单词 | beaking |
释义 | beakingn. The action of striking or seizing with the beak. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [noun] > pecking billingc1440 peckinga1450 peck1611 beaking1706 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Beaking (a term in Cock-fighting), the fighting of those Birds with their Bills; or their holding with the Bill, and striking with the Heels. 1819 A. Rees Cycl. IV Beaking in Cock-fighting. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2018). beakingadj. Forming, projecting like, or furnished with, a beak. beaking joint n. that formed by the meeting of several heading-joints in one continuous line; the opposite of breaking joint. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > sharp unevenness > [adjective] > having (a) sharp projection(s) tootheda1387 tatteredc1394 beaked1589 toothy1611 beaking1679 spiked1681 sworded1681 pronged1707 spiky1720 teethful1729 sharp-pointed1748 spiculated1762 arrowy1791 nibbed1794 shark-toothed1794 tusky1830 spicant1867 spurry1875 1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. viii. 150 The ends may all lie in a straight Line, that the straight ends of other Boards laid against them may make the truer Joynt, and this they call a Beaking Joynt. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. iii. 48 The Daubil..of some called a Beaking Glomaine..is a long Apple, having a Beak or Hook, by which it hangs to the stalk. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online January 2018). > as lemmasˈbeaking ˈbeaking n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > operations or manoeuvres > [noun] > ramming beaking1898 1898 R. Kipling Fleet in Being 55 We could run in and beak 'em while it's thick. I believe in beaking. < n.1706adj.1679 as lemmas |
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