单词 | noosing |
释义 | noosingn.ΚΠ 1698 T. Dilke Pretenders v. 45 Ah poor Broakage, I cannot imagin what will become of the puppy, it's fifty to one but he has already knotted his Garters, and is gaping about for some convenient noosing place or other. 2. The action of catching or capturing by means of a noose. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] hanginga1300 hangmentc1440 gallows1483 gibbet1502 Tyburn checka1529 Tyburn stretch1573 caudle of hempseed1588 hempen caudle1588 swinging1591 rope law1592 rope-leap1611 cording1619 turn1631 nubbing1673 cravatting1683 gibbetation1689 topping1699 Tyburn jig1699 noosing1819 scragging1819 Tyburn tie1828 Newgate hornpipe1829 dance upon nothing1841 drop1887 suspension1909 the world > food and drink > hunting > [noun] > trapping or snaring telding?c1225 snaringc1440 snarlingc1440 wiring1809 tolling1838 trapping1867 noosing1878 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [noun] > act of entrapping, ensnarement beswiking1340 espying1340 telea1450 mismeaningc1450 trapping?1531 entrapping1564 entangling1574 catcha1586 entrapment1609 ensnarementa1617 ensnaring1660 trepan1665 trepanning1670 crimping1795 roping in1840 entoilment1855 noosing1878 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor viii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 160 I am going to let you into a secret—a plot—a noosing plot. 1840 T. Hood Miss Kilmansegg iii, in New Monthly Mag. 60 399 There's nothing so draws a London mob, As the noosing of very rich people. 1878 R. Jefferies Gamekeeper at Home 163 Here the art of noosing lingers; the loop being..slipped over the bird's head while at roost. 1918 W. Beebe Jungle Peace vii. 188 One of the most exciting hunts of our trip—the noosing of a giant bushmaster. 1963 Man 63 150/1 It is the phandi (man) on the back of the koonki (tame elephant) who does the noosing. 1990 Ecology 71 2324/2 If a lizard was captured within the first few noosing attempts.., its cloacal temperature was measured..using a fast-reading mercury thermometer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1698 |
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