单词 | battling |
释义 | battlingn.1 The action of battle v.1; fighting, conflict. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [noun] fightc893 fighting?c1225 battlingc1300 armsc1325 toilc1330 toilingc1330 befighting1489 fielding1526 combating1594 preliation1640 c1300 K. Alis. 100 Nyne and twenty ryche kynges, To make on him bataylynges. 1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) VI. 361 After forty years of battling with the stormy waters. 1878 P. Bayne Chief Actors Puritan Revol. i. 10 The United Kingdom is now what the battlings of the seventeenth century made it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2019). † battlingn.2 Obsolete. 1. The furnishing with battlements, embattling. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > battlements > furnishing with battling1506 crenellation1874 1506 in MS. Reg. Test. Ebor. VI. 173 [Robt. Drayton..leaves 30s.] to the edificacion of a new rooff wt batelling of the church. 1527 in Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1854) 5 I giff to the batelyng of the church of Northen xxxiijs. iiijd. 2. concrete. Battlement work, battlements. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > battlements kernel?c1225 abattlementc1400 battlementc1400 battling1430 embattlea1547 embattlementa1552 crenellation1849 castellation1861 1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. xi To reyse a wall With batayling and crestes marciall. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 136 That battalyng [1489 Adv. bataillyne], withouten dout, Saffit thair liffis. 1540 Coventry Acc. in T. Sharp Dissert. (1825) 19 For mendyng the bateling yn the toppe of the pagent, viijd. 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes 2nd Pt. Don Quixote iv. xi. 140 Two foot broad of a Plank on the Battlings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † battlingbattelingn.3 Obsolete. 1. a. The action or process of causing to grow or thrive; nourishing, feeding; fertilizing, manuring of land. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [noun] gooding1473 manuring1577 battling1600 fatting1600 fertilage1610 fertilizing1655 laetation1664 mending1707 top-dressing1744 boning1795 caprification1836 manurance1854 management1877 soil amendment1915 side dressing1950 fertigation1967 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. xliv. 285 You shal helpe it [sc. the earth] by such manner of batteling as hath beene spoken of. b. A growing fat or thriving. ΚΠ 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. viii. 177 A jolly dame no doubt, as appears by the well battling of the plump boy. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. x. 217 The well batling of the Giants bred in Philistia..attests the fertility of their soil. 2. That which ‘battles’ or nourishes; feeding, food: a. that which nourishes animals; food, victuals. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animal food > [noun] mungc1380 battling1611 pabuluma1661 mess1738 wash1847 box food1886 premix1957 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Morche, food, victualls, cheere, batling. 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) Battling, vivres, manger, morche. b. that which fertilizes land; manure. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [noun] > fertilizer or manure fatnessc1420 amendment1483 manure1532 manuring1577 battling1600 dressing1600 worth1609 sucken1615 folding1626 fertilizera1661 sumen1662 recuperativec1679 field dressing1743 top-dressing1744 sweetener1765 settera1793 mendment1798 side dressing1819 substratum1822 manurer1829 liquid manure1837 soil amendment1915 side dress1920 Growmore1944 soil conditioner1952 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. xxii. 474 Any other sort of dung or batling. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 508 The fruit it selfe of the earth is a batling to the earth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2021). battlingn.4 Obsolete exc. dialect. The action of beating with a ‘bat,’ battler, battledore, etc.; in quot. attributive. battling-bench, battling-board, battling-stick. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > [noun] > driving or beating tools braisinga1500 battling1519 maulingc1540 hammering1563 tilting1839 malleting1872 peening1885 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xxviii. f. 239v Fet. iiii. battyllyng roddis [L. rudiculas] to beate this wolle. 1846 J. J. Hooper Taking Census in Some Adventures Simon Suggs (1851) II. 183 John Green's sister..goes to her battlin bench. 1848 J. J. Hooper Ride with Kit Kuncker in Widow Rugby's Husband (1851) 96 What a devil of a paddlin' the old woman gin him with the battlin'-stick. 1878 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Battling-stone, a large smooth-faced stone..by the side of a stream, on which washerwomen beat their linen to clean it. North. 1887 Harper's Mag. July 272/1 The splay legged battling-boards fastened themselves into the earth under the blows of the bats. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019). battlingadj.1 Fighting, engaged in conflict; combative. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [adjective] > contending strivingc1374 strivousa1382 militant?a1425 wrestlinga1547 cocking1550 struggling1577 contending1593 scambling1600 conflictant1629 contendenta1641 tugging1657 agonous1682 battling1787 belligerent1812 conflicting1855 warring1883 duelling1944 1787 J. Wolcot Ode upon Ode in Wks. (1794) I. 421 The mighty battl'ing Broughtons and the Slacks. 1834 R. Mudie Feathered Tribes Brit. Islands II. 51 The gold-finch..is somewhat of a battling bird. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iv. 243 The much-enduring, hard-worn, ever-battling man. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2018). † battlingadj.2 Obsolete. 1. Nourishing or fattening to cattle; hence, fertile, productive, fruitful. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > [adjective] goodOE bearinglOE freshc1325 fat1393 plentive?a1400 fertilec1460 richa1522 fructual1528 batwell1534 battle?1542 battling1548 increaseful1594 uberousa1627 exuberanta1660 generous1661 productive1672 innerly1868 oasal1888 oasitic1896 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Luke in Paraphr. New Test. Pref. 3 The fatte batleyng yearth of the Paraphrase. 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) vii. f. 87 [It] tooke roote And thriuing in the batling soyle in burgeons forth did shoote. a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. E3 The batling pastures laid with kine. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Derb. 229 The fair pasture nigh Haddon..so incredibly battling of Cattel. 2. gen. Nourishing, making to grow or thrive; fertilizing to soil; nutritious to man. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > nourishing nourishing1340 marrowya1382 nutrimentala1398 feeding1398 marroweda1400 nourishanta1400 nurshing?c1425 nutritivec1450 nutrativec1487 nourishable1496 hearty?1550 battling1555 nurturable1579 alimental1586 nutrible1607 alimentary1608 nutrimentive1610 refective1611 battlesome1627 alible1653 nurturing?a1659 alimentous1659 alimonious1659 polytrophic1659 nutrient1661 nutritious1665 alimentarious1671 foodful1735 nutritionarya1852 nutritional1858 nutraceutical1990 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > fertile or rich > fertilizing element battling1555 fructuous1603 battening1612 fattening1697 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. viii. 164 The battling breathe of the gentle Weast winde. 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xv. f. 193v Udders full of batling milk. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 556 A batling fruitfull slugh, or humour. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1c1300n.21430n.31600n.41519adj.11787adj.21548 |
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