pruning hookn.

Brit.

/ˈpruːnɪŋ hʊk/, U.S.

/ˈprunɪŋ ˌ(h)ʊk/

Forms: see pruning n.² and hook n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pruning n.², hook n.¹

Etymology: < pruning n.² + hook n.¹

A hand-held cutting implement used for pruning, having a curved or hooked blade. Also figurative.Frequently with allusion to quot. 1611.

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1611 Bible (King James) Isa. ii. 4 They shall beate their swords into plow-shares, and their speares into pruning hookes [margin or, sythes] .

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii., in tr. Virgil Wks. 88 When peaceful Vines from Pruning Hooks are free.

1706 G. London & H. Wise Retir'd Gard'ner I. iii. 261 The Gard'ner..will have Occasion for a Pruning-Hook to trim them.

a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) V. 401 The great Husbandman of Souls takes this Course with his spiritual Vines, to add the Pruning-hook of his Judgments to the more gentle Manurings of his Mercy.

1750 Bible (Challoner) III. Isa. xviii. 5 It shall bud without perfect ripeness, and the sprigs thereof shall be cut off with pruning-hooks.

1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman ix. 333 I am not going to advise them to turn their distaff into a musket, though I sincerely wish to see the bayonet converted into a pruning-hook.

1849 H. Melville Redburn xl. 244 No word of war is breathed..and the sanguine recruit is almost tempted to expect that pruning-hooks instead of swords, will be the weapons he will wield.

1879 Jrnl. Amer. Geogr. Soc. N.Y. 11 319 Many of them have shields of giraffe or hippopotamus hide, and curved knives, like pruning-hooks.

1929 C. Aiken Sel. Poems 44 Lay brothers Dropping spade or pruning-hook, Came..to look.

1992 A. Kurzweil Case of Curiosities xv. 112 Kleinhoff was already in the orchards working his pruning hook.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pruning hook
释义	pruning hookn. Brit. /ˈpruːnɪŋ hʊk/, U.S. /ˈprunɪŋ ˌ(h)ʊk/ Forms: see pruning n.² and hook n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pruning n.², hook n.¹ Etymology: < pruning n.² + hook n.¹ A hand-held cutting implement used for pruning, having a curved or hooked blade. Also figurative.Frequently with allusion to quot. 1611. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > pruning or lopping > pruning-hook sarpe1388 pruning hook1611 averruncator1842 1611 Bible (King James) Isa. ii. 4 They shall beate their swords into plow-shares, and their speares into pruning hookes [margin or, sythes] . View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii., in tr. Virgil Wks. 88 When peaceful Vines from Pruning Hooks are free. View more context for this quotation 1706 G. London & H. Wise Retir'd Gard'ner I. iii. 261 The Gard'ner..will have Occasion for a Pruning-Hook to trim them. a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) V. 401 The great Husbandman of Souls takes this Course with his spiritual Vines, to add the Pruning-hook of his Judgments to the more gentle Manurings of his Mercy. 1750 Bible (Challoner) III. Isa. xviii. 5 It shall bud without perfect ripeness, and the sprigs thereof shall be cut off with pruning-hooks. 1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman ix. 333 I am not going to advise them to turn their distaff into a musket, though I sincerely wish to see the bayonet converted into a pruning-hook. 1849 H. Melville Redburn xl. 244 No word of war is breathed..and the sanguine recruit is almost tempted to expect that pruning-hooks instead of swords, will be the weapons he will wield. 1879 Jrnl. Amer. Geogr. Soc. N.Y. 11 319 Many of them have shields of giraffe or hippopotamus hide, and curved knives, like pruning-hooks. 1929 C. Aiken Sel. Poems 44 Lay brothers Dropping spade or pruning-hook, Came..to look. 1992 A. Kurzweil Case of Curiosities xv. 112 Kleinhoff was already in the orchards working his pruning hook. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611
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