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单词 ebbing
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ebbingn.

/ˈɛbɪŋ/
Forms: Also Middle English hebbyng, 1500s hebbing.
Etymology: < ebb v. + -ing suffix1.
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.

Etymology: < ebb v. + -ing suffix2.
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).
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