单词 | nosing |
释义 | nosingn.1 The action of nose v.1 (in various senses of the verb); an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > surfing > [noun] > actions of board nosing1488 pearling1961 spin-out1961 society > communication > information > informing on or against > [noun] wrayingc1000 information1387 promotion?1533 talebearing1571 delation1578 sycophancy1622 peachery1654 blowing the gap1821 nosing1827 peaching1859 rounding1862 squeal1872 scream1915 singing1937 snouting1937 dobbing1968 whistle-blowing1971 1488 Cely Papers in Eng. Stud. (1961) 42 151 For nossynge of the lanttarns. 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 70 I cannot stand nosing of Candlestickes, or euphuing of Similes. 1676 T. Mace Musick's Monument 199 Examine that Tuning..and you will find it take very unhandsome pains..to get to the last Note... I Fancy strongly the..Resemblance, of a Person sitting upon a Close-stool; which doubtless you cannot but likewise do, especially, if in singing of Them, you will add a little Humour, and Conceit, in Nosing, and Toting out the 1st. Note. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Nosing, the act of taking by the nose. 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxix. 233 If they suspect any one of nosing [note informing], they will conceal some of their own things in his bag. 1888 R. L. Stevenson in Scribner's Mag. 3 768 Perpetual nosing after snobbery at least suggests the snob. 1932 S. Zuckerman Social Life Monkeys & Apes xvii. 267 Louttit holds that the nosing and circling activities of the prepubertal guinea-pig are part of its sexual responses. 1997 List 19 Dec. 72/2 Scotch Whisky Connoisseur Tours proudly presents tutored nosings and tastings every Thursday. Compounds nosing motion n. now rare a motion on a spinning mule that causes the spindles to undergo a compensating increase in rotational speed as their diameter decreases. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > machine > types of > parts of mendoza1803 faller1807 headstock1825 rim wheel1827 traveller1830 ring spindle1837 carrying comb1844 whirler1860 coiler1873 breaking-frame1875 nosing motion1883 tube1884 weigh-box1884 check-band1892 presser eye1892 thread-board1892 1883 H. E. Walmsley Cotton Spinning 30 The terminal velocity of the spindles may be increased in the same ratio, as their diameter decreases. This object is attained by Platt's automatic nosing motion. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 583/2 Nosing motion (Cotton Spinning), a motion on the mule spinning frame which, as the diameter lessens, increases the speed of the tapering spindle on which a cop is being wound. ΚΠ 1894 C. Vickerman Woollen Spinning 326 Many improvements have from time to time been introduced in working the quadrant chain, some in the shape of nosing pegs for depressing the chain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nosingn.2 1. The rounded edge of a step, projecting beyond the riser; a shield or cover for this; (hence) the overhanging or projecting edge of bench, moulding, window sill, etc. Cf. nose n. 7e. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [noun] > a projecting part hornc1275 outshooting1310 nosec1400 startc1400 spout1412 snouta1425 outbearingc1425 outstanding?c1425 relish1428 jeta1500 rising1525 shoulder1545 jutting1565 outshootc1565 prominence1578 forecast1580 projection1592 sprout1598 eye1600 shooting forth1601 lip1608 juttying1611 prominent?1611 eminence1615 butting1625 excursiona1626 elbow1626 protrusion1646 jettinga1652 outjetting1652 prominency1654 eminency1668 nouch1688 issuanta1690 out-butting1730 outjet1730 out-jutting1730 flange1735 nosing1773 process1775 jut1787 projecture1803 nozzle1804 saliency1831 ajutment1834 salience1837 out-thrust1842 emphasis1885 cleat1887 outjut1893 pseudopodiuma1902 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [noun] > step > tread > edge of nosing1773 nose1800 1773 Encycl. Brit. I. 361/1 The rail cannot be fixed less than one fourth part from the nosing or front of the step. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 185 The meeting of the sides which form the external angle of the steps is called the line of nosing. 1839 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 2 363/1 A nosing, or rebated piece of iron, is made fast to the step of wood by iron studs. 1876 Archaeol. Jrnl. 33 21 The nosing of the wall-bench..has been cut away flush with the riser. 1974 P. Wright Lang. Brit. Industry xii. 109 House stairs have nosings or bull-noses for the rounded fronts of the horizontal sections. 1991 Trad. Woodworking Apr. 11/1 The nosing is cut and fixed to the dividing rail of the French doors, giving the precise measurements for the shutters. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > lock > part of lock > bolt > box receiving bolt staplea1616 nosing1859 nab1875 striking-box1896 1859 Sci. Amer. 26 Mar. 234 I claim the combination of the nosing, D, provided with the double inclined flanch, E, with the bolt, or latch, C. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 636/1 Nosing, the keeper of a lock, into which the latch or bolt engages. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). nosingadj. rare. That noses. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [adjective] > making progress lithingc1275 nosing1864 1864 National Police Gaz. (U.S.) in Comments on Etymol. (1987) Dec. 16 There I beheld the..face of our ‘nosing pal’ of Leeds, Yellow Jemmy. 1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous iii The nosing bows slapped and scuffled with the seas. 1917 S. Sassoon Old Huntsman He watched a nosing lorry grinding on. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11488n.21773adj.1864 |
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