单词 | figuring |
释义 | figuringn. 1. The action of figure v. Also with out. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > [noun] picture?a1439 representingc1443 portraiturea1450 refigurationc1475 effigiation?1533 figuring1534 representation1579 picturing1585 representmentc1590 presentationa1616 portrayment?1650 iconism1656 importraiture1834 portrayal1836 rendition1959 the world > relative properties > number > mathematics > [noun] > mathematical enquiry > process of calculating accountinga1387 workingc1400 work1557 approximation1695 calculating1710 composition1827 figuring1859 extension1861 complementation1946 1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1335/1 Hys blessed bodye and bloude in the sacrament, thoughe they seme dead, for the more ful representacyon and fygurynge of the same bodye and bloude remaynynge deade on the crosse. 1648 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia xiii. §6. 168 Chaines which vain Lovers forge for the figuring out the powerfulnesse of beauty. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. i. 10 There's the sperrit o' God in all things..i' the figuring and the mechanics. 1881 Kraus in Metal World No. 24. 371 The apprentice should acquire a knowledge of..practical figuring. a. ? Configuration, form (or perhaps emblematic significance). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > [noun] hue971 shapec1050 form1297 casta1300 entailc1320 fashionc1320 featurec1325 tailc1325 suitc1330 figuringc1385 figure1393 makinga1398 fasurec1400 facea1402 makec1425 proportionc1425 figuration?a1475 protracture1551 physiognomy1567 set1567 portraiturea1578 imagerya1592 model1597 plasmature1610 figurature1642 scheme1655 morphosis1675 turn1675 plasma1712 mould1725 format1936 c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 298 This flour..bereth our alder pris in figurynge. b. An impressed shape. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > [noun] > that which is shaped > by impression or stamping figuring1661 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xxii. 221 Let us consider..the divers figurings of the brain. 3. = figure-skating n. at figure n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skating > [noun] > figure-skating figure-skating1852 figuring1869 place-skating1895 1869 H. E. Vandervell & T. M. Witham Syst. Figure-skating i. 24 From these two figures [3 and 8]..we get the terms ‘figure-skating’, or ‘figuring’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.c1385 |
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