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单词 downsetting
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downsettingn.

Brit. /ˈdaʊnˌsɛtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdaʊnˌsɛdɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈdʌʊnˌsɛtɪŋ/
Forms: see down- prefix and setting n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: down- prefix, setting n.1
Etymology: < down- prefix + setting n.1 Compare slightly later downset n.
Chiefly Scottish. Now rare.
1.
a. The action or an act of setting something down. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
1557 Digest Decisions Justiciary Court in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Doun-setting That the induelleris thairof sould not be replegit, quhilk wer the mekle doun setteng of all regaliteis attour all caus concerning or pertening to the lordis of regalitie.
1587 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1870) I. 272 That thai send thair commissioneris fullie instructitt to condiscend to the doun-setting of ane act.
1607 in J. Stuart Sel. Rec. Kirk Aberdeen (1846) 57 The sessioun continewis the dounsetting of the amends till this day aucht dayes.
1693 Exercise of Foot 11 The Fire lock must be smartly brought down by the right hand, and catched by the left hand, (at the same time with the downsetting of the Right foot).
b. A set-down; a scolding or reprimand; = downset n. 3. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > instance of
admonishingc1350
reproofc1400
fliting1435
rebuke?a1439
snibc1450
reprehensiona1500
redargution1514
remorda1529
piece of one's mind1536
check1541
snuba1556
rebuking1561
boba1566
sneap1600
snipping1601
reprimand1636
repriment1652
rubber1699
slap1736
twinkation1748
rap1777
throughgoing1817
dressing-down1823
downset1824
hazing1829
snubbing1841
downsetting1842
raking1852
calling1855
talking toc1875
rousting1900
strafe1915
strafing1915
raspberry1919
rousing1923
bottle1938
reaming1944
ticking-off1950
serve1967
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > scolding > instance of
Kyrie15..
Kyrie eleison1528
chide1538
wormwood lecture1640
rant1663
scold1726
trimming1763
blowing up1772
set-to1774
set-down1780
ragging1788
scouting1794
hurl?a1800
hearing1816
heckling1832
twisting1834
downsetting1842
going-over1843
shrewing1847
call1862
tongue-lashing1881
tongue-walking1888
telling-off1893
rousting1900
lumps1935
fourpenny one1936
rucking1958
1842 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 638/1 She'll hae..maybe seen the doonsettin' I gied Bark-at-a' about the Seat rents.
1895 Woman at Home 4 105/1 I have seldom received what the Scotch call such a good ‘down-setting’, and I will not deny that I did not much like it.
1930 H. W. Shoemaker 1300 Old Time Words 16 Down-setting, an abusive attack, a humiliation.
c. A settlement, establishment; = downsitting n. 4.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [noun]
resteOE
worthineeOE
settlea900
wickc900
houseOE
erdinga1000
teld-stedec1000
wonningc1000
innOE
bewistc1200
setnessc1200
wanea1225
i-holda1250
wonec1275
wunselec1275
wonning-place1303
bigginga1325
wonning-stede1338
tabernaclea1340
siegec1374
dwelling-placec1380
lodgingc1380
seea1382
tabernaclea1382
habitationc1384
mansionc1385
arresta1400
bowerc1400
wonning-wanec1400
lengingc1420
tenementc1425
tentc1430
abiding placea1450
mansion place1473
domicile1477
lendingc1480
inhabitance1482
biding-place?1520
seat1535
abode1549
remainingc1550
soil1555
household1585
mansion-seata1586
residing1587
habitance1590
fixation1614
situation?1615
commoratorya1641
haft1785
location1795
fanea1839
inhabitancy1853
habitat1854
occupancy1864
nivas1914
downsetting1927
1927 J. Buchan High Places in British Weekly 21 Apr. 64/5 You've chosen a holy calling, Davie lad, and I'm blithe to think you've got a downsetting in our calf-country.
1992 in Sc. National Dict. New Suppl. (Electronic text) at Doonset n. [Ulster] I tell you Martha has got a fine downsetting there! [after visiting his sister and her husband].
2. The setting of the sun; sunset. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [noun] > sunset
sunsetOE
settle-gangc1000
evensongc1330
sun going downa1382
setc1386
decline14..
sun restc1405
sun gate down1440
sunsetting1440
sun sitting?a1475
falling1555
sunsetting1575
downsetting1582
sunfall1582
declining1588
sun go down1595
tramontation1599
vail1609
daylight gate1613
sundown1620
set of day1623
dayset1633
day shutting1673
sky setting1683
sun-under1865
1582 in W. Mackay & H. C. Boyd Rec. Inverness (1911) I. 293 On ane day betuixe the son rysing and downe setting of the samyn.
1598 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1598/10/4 The samyn brod [to be] hung up daylie fra the sone rysing to the dounseting at thair mercat croce.
1670 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Peebles (1910) 82 The mercate..to be keept..from the sune rysing to the doune setting thairof.
1881 Graphic 26 Nov. 538/1 The Phoenix also is the Sun at its up-rising, at midday, and at its down-setting.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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