单词 | nidging |
释义 | † nidgingn. Scottish. Building. Obsolete. rare. A method of trimming hard stone with a sharp-pointed hammer. Cf. nidged adj. ΚΠ 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. 519 In Aberdeen, where the stone is very hard,..they pick the stone until the surface has nearly acquired the requisite form. This sort of work is called nidged-work, and the operation nidging. 1869 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. (new ed.) II. 394 Nidging is a mode of dressing used chiefly for granite, but sometimes also applied to other stones. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2019). † nidgingadj. Obsolete. rare. Restless, troublesome. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > restlessness > [adjective] > specifically of persons > and troublesome inquietc1384 unpeaceablec1384 unquietc1384 nidging1796 tewsome1828 1796 F. Burney Camilla III. v. iii. 43 I'd sooner have her than any of 'em, for all she's such a nidging little thing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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