单词 | mealing |
释义 | mealingn.1 1. The action of grinding something to meal or powder. Now chiefly in compounds; see Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 1912 D. McKie Fables frae French 39 Whar his guid maister keept a mealin' mill. ΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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 The action of taking meals; (U.S.) the provision of meals at a boarding house, etc. (now rare). ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1c1450n.21659 |
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