单词 | honeycombing |
释义 | honeycombingn. 1. The action or process of honeycomb v. (in various senses). Also: an instance of this; a honeycomb pattern. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > gathered work honeycomb work1724 honeycombing1889 1747 W. Douglass Summary State Brit. Settlements N.-Amer. I. ii. 125 Those Worms by eating and honey-combing of the Piles of their Dikes..did put the Country in Danger of being undam'd or drowned. 1818 Mirror of Fashion Oct. 231 Between the rows is a very narrow honey-combing of muslin. 1847 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 235/2 The evil effects of this honeycombing are in a great measure prevented by merely sacrificing the rape-stubbles. 1889 Daily News 21 Nov. 6/1 Liberty frocks, with their many folds upon the chest, held in by honeycombing. 1912 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 5 May Intricate bandings, motifs and honeycombings of lace and embroidery. 1952 P. Mann Systematics Flowering Plants ii. 151 Other outgrowths, such as the honeycombing of Scotch Thistle, and the bristles of Tuberous Thistle, are not derived from bracts. 2002 LA Weekly (Nexis) 15 Nov. 26 Angel explains that the honeycombing gives the mirror strength while radically reducing the weight. 2. The development of internal cracks or cavities in wood as a result of incorrect drying. Cf. honeycombed adj. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > defects shan1867 check1877 honeycombing1906 collapse1948 1906 F. Dunlap Kiln-drying Hardwood Lumber 8 A quarter-sawed plank in which the honeycombing is so extensive that the surface is visibly deprest. 1966 A. W. Lewis Gloss. Woodworking Terms 14 Check, small seasoning cracks or shakes, invisible from the outside of the wood; also called ‘honeycombing’. 2006 V. Laurence in Selecting & Drying Wood (Fine Woodworking) 7 Case-hardening..results in a board with latent stresses and possible honeycombing. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1866 Leeds Mercury 3 Sept. 1/7 A vast, silent, ramified, underground conspiracy..aiming to undermine the Empire by a regular honeycombing process. 1893 E. H. Barker Wanderings by S. Waters 277 The honeycombing action of water. 1908 E. Hubbard Little Journeys to Homes of Great Teachers 47 The honeycombing process of dissolution is on. 2007 J. A. Verschakelen & W. De Wever Computed Tomography of Lung vii. 101 (caption) Honeycombing pattern in the subpleural, posterior and lateral part of the right lower lobe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). honeycombingadj. rare. Filled or filling with cells, cavities, or perforations resembling those of a honeycomb. ΚΠ 1863 J. G. Jeffreys Brit. Conchol. II. 446 They burrow in stiff clay, six inches or more, each individual making and occupying its own hole, and forming together a honeycombing commonwealth. 2007 Buffalo (N.Y.) News (Nexis) 11 Mar. d10 Those late-season runs can be risky on honeycombing ice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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