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▪ I. necking, n.|ˈnɛkɪŋ|
[f. neck n.1 + -ing1.]
1. a. Arch. The part of a column lying between the capital and the shaft. Cf. neck n.1 13 c.
1804Europ. Mag. XLV. 8/2 Under the necking in the brick-work are made crosses formed like the letter T. 1831Fraser's Mag. IV. 281 The moulding that divides the necking from the shaft. 1880Archæol. Cant. XIII. 38 The pattern occurs on the necking of a shaft.
b. Naut. (See quot.)
c1850Rudim. Navig. (Weale) 135 Necking, a small neat moulding at the foot of the taffrail over the lights.
2. A neck-like stem or stalk.
1831T. Hope Ess. Origin Man II. 110 These neckings remain so flexible that..the pressure from the air above weighs them down.
3. necking-cord: in a draw-loom (see quot. 1910).
1910L. Hooper Hand-Loom Weaving 328 Necking cords, cords joining pulley cords and leashes in a monture. 1958A. Hindson Designer's Drawloom ii. 26 The doubled part of the cord stretching from top to bottom of the Simple frame is known as the Simple cord and the divided sections from the top of the Simple frame to where they meet the cords from the shafts as the Necking cords.
4. Archæol. A circlet around a projection (as the boss of a shield).
1946Antiquity XX. 24 A decorative necking of tinned bronze connects the boss with its wide ornamental border.
▪ II. ˈnecking, ppl. a. rare.
[f. neck v.1 1.]
Falling on the neck; stunning.
1681T. Flatman Heraclitus Ridens No. 31 (1713) I. 204 This Scottish Parliament has given the Whigs a Necking blow. a1734North Exam. (1740) 220 The Plot had a fatal necking Stroke at that Execution.
▪ III. necking, vbl. n.|ˈnɛkɪŋ|
[f. neck v.1 + -ing1.]
1. Striking on the neck (see neck v.1 1).
c1450Mirour Saluacioun 3237 The buffets, reproves, neckings, blasphemes, derisionne.
2. Embracing and caressing a member of the opposite sex (see neck v.1 4). Also attrib.
1825A. Crawfurd Tales my Grandmother I. 138 Let's see nae mair o' Peter Wallett's neckin' an' touslin' here. 1922Dialect Notes V. 148 Necking, dancing with cheeks together, also known as ‘parking’. 1923Cosmopolitan Nov. 72/3 The necking parties in dark nooks about the deck at night. 1928Daily Tel. 4 Sept. 7/5 High school children..whose favourite pastime is ‘necking’ in motor-cars in dark roads with the lights turned off. 1930Punch 26 Mar. 341/3 Necking-Control. The Ministry of Transport is now building a chain of illuminated posts... Red means ‘stop’, amber ‘get ready to love’ and green ‘go’.—Indian Paper. 1938E. Bowen Death of Heart ii. vi. 278 A spot of necking with Daphne. 1958Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Aug. p. x/3 For the active young non-reader, sport, cars, dancing and necking are the prime immediacies. 1971Petticoat 24 July 39/5 In necking and/or petting, a boy may ask his partner to ‘make love to him’.
3. Also necking down. A local reduction in width occurring when a sample is subjected to tension.
1957Textile Terms & Definitions (Textile Inst.) (ed. 3) 67 Necking, the sudden reduction in diameter occurring on stretching an undrawn filament. 1959C. E. Birchenall Physical Metall. vi. 145 The fcc [sc. face-centred cubic] metals, like copper and aluminium, undergo duplex slip and necking without a distinct fracture stage. 1966McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. VIII. 270/2 Even the tension test, which is in general the most satisfactory, gives some difficulty because of the instability that leads to necking down. 1974Colangelo & Heiser Analysis Metall. Failures ii. 15 When failure occurs, the necking leads to a variety of fracture surfaces, depending on the material's ductility. |