flattingn.1
/ˈflatɪŋ/ 1.
a. The action or process of laying, pressing, or beating out flat; spec. the process of rolling metal into plates; also in Glass-making, the process of flattening a split glass cylinder.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > forging or shaping > types or methods of
planishing1361
malleationc1429
flatting1611
gold beating1621
shingling1674
skelping1803
upsetting1815
swaging1832
drop-forginga1884
dinging1923
upending1932
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Emplatement, a flatting; a laying flat vnto; a making broad or flat.
1687 M. Taubman London's Triumph 6 In another apartment is..Flatting and Drawing of Gold..Wyre.
1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) I. vii. 318 A flatting-mill, such as..those employed in flatting of gold.
b. concrete. A layer of mortar.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > cement or mortar > [noun] > layer of mortar
flatting1829
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > [noun] > bricklaying and plastering > plastering > plastered work
pargetc1400
plastering1538
casting1565
plasterwork1600
parge1649
parge-work1649
plastery1723
dashing1812
flatting1829
lime-cast1861
1829 J. Hodgson in J. Raine Mem. (1858) II. 161 The wall has been constructed in regular flattings, with layers of basaltic rumlar work between each flatting of the mortar.
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the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > [noun] > making flat or level > condition of being made flat or level
flatting1665
flattening1726
1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 30 The flatting of the Surface in the middle is from the abatement of the waters pressure outwards.
1675 W. Charleton Two Disc. (ed. 2) ii. 160 The Palling or Flatting of Wines.
3. Music. The lowering (of a note) by one semitone. Also transferred.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > [noun] > low pitch > decrease of pitch > making flat
flatting1654
1654 J. Playford Breefe Introd. Skill Musick 7 The B Cleaves..doth onely serve for that purpose for the flatting and sharping of Notes.
1895 N. Amer. Rev. July 11 When a person has a poor ear for words, the result is a literary flatting and sharping; you perceive what he is intending to say, but you also perceive that he doesn't say it.
1956 Jakobson & Halle in S. Saporta & J. R. Bastian Psycholinguistics (1961) 348/1 Secondary tonality features (flatting and/or sharping).
4. Coal-mining. (See quots., and see flat n.3 4.)
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1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Flatting, drawing or leading coals underground with horses and lads.
1891 Labour Commission Gloss. Flatting..is the stacking of coal by boys at the flat.
5. Gilding and Housepainting. The action of flat v.2 8. Also concrete. The overlaid coat.
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the world > matter > colour > colouring > colouring matter > [noun] > paint > types of
oila1536
primera1650
wash1698
paint oil1727
flat tint1821
flat1823
flatting1823
distemper1837
kalsomine1840
oil filler1846
calcimine1864
tube-colour1881
Ripolin1899
gloss enamel1908
gloss paint1926
jelly paint1958
silicate paint-
1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 410 The Nottingham white-lead is the most esteemed for what is called flatting, or dead white.
1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §1582 The finishing coat is to be ‘flatting’.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a. (chiefly in Glass-making: see 1.)
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flatting furnace n.
flatting hammer n.
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1810 C. James New Mil. Dict. Flattoir, a flatting hammer.
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flatting hearth n.
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flatting stone n.
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flatting tool n.
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flatting coat n.
flatting colour n.
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1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) II. 402 The flatting colour should be incorporated with a large quantity of spirits of turpentine.
flatting white n. (sense 5.)
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flatting-mill n. a mill for flattening, esp. one for rolling metal into sheets and forming the ribbon from which the planchets are cut in coining.
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1618 in Lord's Debates (Camd. 1870) 138 Twoe flatting milnes.
1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) I. vi. 192 A flatting-mill, such as silver-wire drawers use.
1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 406 In the operation of making it [milled lead], a laminating-roller is used, or a flatting-mill.
1891 Star 24 Oct. 4/6 Jeweller's flatting mills.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
flattingn.2
/ˈflatɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈflædɪŋ/, Australian English /ˈflætɪŋ/, /ˈflædɪŋ/, New Zealand English /ˈflɛdɪŋ/ Australian and New Zealand.
The action or practice of living in a flat, esp. one shared with others.
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1967 J. K. Baxter Coll. Poems (1980) 396 (title) A small ode on mixed flatting.
1968 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 15 Jan. 2/11 College fees look more expensive than flatting. In the long run there isn't much difference.
1984 H. Spurling Secrets of Woman's Heart ii. 63 When the lease..ran out..the two friends moved after weeks of..‘flatting’ to 5, Braemar Mansions, Cornwall Gardens.
2004 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 14 June c6 The course offers supervised flatting as a bridge from home or boarding to ‘real life’ flatting.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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