mutingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈmjuːtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmjudɪŋ/

Forms: see mute v.¹ and -ing suffix¹; also 1600s mvting.

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

Etymology: < mute v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

1. The action of mute v.¹; defecation (of a hawk or other bird); an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [noun] > excretion

mutinga1475

mute1596

slicing1596

a1475 Bk. Hawking (Harl. 2340) in Studia Neophilol. (1944) 16 20 (MED) Thees ben good to mewe hawke..and eche day loke þat sche haue a grete turfe, for she woll ligh þeron and defile it with here mutyng.

1595 G. Markham Gentlemans Acad. f. 22 Her muting will defile her fundament.

1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. i. 19 The Stock-doue and the Blackbird..Whose muting on those trees doe make to grow Rots curing Hyphear.

1641 J. Milton Animadversions 31 This..livelesse Colossus, that..is subject to the muting of every Sparrow.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. vi. 98 The bird not able to digest the fruit whereon shee feedeth, from her inconverted muting .

1857 Littell's Living Age 1 Aug. 318/1 I am disposed to think that the seed is never dropped in the muting of birds.

1968 E. S. Harcourt tr. S. Y. Muhammad Khan Said Gah-i-Shaukati vi. 33 If the hawk is thirsty after this, give only hot water, and fly after at least 2 or 3 mutings.

1968 E. S. Harcourt tr. S. Y. Muhammad Khan Said Gah-i-Shaukati vi. 35 She will rid herself of worms by vomiting or muting.

†2. concrete. That which is muted; a dropping of a bird (usually in plural). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [noun] > excretion > droppings

mutea1475

muting1614

bird shit1939

1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry ii. xvii. 144 The signes [of the priuie euill in Hawkes] are..foule blacke muteings.

1614 S. Latham Falconry Explan. Wordes sig. ¶2 Mvting is the..order which comes from Hawkes.

1647 H. More Philos. Poems 45 Our holy things Font, Table, Pulpit, they be all defil'd With thy broad mutings and large squirtings vilde.

1677 Duke of Newcastle & T. Shadwell Triumphant Widow i. ii. 10 His head's full of nothing but Dogs and Hawks, and the House pester'd with here a Marrow-bone, there the excrement of a Dog, there the muting of a Hawk.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Pheasant Pouts Their principal Haunts..may easily be known by..their Mutings.

1847 J. Couch Illustr. Instinct xiii. 239 Many birds will carefully remove the mutings of the young from the neighbourhood of their nest.

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

† mutingn.²

Forms: 1500s mutyng, 1600s muting.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mute v.², -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: Apparently < mute v.² + -ing suffix¹.Analysis of quot. 1542 is uncertain; it is earlier than the earliest attestation of mute v.², and the form in this quot. may instead show a transmission error for mutining n., or a borrowing < Middle Dutch muytinge, meutinge insurrection.

Obsolete.

A murmuring, esp. of discontent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > action of complaining

yomeringc1000

grutching?c1225

plainingc1300

complaintc1384

murmurc1385

murmurationc1390

groiningc1405

grudgingc1420

musinga1425

querimonyc1450

storming1461

mutteringc1475

grudge1477

grunching1487

murmuringc1530

muting1542

repining1550

orpingc1598

maundering1611

oggannition1625

jowering1628

remonstrating1647

regrudginga1677

complaining1702

pesting1705

yammering1705

growling1752

pine1804

gruntling1834

bitching1939

griping1945

pissing1947

bitch1975

kitchen-sinking1975

1542 Chronicle of Fabyan II. 486 A mutyng in Norfolke & Suffolke for payment of money.

a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1677) iii. 124 They perceived a secret muting in their own Army.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. xi. 162 That murmuring and muting against Princes differ only in degree, not in kinde.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

mutingn.³

Brit.

/ˈmjuːtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmjudɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mute v.⁴, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < mute v.⁴ + -ing suffix¹.

Winemaking.

The action or process of mute v.⁴; mutage; an instance of this.

ΚΠ

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1203 A very slight muting would suffice for the most fermentable cane-juice.

1965 O. A. Mendelsohn Dict. Drink 234 Muting [is] the process of stopping fermentation of cheap sweet wine by sulphuring or heating.

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

mutingn.⁴

Brit.

/ˈmjuːtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmjudɪŋ/

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

Etymology: < mute v.³ + -ing suffix¹.

a. The action of muffling or deadening the sound of something, spec. by means of a mute.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > [noun] > muting

muting1881

1881 Times 25 Oct. 11/4 The mysterious glamour thrown over the whole by the muting of the strings.

1961 R. M. Pegge in A. C. Baines Musical Instruments through Ages xi. 302 The hand in the bell..serves for a certain type of muting demanded when the part is marked ‘stopped’..or ‘chiuso’.

1989 M. Schwartz Designing & Building Professional Office (ed. 2) v. xxvii. 137/2 The elimination or muting of unwanted noises originating inside or outside the office.

2012 M. Phillips & J. Chappell Guitar for Dummies (ed. 3) iii. x. 149 To use muting to create percussive effects, lightly lay your left hand across all six strings to prevent the strings from ringing out as you strike them.

b. Originally Electronics. The suppression of the output of a loudspeaker or other circuit component; the action of turning off the sound of a television, stereo, etc., or the sound of (a person or a person's voice) on a phone, videoconferencing software, etc., esp. temporarily; the action of turning off a microphone or the audio on a computer, phone, etc., esp. temporarily; the action of turning off notifications of updates or messages, esp. from a particular user or group or (on social media) of choosing a setting that stops posts by a user whom one follows from appearing in one's feed, esp. temporarily.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > processes > [noun] > decrease in amplitude > suppression of output of amplifier

muting1936

1936 W. T. Cocking Wireless Servicing Man. xv. 168 In practically all cases muting is obtained by arranging for a valve to apply a large bias to the last I.F. valve, the detector, or the first L.F. valve in the absence of a carrier.

1952 Electronics Aug. 272/2 An added feature is muting of the speaker to provide for private conversation when handset is removed from base.

1993 Music Technol. May 21/1 (advt.) The Midi Mute allows automated muting of up to 32 audio channels usually to and from a mixing desk.

2002 Silicon Chip Feb. 65/1 This is called a punch-through code which allows muting of the television sound while still set to control the VCR.

2012 P.-A. Rutledge Sams Teach yourself Google+ in 10 Minutes vii. 128 Muting removes a post from your stream and stops sending you notifications about future comments.

2020 Sidelines (Middle Tennessee State Univ.) (Nexis) 27 Oct. 1 The decision of the Commission on Presidential Debates..to allow the muting of candidates' microphones during the opposing candidate's two-minute opening response to each debate question.

2. The action of reducing the strength or intensity of something; the action of subduing or moderating something.

ΚΠ

1923 Amer. Mag. Art Jan. 3/2 In the paintings a slight understatement of the dramatic possibilities, a muting of the color passages, eliminates any sense of the vulgar and commonplace.

1975 S. Hoffmann in M. Kilson New States in Mod. World iii. ix. 172 Global international organization plays a major role in the muting of conflict and the spread of cooperation only if..there exists a broad procedural consensus among states.

2004 New Yorker 28 June 105/2 Dow argues that the practices of the I. N. S [sc. Immigration and Naturalization Service]...laid the groundwork for the indefinite detentions and the muting of civil liberties after September 11th.

Compounds

General use as a modifier (chiefly in sense 1b), as in muting function, etc.

ΚΠ

1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 70/2 A surding or muting effect produced by impeding the vibration of the strings.

1959 H. N. Gant Mobile Radio Telephones ii. 51 The more complex receivers often incorporate a muting or squelch circuit to cut off the receiver output in the absence of the signal.

1978 Hi-Fi News Sept. (back cover) (advt.) There's also a full range of operational modes, and a highly advanced audio muting system.

2009 Sony Active Speaker Syst. Operating Instr. SRS-DB500 12/2 To activate the muting function. Press Muting on the remote.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹a1475

n.²1542

n.³1839

n.⁴1881

单词	muting
释义	mutingn.¹ Brit. /ˈmjuːtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmjudɪŋ/ Forms: see mute v.¹ and -ing suffix¹; also 1600s mvting. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mute v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < mute v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. 1. The action of mute v.¹; defecation (of a hawk or other bird); an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [noun] > excretion mutinga1475 mute1596 slicing1596 a1475 Bk. Hawking (Harl. 2340) in Studia Neophilol. (1944) 16 20 (MED) Thees ben good to mewe hawke..and eche day loke þat sche haue a grete turfe, for she woll ligh þeron and defile it with here mutyng. 1595 G. Markham Gentlemans Acad. f. 22 Her muting will defile her fundament. 1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. i. 19 The Stock-doue and the Blackbird..Whose muting on those trees doe make to grow Rots curing Hyphear. 1641 J. Milton Animadversions 31 This..livelesse Colossus, that..is subject to the muting of every Sparrow. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. vi. 98 The bird not able to digest the fruit whereon shee feedeth, from her inconverted muting . View more context for this quotation 1857 Littell's Living Age 1 Aug. 318/1 I am disposed to think that the seed is never dropped in the muting of birds. 1968 E. S. Harcourt tr. S. Y. Muhammad Khan Said Gah-i-Shaukati vi. 33 If the hawk is thirsty after this, give only hot water, and fly after at least 2 or 3 mutings. 1968 E. S. Harcourt tr. S. Y. Muhammad Khan Said Gah-i-Shaukati vi. 35 She will rid herself of worms by vomiting or muting. †2. concrete. That which is muted; a dropping of a bird (usually in plural). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [noun] > excretion > droppings mutea1475 muting1614 bird shit1939 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry ii. xvii. 144 The signes [of the priuie euill in Hawkes] are..foule blacke muteings. 1614 S. Latham Falconry Explan. Wordes sig. ¶2 Mvting is the..order which comes from Hawkes. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems 45 Our holy things Font, Table, Pulpit, they be all defil'd With thy broad mutings and large squirtings vilde. 1677 Duke of Newcastle & T. Shadwell Triumphant Widow i. ii. 10 His head's full of nothing but Dogs and Hawks, and the House pester'd with here a Marrow-bone, there the excrement of a Dog, there the muting of a Hawk. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Pheasant Pouts Their principal Haunts..may easily be known by..their Mutings. 1847 J. Couch Illustr. Instinct xiii. 239 Many birds will carefully remove the mutings of the young from the neighbourhood of their nest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † mutingn.² Forms: 1500s mutyng, 1600s muting. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mute v.², -ing suffix¹. Etymology: Apparently < mute v.² + -ing suffix¹.Analysis of quot. 1542 is uncertain; it is earlier than the earliest attestation of mute v.², and the form in this quot. may instead show a transmission error for mutining n., or a borrowing < Middle Dutch muytinge, meutinge insurrection. Obsolete. A murmuring, esp. of discontent. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > action of complaining yomeringc1000 grutching?c1225 plainingc1300 complaintc1384 murmurc1385 murmurationc1390 groiningc1405 grudgingc1420 musinga1425 querimonyc1450 storming1461 mutteringc1475 grudge1477 grunching1487 murmuringc1530 muting1542 repining1550 orpingc1598 maundering1611 oggannition1625 jowering1628 remonstrating1647 regrudginga1677 complaining1702 pesting1705 yammering1705 growling1752 pine1804 gruntling1834 bitching1939 griping1945 pissing1947 bitch1975 kitchen-sinking1975 1542 Chronicle of Fabyan II. 486 A mutyng in Norfolke & Suffolke for payment of money. a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1677) iii. 124 They perceived a secret muting in their own Army. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. xi. 162 That murmuring and muting against Princes differ only in degree, not in kinde. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021). mutingn.³ Brit. /ˈmjuːtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmjudɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mute v.⁴, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < mute v.⁴ + -ing suffix¹. Winemaking. The action or process of mute v.⁴; mutage; an instance of this. ΚΠ 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1203 A very slight muting would suffice for the most fermentable cane-juice. 1965 O. A. Mendelsohn Dict. Drink 234 Muting [is] the process of stopping fermentation of cheap sweet wine by sulphuring or heating. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mutingn.⁴ Brit. /ˈmjuːtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmjudɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mute v.³, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < mute v.³ + -ing suffix¹. 1. a. The action of muffling or deadening the sound of something, spec. by means of a mute. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > [noun] > muting muting1881 1881 Times 25 Oct. 11/4 The mysterious glamour thrown over the whole by the muting of the strings. 1961 R. M. Pegge in A. C. Baines Musical Instruments through Ages xi. 302 The hand in the bell..serves for a certain type of muting demanded when the part is marked ‘stopped’..or ‘chiuso’. 1989 M. Schwartz Designing & Building Professional Office (ed. 2) v. xxvii. 137/2 The elimination or muting of unwanted noises originating inside or outside the office. 2012 M. Phillips & J. Chappell Guitar for Dummies (ed. 3) iii. x. 149 To use muting to create percussive effects, lightly lay your left hand across all six strings to prevent the strings from ringing out as you strike them. b. Originally Electronics. The suppression of the output of a loudspeaker or other circuit component; the action of turning off the sound of a television, stereo, etc., or the sound of (a person or a person's voice) on a phone, videoconferencing software, etc., esp. temporarily; the action of turning off a microphone or the audio on a computer, phone, etc., esp. temporarily; the action of turning off notifications of updates or messages, esp. from a particular user or group or (on social media) of choosing a setting that stops posts by a user whom one follows from appearing in one's feed, esp. temporarily. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > processes > [noun] > decrease in amplitude > suppression of output of amplifier muting1936 1936 W. T. Cocking Wireless Servicing Man. xv. 168 In practically all cases muting is obtained by arranging for a valve to apply a large bias to the last I.F. valve, the detector, or the first L.F. valve in the absence of a carrier. 1952 Electronics Aug. 272/2 An added feature is muting of the speaker to provide for private conversation when handset is removed from base. 1993 Music Technol. May 21/1 (advt.) The Midi Mute allows automated muting of up to 32 audio channels usually to and from a mixing desk. 2002 Silicon Chip Feb. 65/1 This is called a punch-through code which allows muting of the television sound while still set to control the VCR. 2012 P.-A. Rutledge Sams Teach yourself Google+ in 10 Minutes vii. 128 Muting removes a post from your stream and stops sending you notifications about future comments. 2020 Sidelines (Middle Tennessee State Univ.) (Nexis) 27 Oct. 1 The decision of the Commission on Presidential Debates..to allow the muting of candidates' microphones during the opposing candidate's two-minute opening response to each debate question. 2. The action of reducing the strength or intensity of something; the action of subduing or moderating something. ΚΠ 1923 Amer. Mag. Art Jan. 3/2 In the paintings a slight understatement of the dramatic possibilities, a muting of the color passages, eliminates any sense of the vulgar and commonplace. 1975 S. Hoffmann in M. Kilson New States in Mod. World iii. ix. 172 Global international organization plays a major role in the muting of conflict and the spread of cooperation only if..there exists a broad procedural consensus among states. 2004 New Yorker 28 June 105/2 Dow argues that the practices of the I. N. S [sc. Immigration and Naturalization Service]...laid the groundwork for the indefinite detentions and the muting of civil liberties after September 11th. Compounds General use as a modifier (chiefly in sense 1b), as in muting function, etc. ΚΠ 1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 70/2 A surding or muting effect produced by impeding the vibration of the strings. 1959 H. N. Gant Mobile Radio Telephones ii. 51 The more complex receivers often incorporate a muting or squelch circuit to cut off the receiver output in the absence of the signal. 1978 Hi-Fi News Sept. (back cover) (advt.) There's also a full range of operational modes, and a highly advanced audio muting system. 2009 Sony Active Speaker Syst. Operating Instr. SRS-DB500 12/2 To activate the muting function. Press Muting on the remote. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹a1475n.²1542n.³1839n.⁴1881
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Compounds

mutingn.¹

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