单词 | malleation |
释义 | malleationn. 1. a. The action of beating something with a hammer; the condition of being marked or dented as with a hammer. Now chiefly Archaeology. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > forging or shaping > types or methods of planishing1361 malleationc1429 flatting1611 gold beating1621 shingling1674 skelping1803 upsetting1815 swaging1832 drop-forginga1884 dinging1923 upending1932 c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 2542 To soune of thas hamers and fabricacioune Cristis prayere es likned and his crucifiours malliacioune. 1594 H. Plat Jewell House 85 (heading) Abiding both the touch, malleation, and coppell. 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. v. sig. F Svb. What's the proper passion of Mettalls? Fac. Malleation . View more context for this quotation 1696 J. Edwards Demonstr. Existence God i. vii. 139 An Ounce of it may be so extended by Malleation, that it will take up ten Acres. 1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 104 An agglutinated mass susceptible of Malleation. 1959 W. A. Ritchie Stony Brook Site (1965) 37 The exterior surface finish was applied haphazardly by malleation with a cord-wrapped paddle. The interior is smooth. 1977 Amer. Antiq. 42 644/2 A preliminary analysis of the ceramics shows..cord malleation, net malleation, cord wrapping, and dentate stamping. ΚΠ 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. i. 67 His Squire, who by often malleations..and threshings, might in good time be beaten out into the forme of a gentileman. 1792 P. Francis Let. Burke 21 Jan. in E. Burke Corr. (1844) III. 377 Some of us..have been humming our brains for an inscription; but what signifies malleation without fire? 2. Medicine. Hammering of one hand or both against another part of the body, as a symptom of neurological illness. Now rare. Perhaps Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > malleation malleation1822 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 518 The convulsion is often accompanied with a peculiar kind of percussion..resembling the malleation we have already had occasion to describe. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 106 A patient may be constantly making bowing movements (salutation spasm), or hammering (malleation). 1995 Stedman's Med. Dict. (ed. 26) 1057/2 Malleation, a form of tic, in which the hands twitch in a hammering motion against the thighs. 3. Chiefly Conchology. A mark or dent resembling one produced by hammering on metal. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] > action of making indentation > an indentation on a surface hollowc897 printa1387 impression1398 puncha1430 dent1565 dint1590 dinge1611 doke1615 impressurea1616 depressure1626 depression1665 dawk1678 swage1680 indent1690 sinking1712 dunkle1788 indenture1793 delve1811 subsidation1838 indention1839 recess1839 indentation1847 incavation1852 deepening1859 sink1875 malleation1881 ding1922 1881 Jrnl. Linn. Soc. 15 246 Besides the larger system of malleations there is a second system a good deal smaller and more irregular. 1925 E. G. Alderson Stud. in Ampullaria xvii Malleation is merely an incident of the shell's growth, due to external conditions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1429 |
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