单词 | poppling |
释义 | † popplingn.1 Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. A poplar tree. Cf. popple n.1 ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > poplars and allies > [noun] popple1229 popple-tree1229 abele?a1300 poplar1371 black poplar1542 white poplar1542 poppling1570 cotton tree1633 tacamahac1739 Lombardy poplar1766 poplar pine1770 Po poplar1776 grey poplar1782 cottonwood1787 pine poplar1789 liard1809 white-backa1825 necklace poplar1845 silver poplar1847 weather-tree1847 hackmatack1873 bitter-weed1878 balsam-poplar1884 Russian poplar1884 Lombardy1917 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Liii v/2 A Poppling, populus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021). popplingn.2 Now rare. Disturbance or turbulence on the surface of water; rippling, bubbling, swell; an instance of this. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > [noun] > rippling popplingc1575 horror1598 rippling1600 cockling1629 wimplinga1758 ripple?1760 jabble1831 c1575 A. Lindsay Rutter of Sc. Seas (BL Add. 37,024) f. 11 Betwixt Swinna and Ronaldsa are great daungerous poplynge of water called the Hoppers. 1792 J. Budworth Fortnight's Ramble Lakes ix. 58 The rustling of the wind, and the poppling of the lake. 1826 H. Smith Tor Hill I. 6 The calm guggling and poppling of the waves as they were parted by the piles. 1873 G. McRae Man in Iron Mask I. xiii. 24 Winds were heard, And poppling of the water in the moat. 1981 Time (Nexis) 23 Mar. 76 The reflux of foam, the chrysanthemum-like poppling of the back eddies on the surface, the strings and rings of bubbles are seen with astounding acuity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). popplingadj. Of the sea, a river, etc.: choppy. Also more generally: (of a liquid) rippling, rolling; boiling. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > [adjective] > in agitated manner roughc1390 popplingc1400 bullering1533 purlinga1586 brawling1730 chafing1865 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [adjective] > popping sound > series popplingc1400 pop-pop1951 c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 319 (MED) Þe pure poplande hourle playes on my heued. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 1154 (MED) Þe wawis of þe wild see apon þe wallis betis; Þe pure populande [a1500 Trin. Dub. populand] hurle passis it vmby. 1616 W. Drummond Poems sig. Ov Over a christall Source Amintas layde his Face, Of popling Streames to see the restlesse Course. 1661 T. Allin Jrnl. 12 May (1939) (modernized text) I. 36 Our ship laboured very much, there going a short poppling sea that struck her both head and stern. 1713 R. Boulton Syst. Rational & Pract. Chirurgery iii. viii. 264 The Tumour of the part being soft and poppling. 1779 Minutes Proc. Court-martial Admiral Keppel 66/2 There was not much Wind; there was a poppling Sea. a1801 R. Gall Poems & Songs (1819) 9 Upon the ear The popling Leven wimples clear. 1883 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 248 The mother stirred the poppling porridge on the fire. 1955 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 75 40 In the antistrophe the poppling water becomes ‘A shimmering light in the house of Oedipus’. 2004 Independent (Nexis) 15 Dec. 44 Williams found the poppling Tideway different to the sundrenched waters of Athens. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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