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.

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).

单词	ebbing
释义	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). < n.c1000adj.1530
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