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单词 muscling
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musclingn.1

Brit. /ˈmʌsl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈmʌslɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈməs(ə)lɪŋ/
Forms: 1600s– muscling, 1700s muscelling.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: muscle n., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < muscle n. + -ing suffix1.
1. Fine Art. The delineation or representation of the muscles or musculature in painting or sculpture. Obsolete.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > [noun] > an artistic representation > of living thing > of human figure > muscles
muscling1699
1699 E. Ward London Spy I. viii. 6 The exactness of its Proportion, the true placing and expressing of the exterior Muscling.
1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Moralists i. i. 6 A good Piece, the Painters say, must have good Muscling as well as Colouring and Drapery.
a1720 Graham in H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Paint. (1763) III. i. 4 He..understood the anatomic part of painting,..following it so close, that he was very apt to make the muscelling too strong and prominent.
a1722 J. Toland Coll. Several Pieces (1726) I. 19 You'll own 'tis not enough to make him be lik'd, that he has well-knit bones..there must be likewise proportion, muscling, and coloring.
1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Muscling, Fine Arts, delineation of the muscles.]
2. Musculature; the quality or appearance of the muscles, esp. of an animal. Cf. fleshing n.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > [noun]
mouseOE
musclea1398
lacerta1400
fillet1541
musculage1547
musculus1565
lizard1574
flesh-string1587
bower1590
muscling1766
thews1817
myon1888
1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. ix. 117 There is not a single Sentiment..that has not its distinct and respective Interpreter in the Glance of the Eye, and in the Muscling of the Countenance.
1934 Sci. Monthly Jan. 55/2 Occasionally some steer or heifer carcass will show muscling of a dark or almost blackish red.
1953 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 83 209 Lateral muscling of thighs predominant in front view.
1969 A. L. Neumann & R. R. Snapp Beef Cattle (ed. 6) iii. 77 Research indicates that differences in outside fat and differences in thickness of muscling can be appraised..in live cattle.
1993 Horse & Rider May 60/3 The combination of a somewhat short croup, and light muscling..makes her hindquarters appear too insubstantial.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

musclingn.2

Brit. /ˈmʌsl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈmʌslɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈməs(ə)lɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: muscle v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < muscle v. + -ing suffix1.
The action of muscle v.; the use of force or coercion. muscling in n. the action of entering forcibly or uninvited; aggressive intrusion into another's affairs (cf. muscle v. 3).
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] > unwelcome or unwarranted
intrusion1597
interlope1645
interlopation1803
muscling in1931
the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [noun] > intrusion or interference
intrusion1597
interlope1645
interlopation1803
ingerence1886
muscling in1931
1931 F. D. Pasley (title) Muscling in.
1934 D. Thomas 18 Poems 20 I would not fear the muscling-in of love If I were tickled by the urchin hungers.
1940 P. G. Wodehouse Eggs, Beans & Crumpets 99 And no more muscling in and trying to dictate the policy of the ‘Uncle Joe To His Chickabiddies’ page?
1971 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 28 Mar. 7/2 The manoeuvring, the muscling, the promoting and the hustling which is the flip-side of showbiz.
1992 L. Auchincloss False Gods 92 That's your revenge at last, isn't it, for my muscling in on your unrequited Browningesque love for Dorothy?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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