| 单词 | in wearing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin (†the) wearing 3. The condition or process of being continuously in wear or use. Chiefly in phrases with preposition, as in (†the) wearing, (the) worse for (†the) wearing. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [noun] > repeated or continuous use wearing1546 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. i. sig. Fiiiv Al thyng is the wors for the wearyng. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) i. 11 That the..Boote was made of such leather as would shrinke in the wearing. 1613 J. May Declar. Estate of Clothing 38 After a moneths wearing, it will looke like a souldiers coat which hath line sixe moneths out of garrison. 1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 64 Friendship is one of those few Things which are the better for the Wearing. 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 74 His hardest Tools are the worse for Wearing. 1711 Dissenting Teachers Addr. 18 A Pulpit little worse for wearing to dispose off. 1724 A. Ramsay Widow 10 The Widow she's youthfu', and never ae Hair The war of the wearing. < as lemmas |
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