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单词 canarding
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canardingn.

Origin: A borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Etymons: French canarder , -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < French canarder canard v. + -ing suffix1. Compare slightly earlier canarding adj. and later canard v. 1.
Obsolete. rare.
The action of playing a wind instrument in such a way as to produce a harsh sound like that of a duck.
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1828 H. Angelo Reminisc. I. 186 ‘Baw, baw!’ exclaimed the musician, ‘vorse and vorse; no more of your canarding, tis as a duck.’
1840 Fraser's Mag. Nov. 553 He..had the good taste to quit the instrument [sc. the hautboy] because his master petulantly complained of his canarding.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

canardingadj.

Origin: A borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Etymons: French canarder , -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < French canarder canard v. + -ing suffix2. Compare later canard v. 1.
Obsolete. rare.
Of a wind instrument: that makes a harsh sound like that of a duck.
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1827 W. H. Pyne World in Miniature: Eng., Scotl. & Ireland II. 241 A vagabond blowing with the force of a forge bellows, into that canarding instrument the hautboy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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