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单词 marshing
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marshingn.

Brit. /ˈmɑːʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɑrʃɪŋ/
Forms: see marsh n.1 and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: marsh n.1, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < marsh n.1 + -ing suffix1.
Chiefly regional.
1. The seasonal grazing of cattle on salt marshes. Obsolete.
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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.
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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).
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