单词 | forwarding |
释义 | forwardingn. 1. The action of forward v. in various senses. Also gerundially, with omission of in. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > [noun] furtheringc1000 advancementc1325 nourishingc1325 speedingc1400 promotion1425 vauncingc1426 furtherancec1440 expedition1445 preferment1454 further1526 profection1533 towardliness1553 maturation1584 comforting1605 forwarding1635 advance1642 promotement1661 forwardness1741 fosterage1816 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > [noun] > forcing forwarding1707 jarovization1934 1635 J. Gore Way to Well-doing 17 Like that which Bias calls ἐγκοπὴν προκοπὴν the Backeward forwarding of a cause. 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 268 Horse-dung, and Kennel-Water, contribute..to the forwarding of Plants. 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 28 Sept. (1948) II. 372 The people in general know that a Peace is forwarding. 1817 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 1381 Sir J. Newport urged the immediate forwarding of the measure. 2. spec. in Bookbinding. The operation of putting a plain cover on a book previously sewn, and otherwise making it fit for the ‘finisher's’ hands. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > [noun] > putting on plain cover forwarding1893 forwardal1911 1893 E. G. Duff Early Printed Bks. 193 Even a study of the forwarding of a binding is of great help. 1895 J. W. Zaehnsdorf Short Hist. Bookbinding 13 His backs were firm, and his forwarding excellent. Compounds C1. General attributive, as forwarding agency, forwarding department, forwarding establishment, forwarding house, forwarding mechanism, forwarding-room, forwarding yard. ΚΠ 1837 W. Jenkins Ohio Gazetteer 126 It has..ten heavy forwarding houses, connected with lake and canal transportation. 1847 H. Howe Hist. Coll. Ohio 43 The harbor of Ashtabula..has several forwarding establishments. 1847 H. Howe Hist. Coll. Ohio 331 Toledo..has..9 forwarding and commission houses. 1869 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Aug. 10 The same building also includes..a telegraph office, and a forwarding department, where remittances are sent from friends of emigrants, and all other miscellaneous letters received and forwarded. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 40 The book now passes from the women to the forwarding room, where several processes occur. 1897 Outing 30 197/2 The tourist should look after his own mount..and he should not send it by an independent forwarding agency. 1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. July 7/3 The receiving yards [for sheep] usually communicate with the forwarding yards or pens. 1968 Gloss. Terms Offset Lithogr. Printing (B.S.I.) 34 Forwarding mechanism, a device on a machine or feeder by which the top sheet is advanced in its normal direction of travel. C2. forwarding agent n. one whose business is the receiving and shipment or transmission of goods. ΚΠ 1892 E. Reeves Homeward Bound 327 He employed a forwarding agent. forwarding merchant n. = forwarding agent n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > agent or broker > [noun] > forwarding agent consignor1789 forwarding merchant1839 1839 J. Story Law of Bailments Index Forwarding merchant. forwarding-note n. see quot. 1884. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > business or commercial letter letter of advice1622 business letter1766 mail order1867 forwarding-note1884 1884 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. III. ii. 628/3 Forwarding-note: Comm., a note in which is entered a description of goods or parcels, with the names and addresses of the consignor and consignee, to be sent along with goods, &c., conveyed by a carrier (American). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019). > as lemmasˈforwarding ˈforwarding adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > [adjective] furthering1418 furtherlya1535 furtherous1597 proficient1614 speedinga1625 promovent1625 furthersome1627 forwarding1691 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > [adjective] > forcing forwarding1691 forcing1791 1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 315 Enough to ingage us to seek out for the best and most forwarding Assistances. 1776 T. Barker in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 66 371 The latter part of that month was warm and forwarding. < n.1635 as lemmas |
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