单词 | ginning |
释义 | † ginningn.1 Obsolete. = beginning n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun] ordeOE thresholdeOE frumthc950 anginOE frumeOE worthOE beginninga1225 springc1225 springc1225 commencementc1250 ginninga1300 comsingc1325 entryc1330 aginning1340 alphac1384 incomea1400 formec1400 ingressc1420 birtha1425 principlea1449 comsementa1450 resultancec1450 inition1463 inceptiona1483 entering1526 originala1529 inchoation1530 opening1531 starting1541 principium1550 entrance1553 onset1561 rise1589 begin1590 ingate1591 overture1595 budding1601 initiationa1607 starting off1616 dawninga1631 dawn1633 impriminga1639 start1644 fall1647 initial1656 outset1664 outsettinga1698 going off1714 offsetting1782 offset1791 commence1794 aurora1806 incipiency1817 set-out1821 set-in1826 throw-off1828 go-off1830 outstart1844 start1857 incipience1864 oncome1865 kick-off1875 off-go1886 off1896 get-go1960 lift-off1967 a1300 (?c1175) Poema Morale (McClean) l. 113 in Anglia (1907) 30 230 Crist ne demeþ nanne man after his ginnigge. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 234 Ase ine þe rounde figure, þe ende went ayen to his ginninge. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) ii. 865 Als alle þis sorow & wo was in þe gynnyng, died Saynt Dunstan. 1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 40 Annexid to the same rolle in the gynnyng. c1475 ( in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 143 The gynning of his roial noblesse. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin (1899) i. 10 (MED) She tolde..all, gynnynge and ende, as ye haue herde. 1575 P. Beverley Hist. Ariodanto & Ieneura (new ed.) sig. D.iiii Ioyes, that had their ginning first of black and lothsome fittes. Derivatives ginningless adj. having no beginning. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [adjective] unbegunc1000 uncircumscriptc1374 endless138. finitea1400 measurelessc1400 infinite1413 ginningless?1440 immensec1450 unlimitedc1475 infinal?1504 interminate1533 termlessa1542 brinkless1567 without limit1572 uncompassed1577 limitlessa1586 beginningless1587 untermedc1595 boundless1599 illimitate1602 illimited1602 unbeginning1605 incomprehense1606 inconjectable1609 uncircumscribed1610 borderless1611 confinelessa1616 finelessa1616 unconfined1629 uninchoative1649 indefinite1664 incircumscript1677 imprincipiate1683 ensophic1693 interminateda1734 unhorizoned1811 unencompasseda1822 unterminated1853 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) ix. l. 212 O endles Ende, o gynnyngles Gynnynge! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). ginningn.2 1. The action or process of removing the seeds from cotton by means of a gin. Cf. gin v.2 2. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing cotton > [noun] > separating seed ginning1783 1783 Trans. Soc. Arts 1 255 Much of the moss also rubs off in ginning, and mixes with the cotton. 1841 C. Roosevelt Sci. of Govt. 83 Some occupations of husbandmen..such as wine-pressing, cider and sugar making, cotton ginning, &c. 1885 Standard 30 Jan. 5/3 The new fibre will require no ginning. 1929 H. A. A. Nicholls & J. H. Holland Text-bk. Trop. Agric. (ed. 2) ii. xviii. 511 The ginning of this crop [sc. Egyptian cotton] is done entirely with roller gins, and hence very clean and careful picking is necessary. 2003 Handwoven Jan. 32/3 Acetate is manufactured from cotton linters (the very short fibers that adhere to the cotton seeds after ginning). ΚΠ 1825 Sporting Mag. 17 28 The art of snaring and ‘ginning’ as it is called. 1842 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 4 Apr. The noisy profession of fairness on the floor; ginning and snaring in the lobby; the plotting for power. Compounds C1. General attributive (in sense 1). ginning machine n. ΚΠ 1802 Raleigh Reg. & N.-Carolina Gaz. 9 Feb. Miller and co. had obtained a patent for a ginning machine. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 June 12/1 A ginning machine which has been introduced into China from Japan. 2005 Fibres & Textiles Eastern Europe 13 78/3 In saw-gin ginning machines, the cotton fibre is separated by the saw, instead of the roller in the roller-gin machine. ginning mill n. ΚΠ 1807 National Intelligencer & Washington Advertiser 10 Aug. The constant and innumerable advertisements of southern cotton—the numerous erections of ginning mills. 1879 G. Campbell White & Black in U.S. 150 Many hands..find employment in the ginning mills. 2006 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 30 Dec. 5362/1 The Vasudha (meaning ‘Mother Earth’) project of Pratibha Syntex for organic cotton..has a separate supply chain with a leased in ginning mill. C2. ginning-cylinder n. now chiefly historical a cylinder of toothed metal discs, which rotates to draw cotton through a comb-like grid in a cotton gin. ΚΠ 1843 U.S. Patent 3,120 1/2 The wool or cotton is..spread much more evenly by the receiver than has been attained under any arrangement of the cleaning or ginning cylinders heretofore adopted. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 969/1 A brush-cylinder delivers the cotton from the feeding-cylinder..to the ginning-cylinder. 2003 A. Lakwete Inventing Cotton Gin vii. 173 In 1858 Parkhurst patented a cylinder gin with three cylinders, a lower ‘ginning-cylinder’, an upper ‘stripper’ cylinder, and a brush cylinder, essentially copying Sturdevant's expired 1841 patent. ginning house n. = gin house n.2 ΚΠ 1819 Morning Chron. 22 Apr. The buildings thereon consist of a spacious House, ginning house, with a cast-iron boiling press. 1908 Helping Hand June 15/1 The Lucy Smith Memorial Library, the storehouse for cotton, the ginning house, and the hospital. 2000 M. Gunderson Southern Plantation Cooking 10/2 Crop buildings might include..a ginning house for cleaning cotton, and a barn for drying tobacco. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1a1300n.21783 |
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