单词 | everting |
释义 | evertingn. The action of evert v. (in various senses). Also (in quot. 1611): the action of throwing off. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [noun] everting1568 deposition1577 discarding1600 excussion1607 dispatch1608 reposition1617 absolution1655 depositing1667 discardment1713 discardurea1762 cashiering1826 dropping1859 discard1906 junking1911 shedding1945 load-shedding1947 1568 C. Watson Victorious Actes Henry V in tr. Polybius Hystories f. 129v For..defacing them of so sure a defence, and for euerting of their strong bulwarke. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xi. 563/1 What will not money..doe; with corrupt dispositions, euen to euerting of all bands of either religious or ciuill duties? 1693 T. Edwards Plain & Impartial Enq. into Gospel-truth 56 Not all of them, conjointly Argue and Attest for that very same fundamental truth, for the everting and undermining of which it is. 1893 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 20 436 Opened promptly by the everting of the part of the annulus here designated as the true annulus. 1978 Oecologia 35 29 Small ones frequently let out distress calls which were often accompanied by the everting of the gular and cloacal musk glands with the release of an oily sweetsmelling musk. 2012 P. Buttaravoli & S. M. Leffler Minor Emergencies (3rd ed.) Index 792 Everting of eyelid. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1568 |
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