| 单词 | farming-out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfarming-out The action of farm v.1; the action of cleaning something; the action or an act of emptying out a ditch, latrine, etc. Now only in farming-out.In quot. OE figurative, with reference to the cleansing of sins. ΚΠ OE tr. Defensor Liber Scintillarum (1969) li. 321 Magna purgatione sacrificiorum deluende sunt culpę uitiorum : mid micelre feormunge offrunga to adiligenne synd gyltas leahtra. 1423 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 154 (MED) Item, For Fermyng of þe olde pryvie yn þe Almesse hous. 1587 L. Mascall First Bk. Cattell i. 73 For the clensing and farming of them, they do vse morning and euening to shoouell downe their dung. 1659 F. M. Narr. Causes & Events Civil-war 6 He laid abroad..the infinite toil and pain of the Commons buried as it were under ground, with cleansing and casting of Ditches, voiding and farming of the Sinks. 1851 T. Sternberg Dial. & Folk-lore Northants. 36 Them housen want well farmin. 1987 S. Stewart Lifting Latch (2003) v. 46 From nine to half-past we was signalled to eat our bite of lunch. Then comed the farming-out, thoroughly brushing down and sluicing the cowsheds and byres. < as lemmas |
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