单词 | creasing |
释义 | † creasingn.1 Obsolete. Increasing, increase, growth. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] waxingc1055 increasingc1340 increasec1374 echinga1382 creasing1398 augmentinga1400 alarginga1425 moringa1425 augmentc1425 incrementc1425 creasec1440 increasement1509 enlarginga1513 enlargement1564 amplification1569 accession1570 usury1576 enhancement1577 growth1587 creasement1592 accrease1598 crescence1602 improvement1607 excrement1608 majoration1626 heightening1629 auction1692 turgescence1806 outgrowth1837 steepening1868 prolating1919 upgrading1920 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) vii. lxiv. 279 Lepra mesylry..hath the begynnynge of the veynes, and full cresynge without the veynes. 1604 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. (rev. ed.) xiv. 206 The quickening..vttering it selfe in the nourishing and creasing [1587 increasing] of him. 1629 J. Mabbe tr. C. de Fonseca Deuout Contempl. 235 Her [the moon's] ordinarie creasings and wanings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). creasingn.2 1. a. The action of crease v.2; production of creases or wrinkles; also quasi-concrete = crease n.2 ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [noun] > wrinkled condition > wrinkle or crease rimpleeOE frouncec1374 runklea1400 wrinklea1420 ruge?a1425 crimple1440 wreathc1440 wrimple1499 rumple?a1513 scrumple?a1513 wimple1513 crease1578 bag1587 crinkle1596 pucker1598 press1601 crumple1607 creasing1665 ruck1774 cramp1828 fold1840 ruckle1853 bumfle1867 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 9 The reason of which creasing we shall next examine..the creasings or angular bendings..become the more perspicuous. b. (See crease v.2 3) U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [noun] > stunning creasing1823 1823 E. James Acct. Exped. Rocky Mts II. 328 As it was near daylight, we..[hoped] to have an opportunity to prove our skill in the operation of ‘creasing’. 1853 ‘P. Paxton’ Stray Yankee in Texas 38 The ‘creasing’ of a horse is a feat which..would electrify a northern jockey. 1923 J. H. Cook Fifty Years on Old Frontier 69 A third method of capture is by ‘creasing’. 2. Architecture. (See quots.) Cf. crease n.2 3. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > wall of building > [noun] > structures for throwing off rainwater water board1372 water table1428 water tabling1520 weatherboard1568 weather-spar1632 throat1736 weathering1739 creasing1823 weather-table1839 dashboard1881 watershed1886 waterboarding1927 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder Tile-creasing, two rows of tiles fixed horizontally under the coping of a wall, for discharging rain-water. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. ii. iii. 596 Parapets..finished with double plaintile creesing. 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Creasing, a layer of tiles forming a corona for a wall. 3. attributive. ΚΠ 1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 646/2 Creasing tools..may be set in the jaws of a creasing-swage. 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Creasing Hammer, a narrow, rounded-edge hammer, used for making grooves in sheet-metal. 1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 197 Mackerel splitting and reaming or creasing knives. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † creasingadj. Obsolete. Increasing; yielding increase. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] waxing1297 multiplyinga1400 augmentive1483 breeding1552 crescent1568 growingc1587 enhancinga1592 creasing1592 teeming1597 increasing1600 auctive1634 echinga1644 multiplicating1661 gliscent1669 enlarging1694 augmenting1745 swelling1854 1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 116 With thriftie hand the creasing yearth none store. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.11398n.21665adj.1592 |
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