单词 | bearding |
释义 | beardingn. 1. Beard-like growth; an instance of this. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > villosity or ciliation > [noun] > hairiness > bearding beardinga1425 birb1694 a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 35v Iulos, þe fyrst berdynge. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 11 They haue..bearding about the lips like a Dragon. 1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xii. x. 304 A Plain of silent snow, with sparse bearding of bushes. 1999 D. Lambdin Jester's Fortune (2002) iii. i. 169 The coasts and isles were steep-to, with hardly any beaches to be seen at the foot, but a thin bearding of gravel. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > sheep-shearing > [noun] > partial shearing bearding1484 crutching1837 clatting1844 tagginga1890 barrowing1949 1484 Rolls of Parl.: Richard III (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1484 §26. m. 18 That the same wolle be as it is shorn..without any sortyng, berdyng, clakkyng. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. K1/2 Bearding, alias, Barding of wooll: See Clack. 3. Open, resolute opposition; insolent defiance. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > defiance despitec1380 cartel of defiancec1430 facing1481 facing and bracing1481 bearding1577 dare1594 braving1616 stouting1630 outbraving1631 affront1642 defiance1710 defial1793 bravadoing1809 bravading1812 defiantness1872 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande vi. f. 22/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Leaue lying for varlettes, berdyng [1587 berding] for ruffians, facing for crakers. 1864 M. B. Smedley Linnet's Trial I. iii. i. 310 Would you do the bearding for us? 2000 W. Hall Hungry Hills 286 After a great deal of this teasing and hoorawing with the adults and children alike, including the bearding of a number of overactive boys, Fat Max picked out two girls to hand him the presents. 4. Shipbuilding and Woodworking. The action of shaping a piece of timber so as to create a sharp, bevelled, or rounded edge. Also concrete: a piece of timber shaped in this way (cf. beard n. 14). Frequently as a modifier, as in bearding-line. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > other processes framing1440 riving?1440 traversing1524 wedging1678 furring1679 cocking1710 bearding1711 battening1788 rossing1839 thicknessing1870 splining1901 parting off1905 reconditioning1932 stress grading1936 spindle moulding1979 1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 52 The Bearding projected from the exact Thickness of the Plank. 1822 J. Fincham Direct. Laying off Ships 30 To obtain the bearding, moulds are made to the half siding of the inner post below the bearding line. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. Explan. Terms 144 The bearding-piece, which forms the fore-part [of the rudder] is of elm. 2013 W. L. Crothers Amer.-built Packets & Freighters 1850s viii. 116/1 The bearding operation could be performed before the post assembly was erected. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1425 |
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