mushingn.1
/ˈmʌʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈməʃɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈmʌʃɪŋ/ Scottish. Now rare.
The action of providing a garment with puffs or flounces; (concrete) flouncing, flounced work. Also: an ornamental nick or notch stamped upon a garment.
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1600 Tailors' Acct. Bk. f. 5v To the broudster for musching of ȝour..black sating dowblit.
1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 9 The Justice-General's [Robe] being lined with Ermine for Distinction, and the Justice-Clerk's being distinguished by Outcuttings or Mushings.
1862 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 62/2 ‘There's always a ship on the 24th,’ she says, taking up my mushing and falling to work at it to keep her hands steady.
1881 Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (new ed.) III. 329/2 Mushin, scalloped or crimped work; also, cloth that is so ornamented.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
mushingn.2
/ˈmʌʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈməʃɪŋ/ slang (chiefly London).
The profession of a mush or musher; cab-driving. Cf. mush n.4, musher n.2
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [noun] > hackney carriage > cab-owning
mushing1887
1887 Globe 22 Apr. 3 ‘Mushing’ in the cab-trade is another word for ‘struggling’.
1989 Taxi Globe 15 Nov. 1/2 (advt.) If you are fed up with ‘Mushing’, sell us your Taxi and rent it back from us.
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mushingn.3
/ˈmʌʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈməʃɪŋ/, Canadian English /ˈmʌʃɪŋ/ Chiefly Canadian and U.S. regional (Alaska).
The action of mush v.3; travel through snow, on foot or by dog sled; the action or occupation of driving a dog sled.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [noun] > driving a dog-sled
mushing1902
1902 M. Clark Roadhouse Tales 12 A returned Nomite was asked: ‘What do you mean by mushing?’ ‘It's taking a pack of fifty pounds on your back and starting over the tundra..or it's taking a dog team in January with the temperature sixty below.’
1904 Prof. Papers U.S. Geol. Surv. No. 20. 15 In ‘mushing’, the best progress is made in relatively cool weather.
1930 W. N. Robertson Yukon Mem. viii. 114 There is a lingering feeling that the monotonous mushing along has not been devoid of its pleasures.
1966 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 25 Feb. 12/1 Wilfrid Charles is regarded as a sure-pop betting cinch to retain the mushing title.
1990 Midwest Living Feb. 8/3 Try a little mushing in Minnesota. Several outfitters offer dogsledding trips.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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