单词 | hand-waling |
释义 | † hand-walingn. Scottish. Obsolete. rare. The action or process of choosing someone or something individually and with care; careful selection. Cf. hand-waled adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [noun] > selecting from a number or for a purpose cullingc1440 outchoosing1440 election1614 singling1625 selection1650 hand-walinga1665 a1665 W. Guthrie Serm. Regen. (1709) 15 Tho' ye be a singular Waill'd Companie..and the best that by Hand Wailling can be Wailled out of Clydsdale. 1871 P. H. Waddell Psalms frae Hebrew Introd. 3 Folk, like Moses an' David, o' his ain han'-walin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.a1665 |
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