moundingn.

Brit.

/ˈmaʊndɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmaʊndɪŋ/

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

Etymology: < mound n.² or mound v. + -ing suffix¹.

1. A bank, an embankment; (also) embankments or mounds collectively.

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society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [noun] > embanking > an embankment

wharf10..

mounding1691

banking1776

sunka1784

embankment1786

battery1799

fill1850

earth fill1877

1691 N. Tate Pastoral Dialogue 4 We heard the near advancing Billows roar. With ev'ry Gust th'impetuous Tide came on, Our Sluces open'd, and our Moundings gone.

1759 J. Newton Diary 27 Nov. in Deserted Village (1992) 69 Edmond Baker put up the mounding [in] the Backside.

1836 in C. R. Ashbee Last Rec. Cotswold Community (1904) 15 Paid John Hambleton for repairing mounding at Lynches 7 days at 1s. 4d.

1889 N.E.D. at Causey The solid mounding at the ends of a bridge.

1992 Daily Tel. 1 Feb. (Weekend Suppl.) p. iii/3 The..inoffensive new moundings were sculpted with earth from the estate.

2. The process of piling earth, etc., in mounds.

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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > [noun] > earthing up

earthing1552

hilling1628

moulding1691

landinga1806

mounding1827

1827 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (1828) 343 It will save the labour of mounding, or bringing extra earth from a distance.

1836 N. Paterson Manse Garden ii. 180 Every pair of drills must have greater distance for the convenience of mounding.

1874 G. W. Samson Elem. Art Criticism 383 The Bois de Boulogne,..though mainly level, has meadows, which by ditching, mounding and rock transportation,..possess the pictuesqueness of an English garden.

1967 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 26 June 8 Normal mounding activity by feverishly active scrub turkeys in South-Eastern Queensland begins late in June, ending the following March.

1991 Forestry 64 386 Other commonly-used techniques are direct-planting, which requires no initial investment in site preparation, and mounding using backacter excavators to spread spoil from drains.

3. Medicine. Localized contraction and swelling of a muscle in response to percussion.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > other muscular disorders

laxity1528

myalgia1860

parelectronomy1877

mounding1891

sunburn1891

neuromyositis1899

polymyalgia rheumatica1933

amyotonia1969

1891 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Mounding, the rising of muscle into a low lump when struck by a light, sharp blow, as in some forms of locomotor ataxia, and in the weak and thin.

1983 Neurology 33 90 ‘Mounding’ is a local contracture of skeletal muscle that is induced by tapping the muscle directly.

1992 European Neurol. 32 130 Stationary muscle mounding after muscle percussion without electrical muscle activity is called myoedema.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mounding
释义	moundingn. Brit. /ˈmaʊndɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmaʊndɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mound n.², mound v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < mound n.² or mound v. + -ing suffix¹. 1. A bank, an embankment; (also) embankments or mounds collectively. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [noun] > embanking > an embankment wharf10.. mounding1691 banking1776 sunka1784 embankment1786 battery1799 fill1850 earth fill1877 1691 N. Tate Pastoral Dialogue 4 We heard the near advancing Billows roar. With ev'ry Gust th'impetuous Tide came on, Our Sluces open'd, and our Moundings gone. 1759 J. Newton Diary 27 Nov. in Deserted Village (1992) 69 Edmond Baker put up the mounding [in] the Backside. 1836 in C. R. Ashbee Last Rec. Cotswold Community (1904) 15 Paid John Hambleton for repairing mounding at Lynches 7 days at 1s. 4d. 1889 N.E.D. at Causey The solid mounding at the ends of a bridge. 1992 Daily Tel. 1 Feb. (Weekend Suppl.) p. iii/3 The..inoffensive new moundings were sculpted with earth from the estate. 2. The process of piling earth, etc., in mounds. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > [noun] > earthing up earthing1552 hilling1628 moulding1691 landinga1806 mounding1827 1827 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (1828) 343 It will save the labour of mounding, or bringing extra earth from a distance. 1836 N. Paterson Manse Garden ii. 180 Every pair of drills must have greater distance for the convenience of mounding. 1874 G. W. Samson Elem. Art Criticism 383 The Bois de Boulogne,..though mainly level, has meadows, which by ditching, mounding and rock transportation,..possess the pictuesqueness of an English garden. 1967 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 26 June 8 Normal mounding activity by feverishly active scrub turkeys in South-Eastern Queensland begins late in June, ending the following March. 1991 Forestry 64 386 Other commonly-used techniques are direct-planting, which requires no initial investment in site preparation, and mounding using backacter excavators to spread spoil from drains. 3. Medicine. Localized contraction and swelling of a muscle in response to percussion. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > other muscular disorders laxity1528 myalgia1860 parelectronomy1877 mounding1891 sunburn1891 neuromyositis1899 polymyalgia rheumatica1933 amyotonia1969 1891 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Mounding, the rising of muscle into a low lump when struck by a light, sharp blow, as in some forms of locomotor ataxia, and in the weak and thin. 1983 Neurology 33 90 ‘Mounding’ is a local contracture of skeletal muscle that is induced by tapping the muscle directly. 1992 European Neurol. 32 130 Stationary muscle mounding after muscle percussion without electrical muscle activity is called myoedema. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1691
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