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manning, vbl. n.|ˈmænɪŋ|
[f. man v. + -ing1.]
1. a. The action of furnishing (a ship, etc.) with men. Also concr., the complement of men, crew. Also, in more recent use: the action of furnishing a factory, an industry, etc., with men.
1548Privy Council Acts (1890) II. 172 To William Pures, for rigging of his ship,..and for mannyng of her. 1633T. Stafford Pac. Hib. ii. viii. (1810) 320 For the manning and making good of that Citie. 1651Hobbes Leviath. ii. xxii. 120 For..victualling and manning of ships. 1748Anson's Voy. ii. iv. 160 A number, greatly insufficient for the manning of the Centurion. 1765Blackstone Comm. I. vii. 255 The sole prerogative as well of erecting, as manning and governing of which, belongs to the king in his capacity of general of the kingdom. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. ii. I. 203 Money destined for the equipping and manning of the fleet. 1896Pall Mall Mag. May 108, I reckon I've lost two days' coal for her [sc. coal-boat] and two days' wages and grub for her manning. 1955Times 22 Aug. 7/4 He refers to the dockers' insistence on full manning, with the implication that this is a restrictive practice.
b. (See quot.)
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Manning of the Ship, (in Sea-Language) is when a Ship is to shew abroad all her Men.
2. The action of taming a hawk (see man v. 10).
1580Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 372 Hawkes that waxe haggard by manning, are to be cast off. 1644Digby Nat. Bodies xxxvii. (1658) 395 No whit more extraordinary, then a fawkners manning of a hawk.
3. attrib. and Comb.: manning-piece jocular (see quot. 1834); manning-scale (see quot. 1891).
1834L. Hunt in Lond. Jrnl. I. 172/1, I am standing with my manning-piece by a hedge... You cannot say fowling-piece, when it is men that are to be brought down. 1891Labour Commission Gloss., Manning Scale, a scale which fixes the minimum number of seamen to be employed on a vessel. 1896Sir C. Dilke in Daily News 6 Mar. 2/3 A very severe strain was put upon the manning powers of the Admiralty. 1953Britannica Bk. of Year 638/2 Other compound nouns were manning requirements (the number of men required by an industry). 1962Listener 1 Mar. 377/1 On the labour side there are..rules about manning-scales (that is, how many men to a job). 1975Times 14 Apr. 12/2 We put them there, those too many men...Manning levels were never changed. 1975Times 5 June 18/4 The stoppage is by 80 door hangers and welders, who are protesting about management plans to reduce manning scales. |