单词 | pealing |
释义 | pealingn.1 The action of peal v.1 (in various senses). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of organ pealingc1475 organ notea1500 organ tone1820 bubble and squeak1960 chorus1961 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of bell > number of bells together reela1450 pealingc1475 peal1513 tingle-tanglea1635 clamming1684 clam1702 firing1788 c1475 Gregory's Chron. in J. Gairdner Hist. Coll. Citizen London (1876) 199 A thyffe, one Thomas Whytehorne..appelyd many trewe-men... And thoo men that he appelyd..sholde confesse and a-corde unto hys fals pelyng. 1817 J. Keats Poems 94 Thy great name..comes upon us like the glorious pealing Of the wide spheres. 1894 ‘A. Hope’ Prisoner of Zenda v My eyes were still dim as I walked up the great nave, with the pealing of the organ in my ears. 1902 Times 17 Sept. 11/2 August 9 was ushered in by the pealing of bells and the firing of salutes. 1965 J. McCormick Bravo ii. 44 We drove off under the thin pealing of noontime bells from Loyalty Chapel. 2003 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 12 Sept. ii. 3 What they lacked in the prayers, speeches and tears that marked last year's commemoration..they made up for in simple poignancy, from the mournful pealing of bagpipes to [etc.]. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pealingn.2 Now English regional (rare). 1. The action of peal v.2 1a. Now only in regional uses (see below). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > grinding or pounding > [noun] grindc1200 grinding1340 contritionc1384 brayingc1440 milling1466 braisinga1500 comminution1578 pealing1582 pounding1591 contusion1617 pulping1640 pistillation1646 trituration1646 triture1657 commolition1658 grist1676 porphyrization1771 comminuting1776 atomization1865 micronization1941 micronizing1941 the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > [noun] beating?c1225 quassation?a1425 bunchingc1440 tunsionc1440 hammering1563 pealing1582 flapping1629 pulsation1656 dousing1721 pummelling1755 pommelling1788 dunching1789 walloping1837 whacking1862 shit-kicking1954 beat-down1989 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 35 Pyrrhus..Downe beats with pealing thee doors. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. xxviii. 485 Apples must be gathered..in faire wheather,..and that by hand without any pole or pealing downe. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pilement, a pealing, pounding, stamping, braying, beating; a crushing, or bruising. 2. English regional (Cheshire). The action of beating barley so as to detach the awns. Cf. peal v.2 1b. pealing-irons n. an implement with which barley is beaten to detach the awns. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > beating barley > instrument or machine pealing-irons1688 hummeller1842 barley-hummeller1851 awner1881 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 74/1 Paling of Barley, is the beating of it, to get the beards from it. 1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire Remove the awns of barley with ‘paling-irons’. 3. English regional (midlands). A driving shower of rain. Cf. peal v.2 2. ΚΠ 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 97 Payling, a driving, beating shower. a1903 E. Smith MS Coll. Warwicks. Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 409/1 Payling [a driving, beating shower]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pealingadj.1 That peals (peal v.1); ringing, resounding. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [adjective] loudc897 shillOE brightOE shillinga1225 soundingc1374 ringingc1400 sonore?c1400 resoundingc1425 sonousc1429 resoundable?c1500 soundish1530 high-sounding1560 singing1565 resonant1572 trolling1581 rumbelow1582 sonorous1611 canorous1646 remugient1660 retentive1728 fullish1770 pealing1794 resonating1845 plangent1858 resonatory1880 timbrous1929 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [adjective] semivocal1614 pealing1794 1577 J. Grange Golden Aphroditis sig. Iijv Conquestes gotten by dazing dinte of dyrefull darte, by force of battered shielde..or else by pealing shotte of gunne. 1645 J. Milton Il Penseroso in Poems 43 There let the pealing Organ blow, To the full voic'd Quire below. 1719 T. Tickell To Earl Warwick, On Death Addison 16 The pealing organ, and the pausing choir. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. iv. 92 The pealing thunder rolled onward. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 115 The pealing notes swelled through the lofty aisles. 1853 E. C. Gaskell Uncle Peter i, in Fraser's Mag. Oct. 441/1 Flash after flash succeeded of the blue lightning, and the pealing thunder crashed over their heads almost without intermission. 1915 Z. Grey Redheaded Outfield (1920) 237 I heard the echo ringing from the cliff, a pealing clarion call, beautiful and wonderful. 1983 P. Lively Perfect Happiness ii. 24 She woke, with a start, to the pealing telephone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pealingadj.2 Now rare. That peals (peal v.2). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > [adjective] > beating heavily or severely battering1587 pounding1678 pealing1740 1740 W. Somervile Hobbinol ii. 155 On her pale Cheeks Ghastly he gaz'd, nor felt the pealing Storm. 1835 A. B. Longstreet Georgia Scenes 125 At the same moment she received two pealing lashes from the whippers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1c1475n.21582adj.11577adj.21740 |
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