pastingn.
/ˈpeɪstɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpeɪstɪŋ/ 1. † b. Soap-making. The process of emulsifying fat by partial saponification. Obsolete.
a. The action of paste v. In later use frequently attributive.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with other materials > [noun] > fastening with adhesives
liming?c1225
gluing1395
pasting1596
1596 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 271 For making a new borde, and pasting on of the table of Consanguinitie and Affinitie set up in the church, iiijd.
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. xii. 63 Allow..more than 3 diameters for the pasting.
1710 E. Ward Life Don Quixote i. ii. 26 Resolv'd by stitching and by pasting, To make his Handy-work more lasting.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Back-painting, the art of pasting of prints and other designs on glass.
1871 G. MacDonald Wilfrid Cumbermede I. vii. 47 There I carried on my pasting operations.
1883 Goole Weekly Times 14 Sept. 5/2 A patent paper pasting machine.
1919 Outing Mar. 321/2 In building one of these mattresses you do considerable pasting, so it is wise to use a larger brush.
1969 T. C. Thorstensen Pract. Leather Technol. xiii. 217 In a pasting unit leathers are pasted on large sheets of plate glass, porcelain, or metal.
2000 PrintWeek 25 Feb. 51/3 (advt.) Gatherer, endsheet pasting, cold glue spine & side, gauze, splitting saw.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [noun] > plasticity > pasty condition > reduction to
pasting1884
1884 A. Watt Art of Soap-making v. 42 Well-prepared soft soda..is employed to produce the pasting in the first operation.
1888 J. Cameron Soaps & Candles 82 Saponification, pasting, or killing the goods.
2. slang. A beating, a thrashing. Also figurative: a heavy defeat; a severe punishment. Cf. basting n.3, nointing n. 2.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > [noun] > specific object a person
threshingOE
sousingc1580
rib-roast1595
basting1599
swingeing1603
cuffing1610
lamming1611
rib-roasting1613
mauling1621
pinking1637
drubbing1650
diverberation1651
verberation1661
trimming1675
rib1699
thrashing1720
dousing1721
fagging1746
bumping1751
dusting1799
clapperclawing1806
milling1806
hiding1809
punishment1811
doing1814
bethumping1831
mugging1846
jacketing1850
frailing1851
pasting1851
towelling1851
tanning1863
fum-fum1885
ribbing1894
paddywhack1898
tanking1905
beating-up1915
shellacking1931
sloshing1931
clobbering1948
twatting1963
duffing-up1967
society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > beating > instance of
threshingOE
fustigation1428
breeching1520
trouncingc1550
bace1575
firking1594
belting1602
knave's grease1602
oil of baston1604
oil of birch1604
oil of hazel1604
oil of holly1604
oil of whip1604
lamb-pie1607
lamming1611
drubbing1650
vapulation1656
warming1681
floggation1688
working over1695
cullis1719
thrashing1720
halberd1756
licking1756
dressing1769
leathering1790
nointing1794
dusting1799
teasing1807
hiding1809
whopping1812
thrumming1823
toco1823
flaking1829
teaser1832
lathering1835
welting1840
pasting1851
towelling1851
whaling1852
hickory oil1855
swishing1859
slating1860
going-over1881
six of the best1912
belt beating1928
ass-kicking1943
stomping1958
seeing to1968
butt-kicking1970
society > armed hostility > defeat > [noun]
confusionc1290
scomfit13..
cumber1303
discomfitc1330
scomfitingc1333
discomfiturea1400
scomfiturea1400
discomfitingc1405
overthrowc1440
male journey1455
overset1456
foilc1478
discomforture1485
supprise1488
reversea1529
distrage?1548
loss1548
defeat1553
underdeal1553
discomfort1589
defeatment1598
defeature1598
rufflec1600
defeatance1608
routa1616
Caudine Forks1619
disrout1623
conviction1631
bang1644
derout1644
conquest1677
drubbing1769
check1793
thrashing1797
sauve-qui-peut1815
debacle1847
smash1888
pasting1942
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > severe > instance of
cockshy1822
smasher1828
slasher1849
scarifier1855
slating1870
slate1887
savaging1905
excoriation1924
caning1933
pasting1974
handbagging1987
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 415/2 He..gave me a regular pasting.
1903 H. V. Esmond When we were Twenty-One i. 8 By Gad, what a pasting you gave the brute, Dickie!
1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 3 Oct. 33 We were getting a pasting. Everything going up in smoke and everything coming down with a bang.
1974 Times 14 Jan. 3/7 Some managers have taken a real pasting when things have gone wrong.
2002 India Today Internat. (U.K. Special ed.) 23 Sept. 12/1 At a 5,000-strong meet in Kupwara town, after the customary pasting of his opponents.
Compounds
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > lace > other
biliment lace1578
seaming lace1631
shredding1766
pasting lace1837
baby lace1865
bull's-eye1879
1837 W. B. Adams Eng. Pleasure Carriages 147 Pasting lace..serves to cover rows of tack heads; and seaming lace..is applied to cover coarsely-sewn edges.
1846 G. Dodd Brit. Manuf. 6th Ser. v. 132 Coach-trimmings... ‘Pasting-lace’, about half an inch broad..is employed to cover and hide rows of tacks.
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 378/2 Pasting Lace. A narrow kind of Coach Lace, used to conceal rows of tacks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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