单词 | marshing |
释义 | marshingn. Chiefly regional. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating by animals > [noun] reliefc1425 pabulation1623 marshing1778 night-feeding1838 ovesting1903 1778 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 7 Nov. 1776 [To] give them [sc. cattle] three weeks or a month's marshing, during the summer-vacation. 2. Work done on a marsh. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > other types of work church worka1225 kirk work1418 fieldwork1441 labour of love1592 life's work1660 shop work1696 outwork1707 private practice1724 tide-work1739 sales-work1775 marshing1815 work in progress1815 life-work1837 relief work1844 sharp practice1847 near work1850 slop-work1861 repetition work1866 side work1875 rework1878 wage-slavery1886 work in progress1890 war work1891 busywork1893 screen work1912 staff-work1923 gig work1927 knowledge work1959 WIP1966 telework1970 playwork1986 laboratory work2002 1815 W. Wirt Let. 20 Aug. in J. P. Kennedy Mem. Life W. Wort (1850) I. 348 I would rather have a thousand dollars in bank-notes, earned by innocent pleasure, than a hundred guineas in gold, procured by marshing and ditching. 1892 P. H. Emerson Son of Fens 78 Mashing includes marsh-mowing, dyke-cutting, bottom-fying, dike-drawing, &c. 1998 Newsday (Electronic ed.) 22 Feb. h74 Long Islanders ushered in the Ma'shin' Seas'n (a contraction of Marshing Season), when crews of cutters staked their claims and spent days loading the Island's bounty onto hay boats. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1778 |
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