单词 | fomenting |
释义 | fomentingn. 1. The action of applying a heated therapeutic preparation to a part of the body, or of bathing or soaking it in hot liquid; an instance of this; = fomentation n. 1a. Also: a heated therapeutic preparation or liquid used in this process; = fomentation n. 1b(a). Occasionally also as a modifier. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > [noun] heating1398 fomenting?a1425 warmingc1440 calefaction1547 chafing1580 riscaldation1599 excalfaction1607 fomentation1657 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 128 (MED) Baþing & fomentyng [L. fomentacionem] with water of roses, of extinccioun of yren þise forsoþ remoueþ ycchyng. c1425 tr. J. Arderne Treat. Fistula (Sloane 6) (1910) 74 (MED) Make ane hote fomentyng with rayne or rynnyng watre, vinegre added þerto. 1605 J. Mosan tr. C. Wirsung Gen. Pract. Physick i. vi. 62 Take white wine three ounces, Aloe one quarter of an ounce, annoint the eyes therewith after the fomenting. 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum i. xxiv. 72 It [sc. Cassidony] is very effectuall in all cold griefes, used in drinkes, baths or fomentings. 1894 F. Fitzwygram Horses & Stables §255 During the fomentation a thick rug should be thrown over the fomenting cloth. 1947 O. T. D. Browne Rotunda Hosp. xxxi. 127 Emetics, purgation, blisterings, fomentings—all these had their vogue. 1989 N. G. Osifo Syst. Trad. Health Care I. 33 Direct heat fomenting of the abdomen with a cloth placed in hot water is used to promote the return of the uterus to normal size. 2. The action or process of stimulating or instigating something, esp. something bad; encouragement, incitement; = fomentation n. 2b. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation puttingOE sleatinga1122 eggingc1200 pricking?c1225 enticement1303 movinga1382 eggmentc1386 stirring1399 instinct1412 instigationc1422 motiona1425 provocationa1425 coyingc1440 ertingc1440 tollingc1440 artation1441 incitation1477 instinction1490 inhortationc1503 stimulation1526 abetment1533 onsetting1541 provokement?1545 incitament1579 stirring?c1580 irritation1589 incitement1594 spurring1611 to give foment to1613 fomenting1615 prompturea1616 proritation1615 urgea1618 exstimulation1626 fomentation1633 instinctment1661 spurning1672 impulsing1885 1615 E. Hoby Curry-combe iv. 153 They should doe better (for the auoiding of partialitie) to let the bodie, (which hath not the least part in the pleasure and fomenting of sin) haue a turne or two in those flames, as well as the soule. 1757 A. Stevenson Hist. Church & State Scotl. III. iii. v. 866 Traquair's fomenting of the approaching war being so well known, it was judged too hot weather for him to travel to Scotland at this time. 1896 Tablet 14 Mar. 414/2 The agitation against the African adventures and their promoters certainly did not need any fomenting on the part of the Radicals. 2016 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 9 Oct. His vacuous grasp of policy; his fomenting of violence;..his utter lack of self-control and discipline. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1425 |
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