单词 | heckling |
释义 | hecklingn. 1. The action or process of hackling flax, hemp, or (occasionally) other fibres. Also: an act or instance of this. Cf. heckle v. 1a.Hackling is now the more usual form. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > heckling hatchellinga1398 heckling1440 hackling1616 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 234 Hekelynge, mataxacio. 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xvii. clx. sig. Tviiv/2 With moche brakyng, heckelynge & robbyng hardes ben departyd fro the substaunce of hempe & of flexe. 1618 in G. Ornsby Select. from Househ. Bks. Naworth Castle (1878) 93 To iij women for heckling ix dayes, ijs. iijd. 1661 M. Stevenson Twelve Moneths 53 In this Heckling you must be exceeding careful to do it gently. 1735 R. Ross Considerations Improvem. Linen Manuf. 11 Heckling is a very nice and delicate Work. 1811 J. MacDonald Gen. View Agric. Hebrides vii. 285 Such hemp as is meant for fine sail-cloth or linen, will require two or three hecklings. 1863 W. Fairbairn Treat. Mills II. v. 197 Heckling..consists in effectually completing the process commenced in scutching. 1870 Chambers's Encycl. X. 584/2 Heckling is the first of the spinning operations, and its object is to remove the coarser portions of the jute, and lay the fibres in parallel order. 1920 B. North Chem. Textile Students iv. xxxiii. 312 The fibres being finally laid parallel by steel combs in a process known as heckling. 1960 T. K. Derry & T. I. Williams Short Hist. Technol. xix. 567 The successful power-spinning of linen thread from flax depended primarily upon the earlier processes of heckling and drawing. 2002 B. Harris Politics & Nation iv. 184 The Trustees..subsidized the heckling of flax at Logierait in Perthshire. 2. Originally Scottish and English regional (northern). A scolding. Cf. heckle v. 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > scolding > instance of Kyrie15.. Kyrie eleison1528 chide1538 wormwood lecture1640 rant1663 scold1726 trimming1763 blowing up1772 set-to1774 set-down1780 ragging1788 scouting1794 hurl?a1800 hearing1816 heckling1832 twisting1834 downsetting1842 going-over1843 shrewing1847 call1862 tongue-lashing1881 tongue-walking1888 telling-off1893 rousting1900 lumps1935 fourpenny one1936 rucking1958 1832 Schoolmaster 22 Sept. 125/2 That's Mathewson the great manufacturer... I'll wager Andrew Howie has been gi'in him a hecklin. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 81 A Heckling, a scolding undergone; the ordeal of being ‘called over the coals’. 1896 ‘J. Ackworth’ Clog Shop Chron. 197 The ‘heckling’ they received at the hands of the Clogger produced very complete repentance. 1952 Billboard 22 Mar. 51/1 Her heckling of her husband..offers many facets for the flow of both high and low comedy. 2011 Townsville (Queensland) Bull. (Nexis) 19 Oct. (Features section) 2 ‘Nagging Tuesday’..in which barbecues, beer and bludging are to be replaced by henpecking, heckling and harassment. 3. Originally Scottish. Persistent or probing questioning or cross-examination. In later use also: the action or an act of calling out derisive, aggressive, or abusive comments. Cf. heckle v. 3a, 3b. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > [noun] > heckling heckling1857 heckle1905 1857 Glasgow Herald 30 Mar. (Suppl.) 10/4 On the conclusion of Mr. Dalglish's address the usual ‘heckling’ commenced. 1888 Times 10 Oct. 5/1 He underwent another severe heckling to-day before a juge d'instruction. 1920 N.Y. Times 2 June 1/4 One woman..invaded the House floor, shouting, ‘We do not want your sympathy, we want freedom for Ireland.’ In the House the heckling was greeted with cheers. 1977 New York 28 Nov. 34/3 His steady heckling of Carter and the Democrats is inspired. 1992 USA Today (Nexis) 3 Aug. (Bonus section) 8E Charles Barkley kept his cool in the face of repeated whistling and heckling from the fans. 2009 J. Lawrence Electing Our Masters v. 135 A number of Churchill's open-air speeches were marked by vociferous heckling. Compounds General attributive (in sense 1), as heckling machine, heckling mill, heckling shop, etc. ΚΠ 1735 R. Ross Considerations Improvem. Linen Manuf. 11 The foreign Flax-dresser performs all his Heckling Work by Girls and Women. 1779 R. Hamilton Introd. Merchandize II. v. iv. 266 Dressed flax received from the heckling shop. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 349/2 Machinery for spinning tow..has a different heckling apparatus. 1863 W. Fairbairn Treat. Mills II. v. 197 Heckling machines are various, according to the quality of the flax. 1894 H. Speight Nidderdale & Garden of Nidd 304 Many of the old ‘heckling-mills’ are now..abandoned. 1902 Jrnl. Federation Insurance Inst. 85 Any serious losses in connection with the Flax Mill premises most usually occurs in external Heckling Shops, Flax Stores,..and Yarn Drying Houses. 1972 N. B. Harte in D. T. Jenkins & K. G. Ponting Wool Textile Industry Great Brit. iv. 105 The introduction of heckling machines raised the output of potential good quality yarn. 2015 Sc. Express (Nexis) 11 Apr. 12 Hecklers were textile workers who combed fibres out of flax with ‘heckling combs’ to make linen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). hecklingadj. That probes, provokes, or questions, esp. insistently; probing; pestering. In later use also: that calls out derisive or abusive comments. Cf. heckle v. 3. ΚΠ 1868 Glasgow Herald 1 Dec. 3/2 This, then, in answer to the heckling question. 1888 W. Besant Herr Paulus I. 296 ‘Permit me one more question’, this heckling Professor continued. 1943 Pop. Sci. Apr. 101 (caption) ‘You'll never be a pilot!’ yells the heckling sergeant. 1976 N.Y. Times 23 July (Weekend section) c/1 And then there are the distractions: jet planes, fire sirens, the ice-cream man, heckling children. 1997 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 17 Nov. (Sports section) 59 Haley, constantly harangued by heckling fans, played 10 minutes and scored six points. 2008 O. Russell Nat. Select. x. 80 Judge Raulston turned to the heckling crowd. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1440adj.1868 |
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