单词 | bulling |
释义 | bullingn.1 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 (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 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 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. 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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