单词 | corning |
释义 | corningn. 1. The action or process of granulation. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [noun] > becoming or making granular corning1562 granulation1617 kerning1669 granulatinga1793 1562 P. Whitehorne Certain Waies Orderyng Souldiers f. 28, in tr. N. Machiavelli Arte of Warre The maner of cornyng all sortes of pouder. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. ii. 94 During the time of its [sc. salt's] corning they generally slacken their fire. 1711 Mil. & Sea Dict. (ed. 4) at Powder There are two sorts of it; the one call'd Serpentine, which is in Dust without corning, the other Corn-Powder. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) II. 765 The cake produced by the action of the stones is ready for graining or corning. 2. Pickling with salt; salting. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preserving or pickling > [noun] > preserving with salt saltinga1300 powderinga1400 corning1655 saliture1657 rousing1667 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > seasoning > [noun] > seasoning with salt corning1655 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xiii. 117 Each of them need first a little corning with salt. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. C6v Each of them needs first a little corning with salt. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of specific crops > [noun] > grain corning1652 wheat-laya1722 1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved To Rdr. sig. C3v All which are three staple Advantages of the Nation, and will hold hands with Tillage, Corning, Trade, and Merchandize. ΚΠ a1806 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. (1870) I. 246 There is a custom in Warwickshire for the poor, on St. Thomas's Day, to go with a bag to beg corn of the farmers, which they call going a-corning. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as corning-machine, corning-mill. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > place where specific things are made > [noun] > explosives powder-mill1645 corning-mill1794 shot-tower1835 hill1897 charge-house1900 1794 Ann. Reg. 42 The explosion of the corning-mill was felt at the parsonage house. 1881 W. W. Greener Gun & its Devel. 313 The old corning machine consisted of a large revolving rectangular wooden frame, etc. C2. corning-house n. the part of a powder-mill where the granulating is done. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > place where specific things are made > [noun] > explosives > part of corning-house1667 1667 Hist. Making Gunpowder in T. Sprat Hist. Royal-Soc. 281 From the Mill the Powder is brought to the Corning-house. 1884 Edinb. Rev. July 36 A large magazine and corning-house. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1562 |
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