单词 | greasing |
释义 | greasingn. The action of grease v. 1. a. Smearing, anointing, lubricating, etc. with grease. In Protestant literature of the 16th cent. often used contemptuously for ‘anointing’, as practised by Roman Catholics. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > (extreme) unction > [noun] chrisma1300 enoiling1340 anelingc1350 anointing1357 unctiona1387 ointinga1398 nointinga1400 ointmenta1400 smerlinga1400 anointmentc1440 greasingc1440 oiling1440 enunction?1483 inunction1483 chrismation1537 chrismatory1570 chrisom1725 the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [noun] > fattiness > smearing or lubricating with grease greasingc1440 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 210/2 Gresynge, or a-noyntynge (P. with grece), saginacio. 1574 J. Studley tr. J. Bale Pageant of Popes Ep. to Rdr. *b iv How can that foundation stand which is made of earth and claye,..Popes miters,..annoyntings and greazings, blessings [etc.]. 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Untura Greasing, anointing, vnctio. 1621 First & Second Bk. Discipline (Church of Scotl.) 68 The clipping of their crownes, the greasing of their fingers [etc.]. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 31 For greasinge of lambes. Soe soone as harvest is done and past, wee beginne to looke after greasinge of our hogges. 1748 Acct. Voy. for Discov. North-west Passage I. 183 The Greasing themselves..with..Bears Grease. 1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 175 The greasing and twiddling and twirling of their moustaches. b. figurative. The action of bribing, in a greasing of palms. Also an instance of this, a bribe. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe gift1382 handy-dandyc1390 pricec1400 bud1436 bribe?a1439 golden (also silver) keyc1450 fee1549 golden shower1589 oil of angels1592 sugar-plum1608 bribera1616 palm oil1625 greasinga1661 sop1665 sweetbreada1670 vail1687 douceur1739 sweetener1741 bonus1759 buckshee1773 smear-gelt1785 grease1823 boodle?1856 soap1860 ice1887 palm-grease1897 poultice1902 fix1929 dropsy1930 pay-off1930 drop1931 oil1935 squeeze-pidgin1946 sling1948 bung1958 back-hander1960 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe > bribery meedc1275 corruptionc1425 bribing?c1524 suborning?1532 bribery1560 budding1640 subornation1670 palmistry1828 palm-greasing1832 boodling1886 a greasing of palms1889 sugaring1891 fix1929 pay-off1930 schmear1950 long leg1967 a1661 Marquis of Argyll Will in Harl. Misc. (1746) VIII. 30/1 I take all their Lands, Estates, and whatever Scotland is worth, not to be worth a Suit, much less the Overplus of a Greasing. 1889 T. A. Trollope What I Remember III. ii. 32 Certain columns..might, by good management, and certain greasing of certain palms, be acquired at no very great cost. 1899 S. Baring-Gould Bk. of West I. xi. 178 Large landed proprietors managed to get slices by a little greasing of palms. c. See quot. 1848 and cf. greased adj. 1c. ΚΠ 1848 J. Arnould Law Marine Insurance II. iii. vii. 1025 This greasing [of hides] is a partial fermentation. 2. concrete. Grease (for lubrication). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > greasy or fatty material > [noun] > for lubricating liquor1559 greasing1598 axle-grease1878 cup-grease1900 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 135 Barrels to cary..greasing for the axeltrees. 3. = grease n. 3 ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > disorders of feet or hooves pains1440 mellitc1465 false quarter1523 gravelling?1523 founder1547 foundering1548 foot evil1562 crown scab1566 prick1566 quittor bone1566 moltlong1587 scratches1591 hoof-bound1598 corn1600 javar1600 frush1607 crepance1610 fretishing1610 seam1610 scratchets1611 kibe1639 tread1661 grease1674 gravel1675 twitter-bone1688 cleft1694 quittor1703 bleymes1725 crescent1725 hoof-binding1728 capelet1731 twitter1745 canker1753 grease-heels1753 sand-crack1753 thrush1753 greasing1756 bony hoof1765 seedy toe1829 side bone1840 cracked heel1850 mud fever1872 navicular1888 coronitis1890 toe-crack1891 flat-foot1894 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 205 Those dropsical tumors of horses legs, which our ferriers call greasing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.c1440 |
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