单词 | marling |
释义 | † marlingn.1 Nautical. Obsolete. I. Compounds. 1. Designating a type of cord, etc., used as marline (marline n.), as marling cord, marling line, marling twine. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [noun] > binding or tying up marling1422 wooldingc1440 tricing1627 stoppering1805 frapping1867 1422–3 Naval Acct. in B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1982) III. 63 lij.lb. fil' vocat' pakthred' Cxxj.lb. Merlynglyne. 1496 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 167 x lb weight marlyng Twyne. 1542 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1908) VIII. 131 For ix stane merling cord..to wap and mak the lowpes of the somes and thetis. 1548 in Acts Privy Council (1890) II. 174 Marlin lyne, lx lb. 1668 J. White Rich Cabinet (ed. 4) 113 Strong canvas being..tyed hard on a pike with marlin cord. 2. a. marling iron n. = marlinspike n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > fitting out or equipping ships > rigging a ship > rope work > tools marling iron1485 marlinspike1539 fid1615 fidder1644 jewel1750 splicer1923 marler1929 1485 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 51 Merlyng Irenes. b. marling hitch n. = marlinspike hitch n. at marlinspike n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > knot used by sailors > specific bowline-knot1627 clinch1627 sheepshank1627 wall-knot1627 running bowline1710 running bowline knot1726 bend1769 clove-hitch1769 half-hitch1769 hitch1769 walnut1769 cat's paw1794 midshipman's hitch1794 reef knot1794 clench1804 French shroud knot1808 carrick bend1819 bowline1823 slippery hitch1832 wall1834 Matthew Walker1841 shroud-knot1860 stopper-knotc1860 marling hitch1867 wind-knot1870 Portuguese knot1871 rosette1875 chain knota1877 stopper-hitch1876 swab-hitch1883 monkey fist1917 Spanish bowline1968 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. at Marle To attach the foot of a sail to its bolt-rope, &c., with marling hitches. II. Simple uses. 3. The action of marl v.5 rare. ΚΠ 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Marling, the act of winding any small line, as marline, spun-yarn, packthread, &c. about a rope. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Marline-spike hitch, a peculiar hitch in marling, made by laying the marline-spike upon the seizing stuff. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020). marlingn.2 Now chiefly historical. The action of marl v.1; spreading with marl, liming. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [noun] > use of other natural fertilizers marlingc1450 liming1620 chalking1626 sanding1670 shelling1780 straw-burning1799 ashing1842 vermiculture1976 c1450 (?a1400) Parl. Thre Ages (BL Add. 31042) 142 His renttes and his reches rekened he full ofte Of mukkyng, of marlelyng, and mendynge of howses. c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 576/25 Certificatio [sic], marlynge. 1556 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 93 On marlyng wembell. 1577 Inventory in H. Hall Society in Elizabethan Age (1887) 153 Marling wains. 1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) 74 This kynde of Marlinge is neclected. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) I. 38 The marling of St. Foin, when 'tis almost worn out, makes a great Improvement of it for three or four Years. 1780 Mirror Nov. 105 Their relish for draining, ditching, hedging, horse-hoeing, liming, and marling, and such other branches of the fine arts. 1842 J. Buel Farmer's Compan. (ed. 3) 206 Draining improves the quality of the herbage, and marling, liming, or ashing increases the quantity. 1875 Act 38 & 39 Vict. c. 92 §5 Where..a tenant executes on his holding an improvement comprised in..claying of land, liming of land, marling of land. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 392/2 The first half of the 17th century was a period of agricultural activity... Marling and liming are again practised. 1950 A. Bryant Age of Elegance v. 143 Sowing root crops and clovers, liming, marling and draining. 1988 J. Purseglove Taming Flood iii. 60 Roscoe's ambition was to drain the whole wetland, and to this end he organized ditching, marling, and importation..of human ordure. 2004 G. Redmonds Names & Hist. vi. 102 Marling was carried out immediately after new land had been cleared. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † marlingn.3 Obsolete. The action of marl v.3 ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preserving or pickling > [noun] pickling1498 sousing1551 potting1569 comfiting1580 conditure1596 marling1598 comfiture1601 preservinga1610 confecting1626 conditing1681 conservation1869 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes To dresse any maner of fish with vineger to be eaten colde, which at Southampton they call marling of fish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.11422n.2c1450n.31598 |
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