
cozening1576
coney-catching1591
fool-taking1592
gulling1600
bat-fowling1602
sharking1602
imposturing1618
mountebanking1672
shamming1677
sharping1692
fineering1765
overreachinga1774
pigeoning1808
flat-catching1821
thimble-shifting1834
thimblerigging1839
strawing1851
thimbling1857
fiddling1884
piking1884
ramping1891
1532 T. More Confut. Barnes in Wks. (1557) 736/1 Hys asseheded exclamacions, and all hys busy bulling.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

bullingn.4

Etymology: Compare French bouillir and Latin bullīre to boil v.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
The action of water issuing from a spring; bubbling.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > [noun] > flowing out or forth > bubbling forth from spring
bulling1552
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bullyng, bollynge, or bubblyng of water out of a sprynge.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

bullingadj.

Etymology: < bull v.2
Obsolete. rare.
That issues (papal) bulls.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > papal documents > [adjective] > bull > issuing of
bulling1624
1624 Essex's Ghost in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) III. 515 This bulling Pius.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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