α. late Middle English–1600s 1800s ambuling, 1500s ambulyng.
β. Scottish pre-1700 ambuland.
单词 | ambuling |
释义 | † ambulingadj.α. late Middle English–1600s 1800s ambuling, 1500s ambulyng. β. Scottish pre-1700 ambuland. Obsolete (rare in later use). Of a horse or other animal: = ambling adj. 1.Quot. 1896 perhaps represents a typographical error for ambling. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [adjective] > ambling amblanta1393 amblinga1393 ambuling1476 racking1532 pacing1597 steady1835 single-footeda1864 single-footing1890 trippling1901 1476 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1865) III. 224 I will that Sir William Eure..have myne graye ambuling horse. 1510 Inventory in Reliquary (1876) 16 207 Itm xliij Gease, iiij Wethrs. Itm the ambulyng stagge in Scarisbrek park. 1577 Edinb. Test. V. f. 281v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Ambland Ane broun ambuland naig. 1896 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 5 Dec. 6/6 The women that on ambuling burros ride. Compounds ambuling communion n. Christian Church (probably) communion received while walking or moving about; an instance of this.Only attested with reference to the comment of King James VI & I at the Hampton Court Conference (1604): see quot. 1604. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > [noun] > while walking about ambuling communion1604 1604 Bp. W. Barlow Summe Conf. at Hampton Court 102 My Lord Cecill put his Maiestie in mind, of a word, his Highnes had vsed the day before, namely, of Ambuling Communions, saying, that the indecency thereof, was very offensiue, & had driuen many from the Church. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. x. 21 The indecencie of ambuling Communions. 1847 J. A. Albro Life of Thomas Shepard iv. 93 After a few words respecting ambuling and sitting communion, this famous..conference ended. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1476 |
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