viningn.
/ˈvʌɪnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈvaɪnɪŋ/ The separation of certain leguminous crop plants from their vines and pods; vining pea, a pea grown for mechanical vining.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > pea-gathering
pea-picking1697
vining1928
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > pea > other types of pea or pea-plant
rouncival1570
garden pea1573
field pease1597
vale-grey1615
rose pea1629
hotspur1663
seven-year pea1672
rathe-ripe1677
huff-codc1680
pigeon pea1683
hog-pease1686
shrub pea1691
field pea1707
pea1707
crown pea1726
maple rouncival1731
marrowfat1731
moratto1731
pig pea1731
sickle-pea1731
hog pea1732
maple pea1732
marrow pea1733
black eye?1740
egg-pea1744
magotty bay bean1789
Prussian1804
maple grey1805
partridge pea1812
Prussian blue1822
scimitar1834
marrow1855
fill-basket1881
string-pea1891
mattar1908
vining pea1959
the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > pulse > [noun] > pea > other peas
garden pea1573
rathe-ripe1677
pigeon pea1683
sugar pea1707
marrowfat1731
moratto1731
maple pea1732
egg-pea1744
petits pois1820
pea1866
fill-basket1881
string-pea1891
vining pea1959
1928 Jones & Rosa Truck Crop Plants xi. 215 The vines [of peas] are loaded onto racks and hauled to the cannery or a field vining station.
1944 Sun (Baltimore) 26 Apr. 5/5 Prisoners..will be employed in vining and husking operations and in handling the cans after processing.
1959 Times 7 Sept. 19/2 One large..herd is getting its sustenance mainly from kale and vining pea silage.
1968 Times 16 Dec. 7/3 Peas for vining and threshing.
1975 J. A. R. Lockhart & A. J. L. Wiseman Introd. Crop Husbandry (ed. 3) iv. 147 Vining and pulling peas are not so dependent on dry weather at harvest.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
viningadj.
/ˈvʌɪnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈvaɪnɪŋ/ Twining like a vine.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective]
rollingc1400
whorling1578
wreathing1584
twininga1593
wreathy1644
volvulous1657
coiling1718
vining1806
swirling1807
convolutionary1903
1806 M. Lewis Jrnl. 12 Apr. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1991) VII. 112 Vining and white burry honeysuckle.
1897 Voice (N.Y.) 4 Mar. 5/3 The vining maples twined in so close about it that we had to get right in the water and follow up the stream.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
<
n.1928
adj.1806