单词 | henting |
释义 | † hentingn.1 Obsolete. The action of seizing or grasping; (also) apprehension, understanding. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [noun] > laying hold or seizing gripinga1300 arrestc1386 gripe1393 seizingc1400 henting1440 kippingc1440 prensation1620 gripping1632 apprehension1646 comprehension1712 prehension1807 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 58 Cahchynge, or hentynge, apprehencio. a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 200 Hell sould nocht hyd thair harnis fra harmis hynting. a1550 ( G. Ripley Compend of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) f. 59 These of our secretes haue some henting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019). hentingn.2 Agriculture. British regional and Irish English. A ploughed furrow between ridges (ridge n.1 5a); the action of ploughing such a furrow. to sow hentings: to sow seed in the furrow between ridges before ploughing. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > furrow furrowc888 vorec1380 scratching1548 henting?a1605 voor1669 thorough1732 gaw1793 dead furrow1838 sheugh1844 mould furrow1851 back-furrow1855 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > furrow > methods of turning furrow henting?a1605 veering1733 ribbling1770 casting1825 cut-and-cover1839 back-striking1844 gathering1846 ?a1605 MS BL Add. 61822 f. 58 in E. Greenfield ‘For to plant all Maner Plants’: French & Eng. Househ. Bks. (Master's thesis, Univ. of London) (2015) 80 Ye cann do no better & to hent the clifte presently after wheat sowing for by this means ye shalle have the cold land curryed & the clifte standing so dry will at the henting fall like dust. 1656 Accts. Hughenden Rectory, Bucks 20 Nov. (O.E.D. Archive) For a boy to sow ye hentings. 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 246 They have also a way of sowing in the Chiltern Country, which is called sowing Hentings, which is done before the Plough, the Corn being cast in a straight line just where the plough must come, and is presently ploughed in. 1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming iv. 57 This is performed by two Ploughs in the best manner, the Foot Plough to make the Sleevings, and the Wheat Plough the Hentings. 1814 W. Greaves Treat. Nat. & Pract. Agric. ii. 41 By double henting the furrows, or going up and down with the plough which we call henting, you will be able to draw the wet into the furrow. 1905 E. W. Prevost Suppl. Gloss. Dial. Cumberland 92/1 The soil turned over by the felling of the shallow furrow is the henting. There is only one henting to each rig. 2004 T. P. Dolan Dict. Hiberno-Eng. (2006) 121/1 Henting, hinting, henteen, a furrow; the last sod of a ridge in ploughing... ‘He always gets the hinting exactly right every time’. CompoundsΚΠ ?a1605 MS BL Add. 61822 f. 61v in E. Greenfield ‘For to plant all Maner Plants’: French & Eng. Househ. Bks. (Master's thesis, Univ. of London) (2015) 89 At sowing to make the Rudg lye rownd ere the first furrowe tought, & let the greets ioyne close the next furrowes & the henting furrowes also must be smale. 1741 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman May 21 There will be but Half the henting Thoroughs in the Field, which saves Time and Labour. 1845 Farmer's Mag. June 504/2 The second last furrow-slice should be taken a little shallower than the preceding ones, in order to facilitate the proper turning of the last or henting furrow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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