peckingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈpɛkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpɛkɪŋ/

Forms: see peck v.¹ and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peck v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < peck v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

1. The action of striking or picking up with the beak; an instance of this. Also figurative and in extended use.

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the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [noun] > pecking

billingc1440

peckinga1450

peck1611

beaking1706

a1450 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xviii. viii Þe asse may vnneþe defende hym selfe aȝens his [sc. a sparrow's] rese peckinge [a1398 BL Add. prikkynge].

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Beccatura, a biting, a pecking, a billing.

1611 B. Jonson Catiline ii. sig. E2 Doues, they say, will bill, After their pecking, and their murmuring.

1626 W. Vaughan Golden Fleece ii. iv. 22 Sly peckings of night-crowes.

1760 E. Burke Ess. Abridgm. Eng. Hist. 22 The Druids..attended with diligence the flight of birds, the pecking of chickens.

1778 W. Russell Hist. Amer. II. iv. i. 135 A Roman sentator consulting futurity by the pecking of birds.

1853 M. A. Denison Home Pictures 188 There was..the strange pecking of the fingers; and, more mournful than all that, the harsh gurgling sound with which the broken breath escaped.

1885 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 515 The gossip and the pecking of country towns.

1937 D. Katz Animals & Men vii. 214 The pecking of the chicks takes place irrespective of their age and size.

1988 PC Computing (Nexis) Oct. 162 The Enhanced keyboard more conducive to two-fingered point-and-shoot pecking than to smooth, full-throttle typing.

2002 Miami Herald (Nexis) 23 Mar. e1 When math prodigy John Nash arrived at Princeton, he searched for patterns in the pecking of pigeons.

a. The action of striking something with a sharp implement; (Archaeology) the action or technique of striking one stone with another, so as to modify the form of the struck stone, or to create a pattern or design on its surface. Also: an indentation or design created in this way.

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1533 J. Heywood Play of Wether sig. Ciii^v Perchaunce your lydger doth lacke good peckyng.

1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall 3 If thy mill stones be not worne too blunt, for want of pecking.

1892 Amer. Anthropologist 5 24 Under the zigzag border the hemisphere is filled with rough indentations or peckings in the rock.

1919 W. H. Holmes Handbk. Aboriginal Amer. Antiq. 332 The discoidal pitted hammer is regarded by some students of the subject as the pecking tool par excellence.

1928 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 32 406 The pecking, grinding, and polishing of stone tools instead of mere chipping as a shaping process.

2001 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 11 Nov. 1 l In Afghanistan you're looking at the whole of Asian culture, all the way to rock peckings that go back to pre-Buddhist, preliterate days.

†b. A piece pecked off in dressing stone; a shard, a shaving. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment > plucked off

pecking1600

decerption1662

discerption1699

1600 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 619 Neere the land you shall finde it [sc. white sand] like the shauings and peckings of free stone.

3. An insufficiently fired brick. Usually in plural. Now rare.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > brick > [noun] > types of

white brick1468

red brick1587

clinker1659

clinkerc1660

stock-brick1683

Windsor brick1702

grey stock1726

stockc1738

red stock1748

firebrick1749

Welsh lump1798

malm1811

cutting-brick1815

pecking1819

blue brick1823

malm brick1824

Windsor1841

cutter1842

grizzle1843

shuff1843

picking1850

Woolpit brick1887

Hollander1897

Staffordshire1898

Stafford brick1908

misfire1923

klompie1926

1819 P. Nicholson Archit. Dict. I. 80/1 Place-bricks, sometimes called peckings, sandals, or samel bricks.

1853 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art (ed. 3) 168/1 Place bricks or peckings, sometimes called sandel or samel bricks, which are those furthest from the fire, and rarely well burnt.

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 1647/1 Peckings, Place-bricks, from the outside of the kiln and insufficiently burned.

1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 621/2 Peckings, under-burnt, badly shaped bricks, used only for temporary work or for the inside of walls.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† peckingn.²

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peck v.², -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < peck v.² + -ing suffix¹.

Obsolete. rare.

1. The action or process of throwing something, esp. the action of throwing stones. Also attributive in pecking-bag.

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the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [noun] > throwing missiles

ejaculation1625

pecking1821

1821 R. Bowman Patent in London Jrnl. Arts & Sci. 2 164 The operation of pecking, or throwing the shuttle.

1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. iv. 295 He..strides away in front with his climbing-irons strapped under one arm, his pecking-bag under the other.

1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. iv. 300 There close to them lay a heap of charming pebbles. ‘Look here,’ shouted East, ‘here's luck! I've been longing for some good honest pecking this half-hour. Let's fill the bags.’

2. A toss or jerk (of the head, etc.). rare.

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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [noun] > jerking

hitchingc1440

twitching1478

yarking?1561

flirting1593

flouncing1601

jerking1851

pecking1890

1890 W. C. Russell My Shipmate Louise I. xi. 241 With a pecking, so to speak, of her face at the gangs of men on the quarter-deck.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

peckingadj.

Brit.

/ˈpɛkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpɛkɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peck v.¹, -ing suffix².

Etymology: < peck v.¹ + -ing suffix².

1. That pecks (in various senses of the verb).

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the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [adjective] > pecking

pecking1616

1616 J. Davies in R. Peeke Three to One sig. E3 And askt, Why England did set on A scraping, not a pecking Hen? He answer'd, staine not English-men.

1659 Lady Alimony ii. ii Sir Gregory Shapeless,..a paltry-penurious-pecking pinchgut, who had smook'd himself into a Mercenary title of Knightship.

1720 J. Gay Dione ii. iv, in Poems II. 459 And pecking finches scoop the golden rind.

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Pecking, striking with the Bill as Birds do.

1827 J. Montgomery Pelican Island iv. 200 She..drove him from her seat With pecking bill, and cry of fond distress.

1879 G. Meredith Egoist II. ii. 23 A fair weather sunset sky above the pecking sparrow.

1935 W. Cather Lucy Gayheart iv. 35 A pecking fall of sleet.

2002 Charlotte (N. Carolina) Observer (Nexis) 8 Aug. 1 e To avoid damage by pecking birds, harvest the figs as early in the morning as possible.

†2. figurative. = hacking adj. 4. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > respiratory spasms > [adjective] > coughing > type of cough

hecking1642

bound1759

short1797

hacky1810

loose1833

retching1856

pecking1865

brassy1880

productive1923

1865 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2nd Ser. 1 ii. 289 Troubled with a short ‘pecking’ cough.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹a1450

n.²1821

adj.1616

单词	pecking
释义	peckingn.¹ Brit. /ˈpɛkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɛkɪŋ/ Forms: see peck v.¹ and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peck v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < peck v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. 1. The action of striking or picking up with the beak; an instance of this. Also figurative and in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [noun] > pecking billingc1440 peckinga1450 peck1611 beaking1706 a1450 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xviii. viii Þe asse may vnneþe defende hym selfe aȝens his [sc. a sparrow's] rese peckinge [a1398 BL Add. prikkynge]. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Beccatura, a biting, a pecking, a billing. 1611 B. Jonson Catiline ii. sig. E2 Doues, they say, will bill, After their pecking, and their murmuring. View more context for this quotation 1626 W. Vaughan Golden Fleece ii. iv. 22 Sly peckings of night-crowes. 1760 E. Burke Ess. Abridgm. Eng. Hist. 22 The Druids..attended with diligence the flight of birds, the pecking of chickens. 1778 W. Russell Hist. Amer. II. iv. i. 135 A Roman sentator consulting futurity by the pecking of birds. 1853 M. A. Denison Home Pictures 188 There was..the strange pecking of the fingers; and, more mournful than all that, the harsh gurgling sound with which the broken breath escaped. 1885 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 515 The gossip and the pecking of country towns. 1937 D. Katz Animals & Men vii. 214 The pecking of the chicks takes place irrespective of their age and size. 1988 PC Computing (Nexis) Oct. 162 The Enhanced keyboard more conducive to two-fingered point-and-shoot pecking than to smooth, full-throttle typing. 2002 Miami Herald (Nexis) 23 Mar. e1 When math prodigy John Nash arrived at Princeton, he searched for patterns in the pecking of pigeons. 2. a. The action of striking something with a sharp implement; (Archaeology) the action or technique of striking one stone with another, so as to modify the form of the struck stone, or to create a pattern or design on its surface. Also: an indentation or design created in this way. ΚΠ 1533 J. Heywood Play of Wether sig. Ciii^v Perchaunce your lydger doth lacke good peckyng. 1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall 3 If thy mill stones be not worne too blunt, for want of pecking. 1892 Amer. Anthropologist 5 24 Under the zigzag border the hemisphere is filled with rough indentations or peckings in the rock. 1919 W. H. Holmes Handbk. Aboriginal Amer. Antiq. 332 The discoidal pitted hammer is regarded by some students of the subject as the pecking tool par excellence. 1928 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 32 406 The pecking, grinding, and polishing of stone tools instead of mere chipping as a shaping process. 2001 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 11 Nov. 1 l In Afghanistan you're looking at the whole of Asian culture, all the way to rock peckings that go back to pre-Buddhist, preliterate days. †b. A piece pecked off in dressing stone; a shard, a shaving. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment > plucked off pecking1600 decerption1662 discerption1699 1600 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 619 Neere the land you shall finde it [sc. white sand] like the shauings and peckings of free stone. 3. An insufficiently fired brick. Usually in plural. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > brick > [noun] > types of white brick1468 red brick1587 clinker1659 clinkerc1660 stock-brick1683 Windsor brick1702 grey stock1726 stockc1738 red stock1748 firebrick1749 Welsh lump1798 malm1811 cutting-brick1815 pecking1819 blue brick1823 malm brick1824 Windsor1841 cutter1842 grizzle1843 shuff1843 picking1850 Woolpit brick1887 Hollander1897 Staffordshire1898 Stafford brick1908 misfire1923 klompie1926 1819 P. Nicholson Archit. Dict. I. 80/1 Place-bricks, sometimes called peckings, sandals, or samel bricks. 1853 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art (ed. 3) 168/1 Place bricks or peckings, sometimes called sandel or samel bricks, which are those furthest from the fire, and rarely well burnt. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 1647/1 Peckings, Place-bricks, from the outside of the kiln and insufficiently burned. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 621/2 Peckings, under-burnt, badly shaped bricks, used only for temporary work or for the inside of walls. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † peckingn.² Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peck v.², -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < peck v.² + -ing suffix¹. Obsolete. rare. 1. The action or process of throwing something, esp. the action of throwing stones. Also attributive in pecking-bag. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [noun] > throwing missiles ejaculation1625 pecking1821 1821 R. Bowman Patent in London Jrnl. Arts & Sci. 2 164 The operation of pecking, or throwing the shuttle. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. iv. 295 He..strides away in front with his climbing-irons strapped under one arm, his pecking-bag under the other. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. iv. 300 There close to them lay a heap of charming pebbles. ‘Look here,’ shouted East, ‘here's luck! I've been longing for some good honest pecking this half-hour. Let's fill the bags.’ 2. A toss or jerk (of the head, etc.). rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [noun] > jerking hitchingc1440 twitching1478 yarking?1561 flirting1593 flouncing1601 jerking1851 pecking1890 1890 W. C. Russell My Shipmate Louise I. xi. 241 With a pecking, so to speak, of her face at the gangs of men on the quarter-deck. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2018). peckingadj. Brit. /ˈpɛkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɛkɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peck v.¹, -ing suffix². Etymology: < peck v.¹ + -ing suffix². 1. That pecks (in various senses of the verb). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [adjective] > pecking pecking1616 1616 J. Davies in R. Peeke Three to One sig. E3 And askt, Why England did set on A scraping, not a pecking Hen? He answer'd, staine not English-men. 1659 Lady Alimony ii. ii Sir Gregory Shapeless,..a paltry-penurious-pecking pinchgut, who had smook'd himself into a Mercenary title of Knightship. 1720 J. Gay Dione ii. iv, in Poems II. 459 And pecking finches scoop the golden rind. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Pecking, striking with the Bill as Birds do. 1827 J. Montgomery Pelican Island iv. 200 She..drove him from her seat With pecking bill, and cry of fond distress. 1879 G. Meredith Egoist II. ii. 23 A fair weather sunset sky above the pecking sparrow. 1935 W. Cather Lucy Gayheart iv. 35 A pecking fall of sleet. 2002 Charlotte (N. Carolina) Observer (Nexis) 8 Aug. 1 e To avoid damage by pecking birds, harvest the figs as early in the morning as possible. †2. figurative. = hacking adj. 4. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > respiratory spasms > [adjective] > coughing > type of cough hecking1642 bound1759 short1797 hacky1810 loose1833 retching1856 pecking1865 brassy1880 productive1923 1865 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2nd Ser. 1 ii. 289 Troubled with a short ‘pecking’ cough. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹a1450n.²1821adj.1616
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peckingn.1

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peckingadj.

peckingn.¹

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