单词 | papering |
释义 | paperingn.ΚΠ 1569 in T. S. Willan Stud. Elizabethan Foreign Trade (1959) 17 The cranage, paperinge, thredinge, custuminge, and shipping [of sugar]. 1703 T. D'Urfey Old Mode & New v. ii. 63 I have given Proof of my Diligence, I'm sure I sat up all last Night a papering of Biskets, and burning of Wine, for the gossiping Women. 1832 C. Babbage Econ. Machinery & Manuf. xviii. 145 A woman gains about 1s. 6d. per day by papering [pins]. 2. a. The action of covering an interior wall with paper; decorating with wallpaper. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > decorating and painting > [noun] > paper-hanging papering1771 paperhanging1799 repapering1846 1771 in Copley-Pelham Lett. (1914) 156 He would be much obliged to you for your employ, in the Glazeering, Papering and Plumbing Business's. 1793 H. Walpole Let. 22 Oct. in M. Berry Extracts Jrnls. & Corr. (1865) I. 403 I shall go to town tomorrow to see my room, the papering and painting of which is finished. 1824 J. C. Loudon Green-house Compan. i. 248 The most suitable colours..for the temporary painting, chalking, or papering. 1841 W. M. Thackeray Great Hoggarty Diamond (1849) x. 130 The painting, papering, and carpeting of my house. 1936 A. Ransome Pigeon Post xvi. 172 You'd no call to bring her chasing up the valley for nothing, and her in a scrow with her papering and painting. 1991 HomeFlair Mar.–Apr. 30/1 Here is a selection of wallcoverings to inspire you, plus some tips for perfect papering. b. concrete. Paper with which the walls of a room are covered; wallpaper. Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > wallcovering > [noun] > wall-paper paperhanging1693 paper1750 papering1823 wallpaper1827 wallpapering1864 1823 J. Elmes Pract. Treat. Dilapidations (ed. 2) 47 Reinstate damaged papering in several places. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. xi. 171 A room in the George Inn at Millcote, with such large figured papering on the walls as inn rooms have. 1883 Harper's Mag. Feb. 365/1 This room remains in its original state, with the exception of the papering. 1999 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) (Nexis) 3 Apr. d1 Rose patterned papering and ceramic tiles behind the stove were added by the Binkleys. 3. The process of curling hair by wrapping paper around a lock of hair and applying heat. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > [noun] > curling or frizzing frouncing1530 frizilation1567 frizzling1592 calamistration1621 frizzing1696 buckling1713 frisure1755 papering1777 crêping1889 water waving1901 piping1907 permanent waving1917 marcelling1926 finger waving1928 body wave1955 1777 S. Johnson Let. 10 Nov. (1992) III. 95 Do not take too much time in combing, and twisting, and papering, and unpapering, and curling. 1798 J. Austen Let. 1 Dec. (1995) 24 My long hair is always plaited up out of sight, and my short hair curls well enough to want no papering. 1815 R. Fenton Mem. Old Wig 9 Having undergone the varied ordeal of papering, pinching, crimping, baking, and torture a thousand ways, I was promoted to thatch the cranium of the notorious judge Jefferies. 1966 J. Stevens Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking 108/1 Papering, 18th cent. term for placing the paper papillotes around the wound hair preparatory to pinching it with hot pinching irons. 4. The action of rubbing down a surface with an abrasive paper. ΚΠ 1875 J. Lukin Carpentry & Joinery 144 This will scrape down the surface of the wood until it is ready for ‘papering’, i.e. being further smoothed by glass or sand paper. 1986 F. Underwood & G. Warr in A. Limon et al. Home Owner Man. (ed. 2) ii. iv. 181 When glasspapering around a joint part (A) should be done first, always finishing with part (B). This helps to reduce the amount of cross-grain papering, and therefore scratching. 5. Entomology. The action or process of storing an insect specimen, esp. a butterfly, in a triangular envelope made of folded paper. ΚΠ 1963 R. L. E. Ford Pract. Entomol. 123 Many collectors boggle at papering, which is really a simple task if you know what to do. 1976 R. Dickson Lepidopterist's Handbk. ii. 6 (heading) Portable killing bottle and papering. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1569 |
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