possingn.

Brit.

/ˈpɒsɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpɑsɪŋ/

Forms: see poss v. and -ing suffix¹.

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

Etymology: < poss v. + -ing suffix¹.

Now chiefly English regional (northern).

The action of poss v. (in various senses); esp. the pounding of washing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > beating

possing1898

1562 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) I. i. 421 [For the] crewell hurting of Jonet McNech, and dinging of her be the hair, and possing of hir with their feitt, quhairthrow scho pairtit with barne.

1764 T. Southwell tr. Med. Ess. & Observ. I. 323 The change of colour from a greyish to a white, which the food acquires in the duodenum, must..be attributed to the trituration, or possing of the coats of the duodenum.

1898 Home Life in Colonial Days x. 234 In spite of all the bleaching of the linen thread, it still was light brown in color, and it had to go through at least twoscore other processes, of bucking, possing, rinsing, drying, and bleaching on the grass.

1939 M. S. Rice Working-class Wives iv. 86 She has suffered for two years [from Neuritis] owing..to..the heavy work of ‘possing’, mangling etc.

2001 Jrnl. Women's Hist. (Nexis) 13 107 The laundry associated with pit workers and a large family was great, and involved the heavy task of ‘possing’, beating the clothes in a tub with a ‘poss stick’.

Compounds

possing tub n. a large tub in which clothes are possed or pounded with a stick in the process of washing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > vessel for washing clothes in

wash-bowla1529

buck1530

boyne1532

washing-tub1560

wash-tub1602

bucking-tub1615

buck-vat1620

washing-bowl1622

swill1624

possing tub1659

suds-tub1805

bucking-vat1822

bucking-keir1823

peggy tub1823

poss-tub1829

pounding barrel1853

posskit1855

wash-boiler1875

washpot1926

1659 in J. B. Craven Hist. Church in Orkney (1897) II. 199 Four hand tubs, two possine tubbes.

1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 8 432 The good old fashion..When double-girded ‘possing tubs’ were made.

1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 98/1 Possing-tub, a large barrel-shaped washing tub with a lid, in which is the hole through which the possing-dolly is worked.

1995 Northern Echo (Nexis) 13 Nov. The cooper called out to alert people that he was in the area to put new bands around their wooden possing (washing) tubs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	possing
释义	possingn. Brit. /ˈpɒsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɑsɪŋ/ Forms: see poss v. and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: poss v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < poss v. + -ing suffix¹. Now chiefly English regional (northern). The action of poss v. (in various senses); esp. the pounding of washing. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > beating possing1898 1562 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) I. i. 421 [For the] crewell hurting of Jonet McNech, and dinging of her be the hair, and possing of hir with their feitt, quhairthrow scho pairtit with barne. 1764 T. Southwell tr. Med. Ess. & Observ. I. 323 The change of colour from a greyish to a white, which the food acquires in the duodenum, must..be attributed to the trituration, or possing of the coats of the duodenum. 1898 Home Life in Colonial Days x. 234 In spite of all the bleaching of the linen thread, it still was light brown in color, and it had to go through at least twoscore other processes, of bucking, possing, rinsing, drying, and bleaching on the grass. 1939 M. S. Rice Working-class Wives iv. 86 She has suffered for two years [from Neuritis] owing..to..the heavy work of ‘possing’, mangling etc. 2001 Jrnl. Women's Hist. (Nexis) 13 107 The laundry associated with pit workers and a large family was great, and involved the heavy task of ‘possing’, beating the clothes in a tub with a ‘poss stick’. Compounds possing tub n. a large tub in which clothes are possed or pounded with a stick in the process of washing. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > vessel for washing clothes in wash-bowla1529 buck1530 boyne1532 washing-tub1560 wash-tub1602 bucking-tub1615 buck-vat1620 washing-bowl1622 swill1624 possing tub1659 suds-tub1805 bucking-vat1822 bucking-keir1823 peggy tub1823 poss-tub1829 pounding barrel1853 posskit1855 wash-boiler1875 washpot1926 1659 in J. B. Craven Hist. Church in Orkney (1897) II. 199 Four hand tubs, two possine tubbes. 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 8 432 The good old fashion..When double-girded ‘possing tubs’ were made. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 98/1 Possing-tub, a large barrel-shaped washing tub with a lid, in which is the hole through which the possing-dolly is worked. 1995 Northern Echo (Nexis) 13 Nov. The cooper called out to alert people that he was in the area to put new bands around their wooden possing (washing) tubs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1562
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