单词 | maiming |
释义 | maimingn. The action of maim v. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > action illingc1220 annoyingc1330 impairingc1380 appairing1388 harminga1400 infection?1520 deringc1540 endamaging1567 hurtinga1568 maiminga1568 damaging1569 touching1590 butchering1618 damnificationa1631 poisoning1631 spoiling1632 vitiating1647 sapping1825 a1425 Gloss. W. de Bibbesworth (All Souls) (1929) 17 (MED) Maymyng [v.r. laminge; glossing Fr. (a1325 Cambr.) maine]. a1443 in Cal. Proc. Chancery Queen Elizabeth (1827) I. p. xxxiii (MED) Noon..may not nor dar not, for drede of betyng or maymyng, distreyn for the said service. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 4088 (MED) Þan wald..his princes haue past..And miȝt noȝt for þe morsure & maynyng of bestis. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 36v To the marring and mayning of the Scholer in learning. 1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law i. 78 The opinion of M. Brooke is that hee may beate him if hee cannot otherwise escape without stripes or wounds or mayming. 1712 J. Swift Proposal for Eng. Tongue 23 Another Cause..which hath contributed..to the maiming of our Language, is a foolish Opinion,..that we ought to spell exactly as we speak. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. i. v. 109 Inevitable evils are..such as sudden deaths, maimings or other bodily hurts by the stroke of lightning. 1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) i. 244 Shooting, beheading, maiming, and dismembering, all are executed as the monarch awards upon the spot. a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) II. vi. 156 Life in which awful disease, death, maiming, eviction, fire, violent event of any and every kind, is part of the daily routine. 1991 K. Jones Learning not to be First ii. 9 The process by which Victorian girls were educated for life was partially responsible for the spiritual and emotional maiming of Christina. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1425 |
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