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单词 mealing
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mealingn.1

Brit. /ˈmiːlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmilɪŋ/
Forms: late Middle English melwynge, 1800s– mealing; Scottish 1700s 1900s– mealing, 1800s– maelen, 1900s– mellen, 1900s– mellin, 1900s– melloin.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meal n.1, -ing suffix1, meal v.3
Etymology: In quot. c1450 at sense 1 < meal n.1 + -ing suffix1; in later use probably independently < meal v.3 + -ing suffix1.
1. The action of grinding something to meal or powder. Now chiefly in compounds; see Compounds 2.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [adjective] > grinding
mealingc1450
milling1886
c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 582/19 Farracio, Melwynge.
1769 Caledonian Mercury 17 Apr. 2/3 For want of climate, the barley commonly called Bigg, raised in those isles, is of a very inferior quality from that raised in Britain, equally unfit for mealing as for malting.
2. The action of covering or powdering something with meal. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun]
milling1466
millering1761
mealinga1810
flouring1855
farination1859
high grinding1869
gristing1883
corn-grinding1905
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [noun] > scattering in small particles or sprinkling > sprinkling with specific substance
mealinga1810
sawdusting1856
a1810 Robin Hood & Beggar lxxix, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1888) III. v. 163/2 He thought, if he had done them wrong In mealing of their cloaths [etc.].

Compounds

C1. General attributive.
mealing mill n.
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1912 D. McKie Fables frae French 39 Whar his guid maister keept a mealin' mill.
mealing trade n. Obsolete rare
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1805 A. Edlin (title) On the Art of Bread-making, wherein the Mealing Trade..is Examined.
C2.
mealing-brunie n. (also mealing's brunie) Scottish a small cake or bannock made from oatmeal left over from baking; cf. brunie n.
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1899 Shetland News 4 Nov. in Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) ‘Heas doo mair levin i' da basin?’ ‘Yiss, a maelens-brünnie, dat's a'.’
1932 in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. 231/1 The brünie made from the last oatmeal of the baking, often smaller than the others, was commonly called the mellin-brünie.
mealing stone n. a stone used for grinding meal.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > corn-mill > millstone
millstoneeOE
quernstoneOE
grindle stone?c1225
grindstonea1250
dog stonea1399
grinding-stonec1440
runner1533
sheeling-stone1563
metate1625
burr millstone1771
mealing stone1866
1866 Reader 22 Sept. 307 A mealing stone with a hollow in which the corn was bruised.
1895 J. W. Powell Canyons of Colorado 259 In one room I find an old mealing-stone, deeply worn, as if it had been much used.
1978 Current Anthropol. 19 416/2 Artifact inventories which included pottery, polished stone tools, mealing stones, and pestles.
mealing table n. Obsolete a slab on which to pulverize gunpowder.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for making other articles > [noun] > gunpowder-making equipment
mealing table1765
gloom-stove1839
slip1876
glazing-barrel1878
society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for altering consistency > [noun] > crushing or grinding > slab
muller1361
muller stonec1450
muller1559
mealing table1765
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > other equipment
stone-bag1346
night house1632
mealing table1765
tumbler-punch1843
thumb-stall1864
sub-target1902
beanbag1970
1765 R. Jones New Treat. Artific. Fireworks ii. 31 The mealing table..represented in Plate 1.
1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 78 Mealing Tables.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mealingn.2

Brit. /ˈmiːlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmilɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meal v.2, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < meal v.2 + -ing suffix1.
The action of taking meals; (U.S.) the provision of meals at a boarding house, etc. (now rare).
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating meals > [noun]
cenation1599
mealing1659
1659 H. L'Estrange Alliance Divine Offices 188 The junketings, comessations, and mealing together were soon laid aside.
1887 A. A. Hayes Jesuit's Ring 55 She must draw the line..when the hauling cost more than the mealing.
1907 B. Atkey Folk of Wild i. 25 Urs rumbled in his throat savagely. ‘I am hungry, and I shall not keep from my mealing because of that one.’
1988 Sydney Morning Herald 26 Nov. (Comics section) 72 It's not the between-meal snacking that's blowing my diet... It's the between-snack mealing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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