单词 | ebbing |
释义 | ebbingn. a. The action of flowing back or retiring: of the sea or a tidal river; also, of springs. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > [noun] > ebbing or flowing out ebba1000 ebbingc1000 fresha1552 fall1571 vale-water1589 refloat1594 reflow1610 downtide1668 recurrency1724 out1756 retroposition1836 ebb-tide1837 recurrence1857 c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 154 Sinus, sæ æbbung. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxvii. 1369 Contynual ebbyng and flowyng of þe see comeþ and goþ and falleþ and comeþ eft aȝein. c1430 Life St. Katherine (Gibbs) 52 The ebbyng and þe flowyng of þe see. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 156 The Ebbing and Flowing..of certain Springs. 1870 F. C. Bowen Logic xii. 377 Sea-weed..left there by the ebbing of the tide. b. transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > fall from prosperous or thriving condition rureOE ebbingc1200 fallc1225 declinea1327 downfallingc1330 downfalla1400 fall of mana1400 wanea1400 ruinc1405 wrack1426 inclinationc1450 declination1533 labefactation1535 ebb1555 falling off1577 declining1581 inclining1590 declension1604 downset1608 neck-breaka1658 overseta1658 lapsing1665 reducement1667 lapse1680 labefaction1792 downshift1839 subsidence1839 downgrade1857 downturn1858 downslide1889 downswing1922 turn-down1957 tail-off1975 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [noun] > return towards point of departure > flowing back refluencea1592 refluency1615 reflux1632 ebbing1660 ebb1713 c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 177 For swich ebbinge. 1647 J. Berkenhead Pref. Verses in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Wks. sig. d4 Brave Shakespeare flow'd, yet had his Ebbings too. 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xviii. 136 There may be strange Ebbings and Flowings..in the Atmosphere. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 499 Popular heats, which have their ebbings and flowings. 1863 J. Brown Horæ Subsecivæ (ed. 3) 109 Slow ebbing of life. Compounds ebbing-lock n. a lock for detaining fish at the ebb-tide. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > fish-trap > [noun] > weir heck1424 weir-heckc1467 ebbing-weir1472 strite1537 ebbing-lock1539 stell yair1600 hedge1653 weir house1791 the Queen's share?1795 1539 Will of Thomas Samson (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/27) f. 253 My Tyde bote..my Hebbing cocke [prob. read locke]. 1590 Cal. State Papers, Domest. Ser. 692 Regulations for hooks, lamperne rods, and hebbing nets. ebbing-weir n. a weir for detaining fish at the ebb-tide. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > fish-trap > [noun] > weir heck1424 weir-heckc1467 ebbing-weir1472 strite1537 ebbing-lock1539 stell yair1600 hedge1653 weir house1791 the Queen's share?1795 1472 Act 12 Edw. IV vii Ascuns..tielx..milledammez estankez de molyns lokkez hebbyngwerez, etc. 1475 Rolls Parl. VI. 159/1 Fishgarthes..Lokkes, Hebbyng weeres..and dyvers other ympedyments dayly been made. 1531–2 Act 23 Hen. VIII v. §2 Myldammes lokkes hebbynge weres heckes and fludgates. a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) iv. 211 Locks and Hebbing weres. 1715 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum (ed. 2) Hebbing-wears, nets or devices laid for fish at ebbing water. 1721–90 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). ebbingadj. a. That ebbs. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > [adjective] > ebbing ebbing1530 slackinga1625 ebby1658 ebbed1858 outsetting1874 1530 Hist. Jacob & 12 Sonnes (Collier) 19 Layed him on the fome..But..it was ebbing water. 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound iii. ii. 101 Borne down the rapid sunset's ebbing sea. 1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow (ed. 2) I. xii. 149 They watched the ebbing tide. 1845 C. Darwin Jrnl. (ed. 2) xx. 458 These ebbing wells. b. transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > decreasing gradually ebbing1607 running-down1637 dwindling1664 build-down1983 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 53 Since after wine the ebbing'st wit doth flow. 1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) vii. x. 176 For all this ebbing Chance, remaines The spring that feedes that hope. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 231 Ebbing men..do so neere the bottome run. View more context for this quotation 1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 90 Crisoprasius is a stone..of an ebbing and confused colour. 1786 R. Burns Poems 190 When ebbing life nae mair shall flow. 1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 45 My ebbing purse, no more the foe shall fill. 1840 G. S. Faber Primitive Doctr. Regeneration 263 Mr. Newton's ebbing and flowing religious impressions. 1866 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighb. (1878) xxi. 388 These tide-marks indicated ebbing strength. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1000adj.1530 |
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