单词 | faggoting |
释义 | faggotingn. 1. The action of faggot v. (in various senses); esp. (in early use) the action of burning a person alive as a punishment for heresy (see faggot v. 2); (in later use) the making or binding of faggots of wood (see faggot v. 3). Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > burning > for heresy faggot?a1425 fire and faggot (also faggots)1528 faggoting1545 Bonnering1613 auto-da-fé1697 1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (xi.) f. 179v Defending by their seculare armes idolatry, fighting burning & fageting. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 589/2 What bowels of mercye is here, where is nothyng, but burning, fagoting, drowning, prysoning, cheyning, famyshyng, racking,..and oppressing. 1658 Further Discov. Myst. Jesuitisme vi. 29 What horrid faggoting of calumnies upon other men..shall an unprejudiced and unbewitched Reader find. 1691 M. Mead Two Sticks made One 19 They use in Faggotting..to twist the bands with some sap in them, or to lay them for a time in water, for when dry, they'l snap. 1703 Compl. Hist Cevennees sig. b4 To preserve themselves from Fagotting and Dragooning: the unheard of Cruelties that the poor People are exposed to. 1771 D. Henry Compl. Eng. Farmer xiii. 70 Faggoting, threshing, digging, brewing, or any other sort of work that may be wanted about the farm. 1848 Morning Post 11 Mar. 7/6 The prisoner, who was a woodman, was at work at faggoting. 1858 Royal Cornwall Gaz. 17 Sept. 5/5 There was ‘faggotting’ between Treglown and Bullock. 1934 Manch. Guardian 21 June 3/5 Leighton handsomely represents several seasons of the agricultural year, fagoting, ploughing, sowing, haymaking. a2004 D. C. Watts Dict. Plant Lore (2007) 170 In parts of County Carlow, faggoting..was a regular trade. 2. Metallurgy. The action of bundling together bars or pieces of metal, which are then heated and welded together into a mass. Cf. faggot v. 5. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > making into faggots faggoting1778 1778 Morning Chron. 28 Dec. Sodering and fagotting iron; English squares, Bath stove metal, sundry cast-iron plates. 1830 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 14 Jan. The faggotting and making of anchors. 1837 W. B. Adams Eng. Pleasure Carriages vii. 107 The best axle-trees are formed of several flat bars of iron welded together in a mass, which process is technically called ‘faggoting’. 1899 Bristol Mercury 4 Feb. 5/6 The furnaces for fagotting and reheating. 1903 A. H. Hiorns Steel & Iron xix. 336 The mild blister steel is used for springs, and the higher carbon steel after fagoting and welding is termed ‘shear’ steel. 1996 J. Day in L. Day & I. McNeil Biogr. Dict. Hist. Technol. 88/2 Repeating the forging and faggoting of shear steel bars. 2007 C. Evans & G. Rydén Baltic Iron in Atlantic World in 18th Cent. ii. 141 Huntsman was well aware of the inconsistent quality of English steel, even steel that had been subjected to faggotting and forge-welding. 3. a. Needlework. A decorative stitch used to join two pieces of material together, in which the thread is crossed or twisted when forming each stitch to create a lace-like open network between the two pieces; (more generally) any stitch used to create such an effect. Also: the action or technique of joining two pieces of material in this way, either by stitching or by attaching crossed or twisted ribbons, bands, etc. Cf. faggot stitch n. (a) at faggot n. and adj. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > done in specific stitches setwork1503 chain-stitch1598 true-stitch1606 cross-stitchc1710 tent-work1798 faggoting1868 plumage work1886 pin stitching1900 pattern darning1906 rococo stitch1906 1868 Student & Schoolmate July 296 My mother's sampler..was of yellow brown canvas. It was hemmed with a stitch called fagoting. 1870 Youth's Compan. 10 Mar. 79/4 (advt.) The Bartram & Fanton sewing machines are unsurpassed in simplicity, durability, and beauty. 15 varieties of work! Hemming, binding,..tucking, faggoting,..and button holes. 1936 M. Thomas Mary Thomas's Embroidery Bk. 243 Regularity of spacing and the same tension throughout is essential when working any stitch used in Faggoting. 1947 Pop. Mech. Feb. 182 For large, open fagoting, use alternate holes. 2002 Times 20 Sept. (T2 section) 7/1 Pillowcases and duvet covers with old-fashioned detailing such as faggoting and personalised monograms. b. Knitting. A stitch used to create loose, lacy work; = faggot stitch n. (b) at faggot n. and adj. Compounds 2. Also: work done using this stitch. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > knitted fabric > stitches > other stocking-stitch1805 cable pattern1882 cable-stitchc1890 shell-stitch1895 trellis stitch1921 pelerine stitch1924 cable1943 faggoting1974 1974 E. Zimmermann Knitter's Almanac 78 You could also embellish the border with faggotting. To make faggotting, work Yarn Over, Knit 2 together every row at the same spot. 2004 C. Crompton Knitter's Bible 34/2 All-over faggoting forms a net or mesh. 2007 J. Pawlowski Field Guide Knitting 246 This delicate pattern alternates single-stitch strips of garter stitch with strips of faggoting to create a ribbed mesh. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1545 |
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