单词 | glossing |
释义 | glossingadj. That glosses (in senses of the verb). ΚΠ 1581 T. Howell His Deuises sig. B.ii Glosing shewes clokt vnder friendships vayle. 1701 N. Rowe Ambitious Step-mother v. ii. 68 I am not lucky at the glossing Art Of catching Girls with words. 1855 D. Costello Stories from Screen 8 Rudenz..had the gift of a glossing tongue. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2018). > as lemmasˈglossing ˈglossing n. also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > reflection > [noun] > lustre or shine from reflected light > making reflective or lustrous glossing1875 lapping1877 the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [noun] > polished or glossy smoothness > action, fact, or condition of polishing1419 polishment1594 polishure1611 polish1629 glossing1875 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Glossing, an operation upon silk thread by which it is moistened with steam and stretched to develop a gloss. 1893 Queen 4 Feb. 197/3 Pressing them pretty heavily with the glossing iron. 1897 C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather (ed. 2) 614 Glossing of ordinary leather is very frequently effected by brushing the leather over with a rind of bacon and rubbing [etc.]. For finer qualities of leather a glossing mass consisting of a fat-emulsion..may be advantageously used. ˈglossing ˈglossing n. gluttonous eating. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [noun] > gluttony overeateOE gluternessc1175 gluttonryc1175 gluttony?c1225 womb-joyc1300 gluttingc1315 glutterya1340 excessc1386 gule1390 surfeitc1390 gulpingc1394 pamperingc1430 gormandizea1450 gastrimargyc1450 gulositya1500 belly1526 gulling1542 belly-cheer1549 glossing1549 overfeeding1565 epicurism1584 gormandizing1600 gastrimargism1607 gluttoning1607 overeating1652 helluation1656 guttling1731 helluosity1799 gorging1833 gorge1854 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 6th Serm. sig. Tiiii They were wonte to goo a brode in the fyeldes a shootynge, but nowe is turned in to glossyng, gullyng, and whoring wythin the housse. 1560 T. Becon Jewel of Joy in Wks. II. 27 They..fall to banketynge, drynkyng, gullyng and glossyng, to hunting..and al the dayes of their life they liue dissolutely. < adj.1581 as lemmas |
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