单词 | franking |
释义 | > as lemmasˈfranking ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [noun] > fattening frank?a1400 frankingc1440 fatting1577 sagination1607 steaming1943 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of pigs > [noun] > fattening frankingc1440 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 177/1 Frankynge, saginacio. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Engrais de volaille, the franking or fattening of fowle. ˈfranking ˈfranking n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > payment for postage > [noun] > franking to secure exemption franking1727 society > communication > correspondence > postal services > payment for postage > [adjective] > franking to secure exemption franking1727 1727 G. Berkeley Let. 27 Feb. in Wks. (1871) IV. 141 You must take care that no one packet..exceed the limits of franking. 1748 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 17 July (1966) II. 406 I begin to suspect my servants put the franking money in their pockets. 1869 W. M. Rossetti Mem. Shelley p. xxxiii In his franking signature outside some of his son's letters. 1880 B. Disraeli Endymion I. xii. 99 They had never paid postage. They were born and had always lived in the franking world. < as lemmas |
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