mewingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈmjuːɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmjuɪŋ/

Forms: see mew v.² and -ing suffix¹; also 1600s muing.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mew v.², -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < mew v.² + -ing suffix¹.

Chiefly Falconry. Now rare (chiefly historical).

The action of mew v.²

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > moulting

moulting?a1425

mewinga1475

moultering1697

moult1819

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [noun] > moulting

moulting?a1425

mewing1797

moult1815

a1475 Bk. Hawking (Harl. 2340) in Studia Neophilol. (1944) 16 19 (MED) Who so for covetyse of fleynge lesith the tyme of his hawkys mewinge..may put here in mewe as aventure wol yeve.

1520 W. More Jrnl. (1914) 138 Item to Richard gowar for ye mewyng of my goshawke 3s. 4d.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Mue,..the muing of a Hawke.

1655 I. Walton Compl. Angler (ed. 2) i. 19 If I should..treat of their several Ayeries, their Mewings,..and the renovation of their Feathers.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XI. 633/2 Mewing, the falling off or change of hair, feathers, skin, horns, or other parts of animals.

1891 J. E. Harting Bibliotheca Accipitraria 226 In ‘The Gentleman's Academie’..will be found special directions for the mewing of hawks.

Compounds

General attributive.

† mewing time n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 59 Thus began the Mewing time of Prelacy, and the principall Feather of their wings to fall away.

a1657 G. Daniel Idyllia in Poems (1878) IV. iv. 27 'Tis but a mewing Time; what matter if Cold Gorges crampe the feet?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† mewingn.²

Forms: see mew v.³ and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mew v.³, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < mew v.³ + -ing suffix¹. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (miū·iŋ) /ˈmjuːɪŋ/.

Falconry. Obsolete.

The action of shutting up in a mew or cage.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > [noun] > hawking procedures

casting1388

to come to reclaima1398

rebukingc1400

plumage?a1450

enseamingc1575

imping1575

mewing1575

weathering1575

manning1580

lure1614

carry1618

coping1855

seeling1859

1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 177 Marlins are also woorth the mewyng, if they bee hardie.

1611 G. Markham Countrey Contentm. (1615) i. viii. 95 The mewing of long winged hawks.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

mewingn.³

Brit.

/ˈmjuːɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmjuɪŋ/

Forms: see mew v.¹ and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mew v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < mew v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

The act of uttering a mew or mews; an instance of this. Also: speech or articulation suggestive of this.It is not certain that this word is meant in quot. a1586.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > mewing

mewinga1586

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. 238 Deepe musing to himselfe [sc. a cat], which after-mewing [v.r. after-meaning] showes, Till with lickt beard, his eye of fire espie his foes.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Miaulement, a mewling, or mewing.

1635 J. Jones Adrasta Pref. Be hostile enemies to their pishes and meawings, and scorne to beg or buy a reconciling.

1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem ii. 56 Bathrons for grief of scoarched members, Doth fall..a meawing.

a1713 S. Cobb Tripos Cantabrigiensis 149 He knew when Thunder was a brewing, And Storms were hatch'd, by Puss's mewing.

1849 G. P. R. James Woodman II. iii. 51 Pshaw! I am sick of their mewing.

1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch III. lix. 313 Miss Noble made many small compassionate mewings.

1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 226 All forms of mewing, howling, and other vocal manifestations, are modified expiratory actions.

1944 L. A. G. Strong Director xxii. 166 What with toning my voice down to that kid's mewing, and then trying to balance that hamming bloody idiot.

1966 A. E. Lindop I start Counting xvi. 190 Cooings and mewings and smoochy murmurings.

1978 D. Potter Brimstone & Treacle 1/1 The Bates' daughter..can do nothing now but emit a strange, subhuman mewing and gabbling.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mewingadj.

Brit.

/ˈmjuːɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmjuɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mew v.¹, -ing suffix².

Etymology: < mew v.¹ + -ing suffix².

That utters a mew or mews; characterized by mewing; of the nature of or resembling a mew or mews.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [adjective] > that mews

mewing1607

1607 J. Marston What you Will iii. i Now the musitions Hover with nimble stickes ore squeaking crowds Ticling the dryed guttes of a Mewing Catt.

1713 Countess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 129 That demure and seeming harmless Puss Herself, and mewing Chits regales with us.

1796 F. Reynolds Fortune's Fool iv. 50 And over him is a nightly concert of mewing caterwauling lovers.

1834 L. H. Sigourney Poetry for Children 49 She came exulting. While her mewing train Join'd in loud welcome.

1871 G. Meredith Harry Richmond I. xiii. 208 No mewing sanctimoniousness.

1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 944 A piping or mewing sound.

1946 D. C. Peattie Road of Naturalist (U.K. ed.) ii. 27 In the enormous unbreathing calm of the darkening Mojave can be heard..the mewing call by which they speak to one another.

1989 D. Morris Catlore (BNC) 62 A large proportion of them [sc. white cats] are deaf and are therefore unaware of the problems of their mewing offspring.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹a1475

n.²1575

n.³a1586

adj.1607

单词	mewing
释义	mewingn.¹ Brit. /ˈmjuːɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmjuɪŋ/ Forms: see mew v.² and -ing suffix¹; also 1600s muing. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mew v.², -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < mew v.² + -ing suffix¹. Chiefly Falconry. Now rare (chiefly historical). The action of mew v.² ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > moulting moulting?a1425 mewinga1475 moultering1697 moult1819 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [noun] > moulting moulting?a1425 mewing1797 moult1815 a1475 Bk. Hawking (Harl. 2340) in Studia Neophilol. (1944) 16 19 (MED) Who so for covetyse of fleynge lesith the tyme of his hawkys mewinge..may put here in mewe as aventure wol yeve. 1520 W. More Jrnl. (1914) 138 Item to Richard gowar for ye mewyng of my goshawke 3s. 4d. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Mue,..the muing of a Hawke. 1655 I. Walton Compl. Angler (ed. 2) i. 19 If I should..treat of their several Ayeries, their Mewings,..and the renovation of their Feathers. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XI. 633/2 Mewing, the falling off or change of hair, feathers, skin, horns, or other parts of animals. 1891 J. E. Harting Bibliotheca Accipitraria 226 In ‘The Gentleman's Academie’..will be found special directions for the mewing of hawks. Compounds General attributive. † mewing time n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 59 Thus began the Mewing time of Prelacy, and the principall Feather of their wings to fall away. a1657 G. Daniel Idyllia in Poems (1878) IV. iv. 27 'Tis but a mewing Time; what matter if Cold Gorges crampe the feet? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † mewingn.² Forms: see mew v.³ and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mew v.³, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < mew v.³ + -ing suffix¹. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (miū·iŋ) /ˈmjuːɪŋ/. Falconry. Obsolete. The action of shutting up in a mew or cage. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > [noun] > hawking procedures casting1388 to come to reclaima1398 rebukingc1400 plumage?a1450 enseamingc1575 imping1575 mewing1575 weathering1575 manning1580 lure1614 carry1618 coping1855 seeling1859 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 177 Marlins are also woorth the mewyng, if they bee hardie. 1611 G. Markham Countrey Contentm. (1615) i. viii. 95 The mewing of long winged hawks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2018). mewingn.³ Brit. /ˈmjuːɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmjuɪŋ/ Forms: see mew v.¹ and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mew v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < mew v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. The act of uttering a mew or mews; an instance of this. Also: speech or articulation suggestive of this.It is not certain that this word is meant in quot. a1586. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > mewing mewinga1586 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. 238 Deepe musing to himselfe [sc. a cat], which after-mewing [v.r. after-meaning] showes, Till with lickt beard, his eye of fire espie his foes. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Miaulement, a mewling, or mewing. 1635 J. Jones Adrasta Pref. Be hostile enemies to their pishes and meawings, and scorne to beg or buy a reconciling. 1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem ii. 56 Bathrons for grief of scoarched members, Doth fall..a meawing. a1713 S. Cobb Tripos Cantabrigiensis 149 He knew when Thunder was a brewing, And Storms were hatch'd, by Puss's mewing. 1849 G. P. R. James Woodman II. iii. 51 Pshaw! I am sick of their mewing. 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch III. lix. 313 Miss Noble made many small compassionate mewings. 1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 226 All forms of mewing, howling, and other vocal manifestations, are modified expiratory actions. 1944 L. A. G. Strong Director xxii. 166 What with toning my voice down to that kid's mewing, and then trying to balance that hamming bloody idiot. 1966 A. E. Lindop I start Counting xvi. 190 Cooings and mewings and smoochy murmurings. 1978 D. Potter Brimstone & Treacle 1/1 The Bates' daughter..can do nothing now but emit a strange, subhuman mewing and gabbling. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mewingadj. Brit. /ˈmjuːɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmjuɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mew v.¹, -ing suffix². Etymology: < mew v.¹ + -ing suffix². That utters a mew or mews; characterized by mewing; of the nature of or resembling a mew or mews. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [adjective] > that mews mewing1607 1607 J. Marston What you Will iii. i Now the musitions Hover with nimble stickes ore squeaking crowds Ticling the dryed guttes of a Mewing Catt. 1713 Countess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 129 That demure and seeming harmless Puss Herself, and mewing Chits regales with us. 1796 F. Reynolds Fortune's Fool iv. 50 And over him is a nightly concert of mewing caterwauling lovers. 1834 L. H. Sigourney Poetry for Children 49 She came exulting. While her mewing train Join'd in loud welcome. 1871 G. Meredith Harry Richmond I. xiii. 208 No mewing sanctimoniousness. 1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 944 A piping or mewing sound. 1946 D. C. Peattie Road of Naturalist (U.K. ed.) ii. 27 In the enormous unbreathing calm of the darkening Mojave can be heard..the mewing call by which they speak to one another. 1989 D. Morris Catlore (BNC) 62 A large proportion of them [sc. white cats] are deaf and are therefore unaware of the problems of their mewing offspring. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹a1475n.²1575n.³a1586adj.1607
随便看	to twat around to twat on to tweak a person's nose to tweak a person's tail to tweak a thing's nose to tweak a thing's tail to tweak nose to tweak tail to tweak the nose of to tweak the tail of to twiddle one's thumbs, or fingers to twiddle with or at to twirl a person round one's finger to twirl one's thumbs to twirl round one's finger to twist a horse to twist a person round one's finger to twist a person round one's little finger to twist arm to twist down to twist food down to twist in to twist one's fingers to twist out to twist round one's finger

mewingn.1

Compounds

† mewingn.2

mewingn.3

mewingadj.

mewingn.¹

† mewingn.²

mewingn.³