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单词 mutessing
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mutessingn.

Forms: late Middle English metessing, late Middle English mutessing, late Middle English mutesyng.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mutess v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < mutess v. + -ing suffix1. Compare mute n.2
Obsolete. rare.
The voiding of excrement (by a hawk); (also) the excrement itself. Cf. mute n.2
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a1475 Dis. Hawk (Harl. 2340) f. 29, in Middle Eng. Dict. at Mutesing To knowe sekenes of þi hawke be mutesyng: yf sche mutes also whyte as chalke with A lytyll blake in þe myddes, than is sche wele in þe bowell & also in þe hede.
1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. ciiijv Hir metessing [1496 mutessing] will defowle hir foundement.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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