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▪ I. ticking, n.|ˈtɪkɪŋ|
Forms: α. 7 Sc. tyking, 7–8 tiking; β. 7–8 tickin, 7– ticking. See also ticken.
[f. tick n.2 + -ing1.]
The material of which bed-ticks are made: see tick n.2
α1649Caldwell Pap. (Maitl. Cl.) I. 102 For ane new sheitt of tyking to ye lard's horss i. 16. 0. 1674S. Jeake Arith. (1696) 65 In 1 Hundred of Tiking and Twill of Scotland, 120 Ells. 1726Swift Gulliver iv. x, I had beaten hemp,..and made of it a sort of tiking: This I filled with..feathers.
βa1661Fuller Worthies, Lancs. (1662) ii. 106 It will be the safest way to wrap them all together in some Manchester-Tickin. 1815J. Smith Panorama Sc. & Art II. 735 Oil-paintings are generally executed on canvass... A kind of ticking has lately been much used. 1883Blackw. Mag. Aug. 192 She wore over her gown of ticking a great apron of grey stuff.
b. Rarely applied to the tick or cover itself.
1683Tryon Way to Health 595 You may have Flock-Beds, with Canvas-Tickings. 1833Marryat P. Simple xxi, He..put it..away in the ticking of his bed.
c. attrib. Of the nature of or made of ticking.
1676Covel in Early Voy. Levant (Hakl. Soc.) 164 A bed..of twilt or ticking sattin. 1682Wheler Journ. Greece i. 16 Course Ticking-Cloth, well quilted with Wool. 1721S. Centlivre Artifice iii, The dirtiest Trollup..must have her Top-knot and Tickin-shoes. 1756C. Lucas Ess. Waters I. 229 A sliding seat, with a thin ticking bottom.
▪ II. ticking, vbl. n.1|ˈtɪkɪŋ|
[f. tick v.1 + -ing1.]
1. Touching lightly or wantonly; dallying: see tick v.1 1. Obs. exc. dial.
1546J. Heywood Prov. (1867) 58 Leaue lewde tickyng. 1611Cotgr., Amourettes, wanton loue-toyes, ticking, ticklings, daliances.
2. a. The beating sound of a clock or watch, or any similar sound: see tick v.1 2, tick n.3 2.
1746–7Hervey Medit. (1767) II. 23 The Ticking of my Watch is distinctly heard. 1827F. Cooper Prairie i, The ticking of gun-locks was heard. 1848Dickens Dombey xliii, She could..count the ticking of the clock.
b. transf. A telegraphic message: cf. ticker3 b.
1888M. Arnold in 19th Cent. Apr. 490, I opened a Boston newspaper and came upon a column headed ‘Tickings’. By tickings we are to understand news conveyed through the tickings of the telegraph.
3. Small spots or points of colour forming the marking of an animal.
This use may have arisen from ticked a. by association with tick n.3 3, 3 b and tick v.1 3.
1885Bazaar 30 Mar. 1269/2 Belgian hare buck, good in colour and ticking. 1886Field 20 Mar. 340/2 Interspersed with a profusion of longer black hairs, giving the appearance known as ‘ticking’.
4. ticking-off, a scolding or reprimand: see tick v.1 3 c. Cf. telling-off s.v. telling vbl. n. 2 c.
1950J. Cannan Murder Included ii. 16 Iona's a little beast, but she knows how to take a ticking off—she's learned that at St. Olaf's. 1960News Chron. 23 July 5/5 The machine shop inspector..expects a ‘ticking-off’ when he goes back to work. 1977E. Ambler Send no More Roses ii. 36, I gave him a ticking-off. Not that he cared. Too clever by half.
5. ticking-over: the idling of an engine; also transf. See tick v.1 2 d.
1972J. Wainwright Requiem for Loser i. 9 Originally the talk..had been meant as the first of a quartet of ‘stop gap’ lectures.., a ticking-over of the association's activities until the end of the holiday season. 1973― Pride of Pigs 88 The youth..revved the engine, then quietened it down to the soft ticking-over.
▪ III. ˈticking, vbl. n.2 colloq. or slang.
[f. tick v.2 + -ing1.]
The action of tick v.2; the taking of goods on ‘tick’ or credit.
1748Warton Oxford Ale 49 Hail, Ticking! surest guardian of distress! Beneath thy shelter pennyless I quaff The cheerful cup.
▪ IV. ˈticking, ppl. a.1
[f. tick v.1 + -ing2.]
1. That ticks, as a clock, etc.; making or characterized by a succession of ticks.
1566in Peacock Eng. Ch. Furniture (1866) 116 A hammes hudde [= amice hood] and tickynge belle. 1721Bradley Philos. Acc. Wks. Nat. 154 That ticking Noise, which is commonly called a Death-Watch.
2. ticking-over: (merely) working or functioning; unproductive. See tick v.1 2 d.
1960Guardian 31 Dec. 6/3 It seemed to be rather a ticking-over year so far as new buildings..were concerned. 1963Times 13 June 8/6 As long as we have a ‘ticking over’ laity who are still living in the Victorian era and don't want to be shaken out of their complacency, so long will the ministry remain a reflection of the body of laity from which they came. 1974‘J. Ross’ Burning of Billy Toober xvi. 149 Waiting like a ticking-over computer to be programmed.
3. Special collocation: ticking bomb = time bomb s.v. time n. 59 a.
1960Wodehouse Jeeves in Offing i. 13 But while equipped with eyes like twin stars..B. Wickham had also the disposition and general outlook on life of a ticking bomb. 1980G. M. Fraser Mr American ii. xvii. 322 Mr Asquith..would find himself out of office, and the ticking bomb of Ireland could be hastily passed to his successor.
▪ V. ˈticking, ppl. a.2 colloq. or slang.
[f. tick v.2 + -ing2.]
That ‘ticks’ or ‘goes on tick’; that gives ‘tick’ or credit; dealing on credit, running into debt.
1673Wycherley Gentl. Dancing-Master Prol., Ready to engage Against the flouting, ticking gentry who Citizen, player, poet, would undo. |