chargingn.
/ˈtʃɑːdʒɪŋ/ The action of charge v., in various senses.
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society > travel > transport > [noun] > of loads > loading
loadc1000
lading1500
loading?1523
charging1569
society > trade and finance > charges > [noun] > liability to pay > subjecting to
charging1569
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > loading, etc.
charging1569
priming1578
loading1663
reloading1751
capping1847
breech-loading1866
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > work of art > [noun] > artistic treatment or style > types of
grotesque1561
charging1569
gusto1662
grand manner1695
manner1706
flatnessa1719
style1801
low key1803
mannerism1803
daguerreotype1850
chic1851
conventionalization1880
Louis Philippe1908
stylization1908
convention1926
historicism1939
pop1958
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electric charge, electricity > [noun] > process of charging
excitation1656
electrifying1745
electrization1745
electrification1746
charging1749
electrizing1764
society > armed hostility > attack > charge > [noun]
reseOE
forec1275
shakec1380
birr1382
frushc1400
impression1402
imprint1490
race1535
charge1569
élan1880
charging1887
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] > forceful, violent, or hostile
charging1887
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 247 Charging and lading of Waggons.
1570 Act 13 Eliz. c. 20 §1 All Chargings of such Benefices..with any Pension.
1607 W. Raleigh Let. Nov. (1999) cxciv. 303 The high chardgeing of ships..bringes many ill qualities.
a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) iii. 344/1 They [the guns] are easier in Charging.
1749 B. Franklin Let. 29 Apr. in Exper. & Observ. Electr. (1751) 21 We are of opinion, that there is really no more electrical fire in the phial after what is called its charging, than before, nor less after its discharging.
a1806 J. Barry in R. N. Wornum Lect. on Painting (1848) 223 A greater degree of pastosity or charging of colour on those parts.
1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Jan. 10/1 The car..can be run for two hours with one charging of the accumulators.
1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Nov. 3/2 The wild charging goes on.
Compounds
C1. General attributive in the names of appliances connected with the charging of a furnace, gas retort, battery, blast-hole, etc.
charging barrow n.
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a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 191/1 Charging Barrow, a double-wheel barrow, for use in iron furnaces for conveyance of coal, coke, limestone, and ore, to be dumped in at the tunnel-head of the blast furnace.
charging current n.
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1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Charging-current, in elect., the current used in charging a storage battery, condenser, or cable.
1961 Listener 9 Nov. 768/2 A cable, say fifty miles long, operating at a pressure of 100,000 volts, would be charged and discharged with every alternation of current, and this charging current, as it is called, would reach such large proportions that a cable this long would become completely impracticable.
charging door n.
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1908 Westm. Gaz. 6 Aug. 7/3 The charging-door in the furnace.
charging shop n.
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1895 Daily News 25 July 3/5 In one of these erections, known as a charging ‘shop’..the explosion happened.
charging spoon n.
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1894 C. le N. Foster Ore & Stone Mining 161 The charging-spoon is a hollow half-cylinder of copper or zinc, at the end of a copper or wooden rod, which is used for introducing loose gunpowder into holes which are more or less horizontal.
C2. † charging-horse n. Obsolete = charger n.2 5.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > used in war or charger
courserc1300
destrierc1300
high horsec1380
courierc1400
light horse?1473
stirring horse1477
horse of service1577
warhorse1586
trooper1640
dragooner1642
charging-horse1695
troop-gelding1702
charger1762
war-steed1776
troop-horse1859
1695 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 507 15 charging horses embarqued at Deptford.
1712–1818 in Charger 5.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
chargingadj.
1. That charges; in various senses of the verb.
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society > authority > command > command or bidding > [adjective] > enjoining or of nature of injunction
charging1576
injunctive1624
epitactic1845
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electric charge, electricity > [adjective] > producing charge
excitative1714
excitatory1803
excitory1818
charging1886
1576 A. Hall Acct. Quarrell (1815) 21 The Mayor, with charging wordes, commaunded him.
1886 Daily News 8 Sept. 6/1 The 3-cell battery gives a light equal to 25 candles immediately after removal from the charging source.
2. charging-order n. an order from a judge binding the stocks or funds of a judgement debtor with the judgement debt.
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1881 Times 14 Apr. 10/4 That instead of a conveyance and mortgage, there should be substituted a simple charging-order, which should be free of stamp duty.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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