单词 | house-warming |
释义 | house-warmingn. 1. The warming or heating of a house.In quot. a1300 probably: fuel for warming a house. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > [noun] > specific miscellaneous types house-warminga1300 shruff1399 lintc1480 stope1552 tar-barrel1580 fossil fuel1759 solid fuel1891 suddite1911 synfuel1976 a1300 in Registrum Monasterii de Winchelcumba (1892) I. 81 Concessit, etiam, nobis..husbote et heibote et huswerminge. 1826 Mech. Mag. 7 Jan. 253/1 (title) Russian mode of house-warming. 1870 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 252 Berlin..is offered a luxury [sc. gas heating] in the way of house-warming that may be proffered to other cities if the Prussian capital accepts it. 1888 Proc. Royal Philos. Soc. Glasgow 19 307 If all would conduct their house-warming on this plan our towns would light up as with the smile of sunshine. 1933 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 1 573/2 Practically all the important developments in house-warming have come from British firms. 1961 Jrnl. Soc. Archit. Historians 20 20 (heading) Heat and style: eighteenth-century house warming by stoves. 2006 Times (Nexis) 10 Feb. 21 Bigger incentives [should be] given to families to switch to renewables, both solar thermal panels and microgeneration, for water heating and house warming, as in Germany. 2. a. A party or other entertainment held to celebrate moving into a new home or premises. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > type of social event > [noun] > house-warming infare1487 house-warming1577 warming of the house1650 house-heating1792 welcome home1808 fire kindling1825 house-warmer1901 1577 W. Fleetwood in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. III. 56 The Shomakers of London, having builded..a newe Hall, made a royall feast for theire frends, which they call their howse warming. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1661 (1955) III. 305 I din'd at Thom: Chiffings house warming in St. Jam: Park. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 518. ⁋1 I must make the present entertainment like a treat at an house-warming, out of such presents as have been sent me by my guests. 1778 F. Burney Let. 16–21 Sept. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) 159 I invite you all to a House warming; I shall hope for the Honour of seeing all this Company at my new House next Easter Day. a1854 E. Grant Mem. Highland Lady (1988) I. xvi. 337 It was the housewarming at the Croft. The family..had promised us a dance at the harvest home. 1880 C. E. L. Riddell Myst. Palace Gardens (1881) ii. 21 We shall have to give a house-warming, I suppose. 1937 J. Thurber Lett. (2002) 268 Jim Lardner gave a housewarming last night that started at one in the morning, so we missed it. 1988 Jet 17 Oct. 11 New occupant of the parsonage is Bishop..Brookins, who hosted a recent housewarming. 2003 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 16 Aug. 11 Usually..there will be a party on—either a house-warming or a going-away party. Sydney is full of comings and goings. b. The action or process of celebrating a move to a new home or premises with such a social gathering. Also in † to come (also go) a house-warming (obsolete).In quot. 1680 figurative: the action of fornicating. ΚΠ 1664 G. Etherege Comical Revenge iv. iii. 53 Pray, Sir, are you come a House-warming, That you bring your Wine with you? 1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper v. i. 63 Pleas. But I fear he's so horribly given to go a House-warming abroad, that the least part of the Provision will come to my share... Aldo...he shall do thee Reason, e're thou sleep'st. 1749 L. Pilkington Mem. (new ed.) I. 87 So we determined to quit my Father's House for a little one of our own..which, by the Bounty of our Friends, who came a House-warming to us, was soon elegantly furnished. 1836 Western Messenger Sept. 105 The cabin being finished, the ceremony of house warming took place, before the young couple were permitted to move into it. 1855 P. T. Barnum Life xiv. 403 Nearly one thousand invited guests, including the poor and the rich, helped us in the old-fashioned custom of ‘house-warming’. 1907 L. Josaphare Man who wanted Bungalow 38 In resumption, I may state that house-warming is an excellent mental stimulus and leaves many tender memories. 2007 R. K. R. Singh in T. Mibang & M. C. Behera Tribal Stud. xiv. 229 The villagers are invited to a feast hosted by the owner of the house... On the day of house-warming the village priest..sacrifices a hen. Compounds General attributive, as house-warming dinner, house-warming feast, house-warming party, house-warming present, etc. ΚΠ 1662 T. Blount Boscobel (new ed.) i. 6 John Giffard, Esq; having built this house about thirty years since, invited Sir Basil Brook, with other Friends and Neighbours, to a house-warming Feast. 1675 Mock Songs & Joking Poems 33 (heading) On a House-warming Feast. 1843 R. H. Barham House-warming in New Monthly Mag. July 352 A good town-house obtained, The next thing of course to be thought of, is now The ‘house-warming’ party—the when, and the how. 1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows II. xxxiv. 276 He had given the usual house-warming dinner. 1871 Grantley Vivian I. xi. 133 I must put in my house-warming gift, one of Hopkinson's pianos. 1924 Times 14 May 11/2 On the previous evening the executive committee held a small ‘house warming’ dinner. 1961 C. McCullers Clock without Hands iv. 78 A house-warming present..not too modern or attractive, but it's the thought that counts. 2003 Radio Times 7 June (Midlands ed.) 92/3 Jess and Lisa invite him to their house-warming party.., but the poor thing is much too shy and gauche to deal with their predatory wiles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). house-warmingadj. That warms or heats a house or building; (also, of a colour) that gives a warm appearance to a house or home.In quot. 1837 of uncertain meaning. ΚΠ 1834 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 13 New Ser. 311 For a Cooking and House Warming Apparatus. 1837 L. Hunt Blue-stocking Revels i, in Poet. Wks. (1844) 104 Tasteful shade of magnificent, house-warming Guelph. 1893 L. Twining Recoll. Life & Work xi. 218 They described to me their sufferings during the previous winter..and they sighed for the house-warming stoves and double windows. 1911 Garden & Home Builder 13 174/3 With a few more improvements in adapting gas to house-warming systems, coal may be banished from our homes even before electricity comes. 1981 D. E. Washburn Peoples Pennsylvania 66/2 The first cast-iron housewarming stoves used in America were of German origin. 2002 M.-J. Abadie (title) The everything candlemaking book: create homemade candles in housewarming colors, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1300adj.1834 |
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