单词 | faring |
释义 | faringn. 1. The action of fare v.1; journeying, travelling; an instance of the same. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [noun] yongc950 gangOE goinga1250 walka1300 journeyingc1330 travela1400 progressionc1450 wayfarec1450 travelling1489 wayfaring1536 gate-going?1555 thorough-faring?1575 faring1594 fidging1604 voyaging1611 voyage1626 winning1651 locomotion1759 itinerating1770 passing1821 trekking1850 trooping1888 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits i. 8 This faring, that a man takes from his owne country. 1633 P. Fletcher Elisa 110 in Purple Island Through this troubled faring..I guiltlesse past. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. ii. vi. 128 His deplorable farings and voyagings draw to a close. 2. Condition or state; esp. a passing condition of body. dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > [noun] statec1225 estatec1230 farea1325 casec1325 beingc1330 degreec1330 condition1340 suita1375 stature?a1513 existence1530 affection?1543 existency1587 subsistence1597 consistence1626 subsistency1628 tone1641 consistency1690 attitude1744 situation1765 working order1784 faring1811 status1837 figure1858 1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude II. xxix. 103 One woman asked another how her husband fared..and was answered, that he had strange farings. 1857 T. Wright Dict. Obsolete & Provinc. Eng. Fareings, feelings, symptoms. East. 1882 J. G. Whittier Autogr. in Poems xiii. 54 Age brings me no despairing Of the world's future faring. 3. a. concrete. Entertainment, fare; in plural made dishes. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > [noun] > food in terms of quality or quantity freshOE farec1275 gorgeful1611 faring1655 scran1808 income1896 spoon1922 functional food1989 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xxiii. 230 Broths, pottage, farrings, sawces. 1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem (1751) 125 Watered meal of oats..we prefer..To all the king of Babel's faring. 1803 ‘C. Caustic’ Terrible Tractoration (ed. 2) iii. 122 Who cook up most delicious farings From cheese rinds. b. to get one's faring: see fairing n.1 2b. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (intransitive)] > deserve well or ill > get one's deserts to sow the wind and reap the whirlwindc1384 to drink to one's oysters1470 to serve (a person) right1587 to get the wissel of one's groat1721 to get one's fairing1787 to get one's bitters1812 to get one's faring1846 come1896 1846 L. S. Costello Tour Venice 253 I am..glad to see how the old demon gets his faring. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2019). † faringadj. Obsolete. That has a specified condition or state; (well-, better-, best-) conditioned. (Cf. farrand adj.) ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > [adjective] earthlyOE faringc1405 conditioned1548 c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 224 Oon of the beste farynge man on lyue. c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 4119 He is..a wel faring king. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur viii. x She thouȝt she sawe neuer..a better farynge knyght. 1557 Malory's Story Noble & Worthy Kynge Arthur (Copland) vi. i He hadde neuer seen..so wel faryng a man. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2019). > as lemmasˈfaring ˈfaring adj. ΚΠ 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 31v Good faring sow. < n.1594adj.c1405 as lemmas |
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