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diˈstributing, vbl. n.
[-ing1.]
The action of the verb distribute; distribution.
1663Gerbier Counsel 25 To be discreet in the distributing of them to some Carpenters. 1663Roy. Proclam. 25 May in Parl. Rep. Secr. Comm. (1844) No. 582. 89 The conveying of letters, or the distributing of the same. 1888J. Southward in Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 701 (Typography) There is hardly any operation which so strikes a spectator as distributing, for a competent distributor literally showers the types into their receptacles.
b. attrib.
1683Distributing stick [see distribute v. 5]. 1808Distributing office [ibid.]. 1842Specif. Clay & Rosenborg's Patent No. 9300. 2 The arranging or distributing machine. 1853Specif. Mitchel's Patent No. 1287. 5 The types are to be taken in rows from the distributing machine. 1874Knight Dict. Mech. I. 710/2 The least that a distributing-reservoir should hold is half the daily demand. Ibid., Distributing-roller (Printing), a roller on the edge of an inking-table for distributing ink to the printing-roller. 1884Pall Mall G. 17 Oct. 1/2 Goods..from that distributing centre [Hong Kong] are sent off to almost every market in China. 1888J. Southward in Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 701 (Typography) Distributing machines..in which the distributing is to a certain extent done automatically. 1891‘Lightning’ Gloss. Electr. Terms, Distributing Boards, large blocks of paraffined wood, slate or similarly insulating material upon which are mounted the various switches, fuses, &c., connected with main or branch wires. |