单词 | melding |
释义 | meldingn.1 Cards. In canasta, pinochle, rummy, etc.: the action or process of declaring or putting down a combination of cards, in order to score points. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > [noun] > actions or tactics > showing card(s) to claim score melding1890 1890 J. D. Champlin, Jr. & A. E. Bostwick Young Folks' Cycl. Games & Sports 80 In this game Bézique is called Pinocle, a group is called a Meld, and declaring is called melding. 1949 E. Culbertson Culbertson on Canasta i. 1 The game gets its name from the most exciting meld in the history of the melding game. 1964 A. Wykes Gambling vii. 164 Games in which ‘melding’ (making specific combinations of cards) is a basic principle. These are the rummy games, which include all forms of poker. 1981 G. Brandreth Everyman's Indoor Games 95 Melding consists of forming groups or sequences of cards. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). meldingn.2 Originally U.S. The action or process of blending, merging, or combining; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > action or fact of mixing mingingOE mongling?c1225 mellinga1375 commixtiona1398 mixtiona1398 compounding1398 meddlinga1400 intermelling1413 mashing1440 medlure?a1475 commistion1495 contemperation1502 intermixtion?1520 mixing1525 mixture1530 mixting1532 minglinga1535 mingle1548 temperature1550 contemperament1565 commixture1567 intermingling1576 commixing1583 intermixture1592 mixc1595 minglement1602 interblending1605 contempering1609 intermeddling1611 contemperating1617 mistion1617 immixtion1653 immistion1658 alloy1672 intermixing1690 blendure1701 intermingledom1753 blending1795 comminglement1833 commingling1854 co-mingling1856 immixture1859 interminglement1873 interfuse1887 melding1939 1939 New Yorker 23 Sept. 31 (advt.) Schenley's exclusive process—melding—which ‘marries’ the whiskey blend so perfectly that it retains its rich flavor. 1952 N.Y. Times 18 Jan. 4/6 [Citing W. S. Churchill's Address to U.S. Congress] What matters most is not the form of fusion, or melding—a word I learned over here. 1960 S. Plath Colossus 14 Then I was seeing A melding of shapes in a hot rain. 1999 Linedancer Feb. 27/2 If you appreciate the clever melding of musical styles..then this is an absolute must. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11890n.21939 |
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