maintainingn.
/meɪnˈteɪnɪŋ/, /mənˈteɪnɪŋ/, U.S. /meɪnˈteɪnɪŋ/ 1. The action of maintain v.; maintenance, support, etc.
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the mind > language > statement > maintaining or upholding as true > [noun]
maintaininga1387
maintenancec1450
upholding1587
asserting1644
vindication1871
the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > provision of means of support or livelihood > action of
maintaininga1387
finding1389
supporting1431
founding1697
society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > bearing of expenses or charges > of maintenance or upkeep
maintaininga1387
maintenance1389
supportation1421
pension1431
maintain1483
the world > life > source or principle of life > [noun] > as dependent on sustenance > means of life > action of supplying
maintaininga1387
support1561
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [noun] > supporting
bearinga1387
maintaininga1387
sustaining1395
supportinga1450
underpropping1586
backing1598
upholding1605
through-bearing1656
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [noun] > preservation in being or maintenance > preserving in proper condition
keepingc1330
upholdinga1350
maintaininga1387
maintenance1389
reparation1389
uphold1471
maintain1483
repair1524
keep1763
upkeep1884
upkeeping1899
preventive maintenance1937
society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > bearing of expenses or charges > of maintenance or upkeep > of one's state in life
maintaining1592
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [noun] > preservation in being or maintenance
sustenance1389
relevation?1418
sustentation1477
supportation?a1500
sustentmenta1500
upbearing1501
entertainment1568
maintaining1644
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 37 (MED) He..ȝaf..to Iuges power of doomes, and to þe senatoures kepynge and meyntenynge of þe lawes.
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 100 Þorgh Anselm may [n] tenyng was þe contek ent.
?c1430 (?1383) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 322 In alle þis fals meyntenyng, þei holden wiþ þe fend aȝenst God.
1490–1 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 37 To the maynteynynge of the light before the rode, xxijs. jd. ob.
1592 R. Greene Thirde Pt. Conny-catching To Rdr. sig. A3v Except they applied themselues to such honest trades..as might witnesse their maintaining was by true and honest meanes.
1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 20 To the strict maintaining of a generall and religious command.
1716 J. Perry State of Russia 250 This Evil hath been felt in the late maintaining of the Czar's Army in Pomerania.
1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 232 They were at all times ready..to contribute their full proportion towards the maintaining the present just war.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 107 The reaching and maintaining of an independent pastoral position.
1949 A. C. Walshaw Heat Engines (ed. 3) ix. 190 The achieving and maintaining of the highest practicable temperature within the combustion chamber should be the primary aim of the combustion engineer and stoker.
1994 Forum Mag. (Markham, Ont.) June 20/3 There continues to be a drift of Peacekeeping..to Peace-restoring (ie United Task Force in Somalia) rather than Peace-maintaining.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] > demeanour or bearing
i-bereOE
i-letelOE
lundc1175
semblanta1240
countenancec1290
fare1297
porturec1300
bearinga1325
portc1330
abearc1350
demeaning14..
habit1413
apporta1423
havingsa1425
maintenance?c1436
demeanc1450
maintain?1473
deport1474
maintaining1477
demeanance1486
affair1487
containing1487
behaviour1490
representation1490
haviour?1504
demeanour1509
miena1522
function1578
amenance1590
comportance1590
portance1590
purport1590
manage1593
style1596
dispose1601
deportments1603
comportment1605
garb1605
aira1616
deportment1638
comport1660
tour1702
sway1753
disport1761
maintien1814
tenue1828
portment1833
allure1841
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 5 The broder of kyng Eson..there beyng present could not holde ne kepe his mayntening.
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) Prol. 11 Whiche hath knowleche of alle honoure, alle good, and fayre mayntenyng.
a1500 Foly of Fulys & Thewis of Wysmen 313 in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 60 Thar mantemyng, and thar contenans, And wordis, schawis thar ignorans.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 241/2 Mayntenyng, port.
Compounds
maintaining power n. Watchmaking and Clockmaking a mechanism for keeping a watch or clock going while it is being wound; cf. maintainer n. 8.
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > power which keeps the watch going
maintaining power1766
1766 A. Cumming Elements Clock & Watch-work 138 Care is to be taken to acquire in all watches as great a maintaining power as circumstances can admit.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 519 The swing-wheel..is constantly urged forward by the maintaining power, which is supplied by a small weight.
1948 A. L. Rawlings Sci. Clocks & Watches (ed. 2) xiii. 226 This form of maintaining power is seldom used in turret clocks.
1998 B. Loomes Brass Dial Clocks i. 23 Maintaining power was a separate spring-drive mechanism which came into play to keep a clock running during the time it was being wound.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > cog or gear
cog-wheel1416
main wheel1678
spur-wheel1731
rack wheel1772
spur gear1808
gear1829
gearing1833
spur gearing1844
pitch wheel1854
tooth-wheel1862
gear-wheel1874
maintaining wheel1874
cog1883
1874 U.S. Patent 152,097 1 (title) Improvement in mantaining-wheels for watch-barrels.
a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 576/1 Maintaining Wheel, a wheel actuated by a spring, to keep a watch going while being wound.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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