单词 | flagging |
释义 | flaggingn.1 The action of flag v.1 ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > weakening or decline in health failinga1382 sickeninga1382 wasting1398 downhielda1400 dissolutionc1400 debilitationa1492 defailing1502 effeeblishing1540 faintingc1540 effeeblishment1545 enervationa1575 feeblishing1574 declining1588 decay1609 flagging1611 labefaction1620 feebling1624 sinking1625 deading1645 dejection1652 fail1654 emperiment1674 decline1770 sapping1825 breakdown1858 attenuation1868 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [noun] > becoming swooningc1290 languishingc1384 droopingc1400 fainting1601 flagging1611 sinking1625 jading1641 collapsing1855 crocking1928 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Alachissement..a flagging, or falling downe, through feeblenesse. 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) ii. vi. 102 The swelling of the Heart and the Flagging thereof. 1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. i. 36 He was inclined to regret, as a spiritual flagging, the lull which he saw. 1870 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) I. ii. v. 236 That flagging of the circulation which accompanies the decline of life. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2018). flaggingn.2 1. The action of paving with flagstones. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > [noun] > paving > with specific material gravelling1577 causeying1596 flagging1656 pitching1702 ruderation1730 macadamization1822 macadamizing1824 asphalting1840 blinding1843 causewaying1876 bouldering1880 metalling1885 blacktopping1947 tarmacing1975 1656 H. Webb in D. King Vale Royall ii. 209 The Flagging of the long West Ile..was this year begun by Dean Mitter. 1824 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 341 The paving and flagging of streets. 1893 Birkenhead News 9 Dec. 1/2 Tenders for the Flagging, Channelling, and Sewering of various Passages in the Borough. 2. concrete. The material used in paving; hence, the pavement. (The two first quots. are doubtful.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > stone as material for paving pavement stone1382 paving stone1400 paving?1440 flagging1622 pavementing1966 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > foot(-)path > by side of street or road plainstones1611 flanker1682 side pavement1685 footwalk1701 sideway1738 sidewalk1739 pavement1743 banquette1772 footpath1776 trottoir1789 walkway1792 parapet1795 causeway1796 flag-way1800 flags1801 pave1835 flagstone1840 flagging1851 walk1913 pedway1965 1622 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 178 For making upp a wall and flagging about the bells floore for five dayes att x d. per diem, iiij s. ij d. 1660 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 197 For setting upp the fount and flagging about itt, 8 s. 6 d. 1825 Beverley Lighting Act ii. 27 The flagging and other materials thereof to be taken up. 1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend ii. 46 He..heard Angelic feet Fall on the golden flagging of the street. 1861 J. G. Holland Lessons in Life iii. 39 Stretched at her length upon the flagging. 3. attributive, as flagging stone. ΚΠ 1830 N. S. Wheaton Jrnl. 366 A vault covered with a coarse flagging stone. 1868 B. J. Lossing Hudson (new ed.) 172 Almost inexhaustible quarries of flagging stone. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019). † flaggingn.3 Obsolete. ? A long flowing hat-band. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > band > types of > other cable-hatband1600 flagging1695 1695 London Gaz. No. 3045/4 His Coat whitish, with black Triming, a black Hat and Flaging. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019). flaggingadj. That flags; hanging down, drooping; failing, languid. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] feeblec1400 colourlessc1425 flagging1540 pithless1555 blanched1570 toothless1592 unpointed1604 unsinewed1604 jejune1615 low-pitched1622 unsinewy?1623 macilent1624 flaccid1647 insinewy1653 unsubstanceda1658 incogent1667 pointless1673 languida1677 enervatea1704 unaccentuated1716 unnervate1725 lank1729 unforcible1754 nerveless1763 weak1771 flabby1793 slip-slop1814 tinkling1822 exsanguinea1834 twittery1840 slipshod1842 under-coloured1870 shaftless1881 thin1890 unaccented1893 wimpish1925 wimp1979 the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [adjective] > hanging down > drooping or hanging limply droop?1507 flagging1540 sag1541 lolling1567 flaggy1576 fagged1578 flag1591 drooping1600 slouching1611 emarcid1661 flaggish1669 slouchy1693 tangly1812 sunken1823 adroop1833 saggy1853 loppy1855 floppy1858 drooped1873 flippy-floppy1905 1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. f. lviv That her brestes..be neyther to great, softe, hangynge, and flaggynge. a1637 B. Jonson Timber 2083 in Wks. (1640) III The Language is thinne, flagging, poore, starv'd. a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 10 Against the yard The flagging mainsaile flapt. 1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad VI. xxiii. 1039 The wounded bird..With flagging wings alighted on the mast. 1838 W. Wordsworth Sonnets x Dull, flagging notes that with each other jar. 1892 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. (new ed.) I. 189 He..had recourse to..stimulants to rouse a flagging imagination. Derivatives ˈflaggingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > [adverb] faintlyc1320 weakly1398 unthendelyc1440 lankly1611 flaggingly1693 strengthlessly1820 punily1827 nervelessly1836 flaccidly1847 limply1869 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. v. 54 I would come off but very faintly and flaggingly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2019). > as lemmasˈflagging ˈflagging n. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > cask-making > [noun] > specific processes hooping1463 flagging1842 crozing1880 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > cutting, reaping, or mowing > cutting flag or blade of wheat flagging1842 1842 Guide to Trade, Cooper 73 Pulling off from the head, with the flagging iron, the stave or staves that [etc.]. 1846 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 7 ii. 299 So rank will be the corn-crop there, that in spite of two or three flaggings, it is almost sure to go down and spoil. < as lemmas |
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