单词 | pugging |
释义 | puggingn.1 1. Composite material used to pack the space between floor joists to provide insulation from sound, etc. Cf. pug v.2 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [noun] > material for stuffing or filling flocks1277 capiton1612 padding1640 wattins1690 wadding1734 packing1779 pugging1801 stopping1823 chinking1837 stopper1879 air foam1937 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > floor > [noun] > sound-proofing material between joists sound-boarding1799 pugging1801 deafening1839 counter-ceiling1859 sound-board1875 1801 in C. R. Lounsbury Illustr. Gloss. Early Southern Archit. & Landscape (1994) 295 666-2/3 [yds] Pugging between joists [at] 1/8 28.10.10. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 392 Pugging, the materials composed of bricks and mortar, &c., introduced between the joists of floors, in order to prevent the communication of sound, or to deaden it in the interval from one story to another. 1884 Spons' Mechanic's Own Bk. (1893) 341 A thick layer of old mortar or plaster, known as ‘pugging’. 1972 Gloss. Terms Timber (B.S.I.) 37 Pugging board, a board fixed between joists to carry pugging. 1991 Do It Yourself Feb. 15/2 In older properties the floor structure may be strong enough to allow the use of pugging to improve sound insulation. 2. The action or process of kneading and working clay into a soft, plastic condition for brickmaking, pottery, etc. Cf. pug v.2 4a. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with clay > [noun] > specific processes wedging1686 puddling1790 pugging1843 1843 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 4 ii. 374 It is requisite that the clay be well washed and sieved before pugging. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. XXV. 171/1 After it has laid a day or two,..it is put into the pugging mill with sand, &c., to be ground into mortar. 1908 C. W. Rolfe et al. Paving Brick & Clays Illinois 148 Some shales require inordinate pugging before they develop sufficient plasticity to permit the production of a perfect bar in the die of the brick machine. 1997 Naše Rodina June 51/2 After pugging, the clay may be stored for aging in ‘clay cellars’. 3. Chiefly Australian and New Zealand. The process by which wet earth is trampled into mud by cattle, etc.; the soil condition thus caused; = poaching n.2 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > wet place, mire, or slough > miry quality mirinessa1608 spewiness1653 poachiness1707 pugging1964 1964 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 54 74/1 New Zealand's rain soaked pastures, which suffer from pugging and ‘poaching’. 1973 Massey Ferguson Rev. (N.Z.) Mar.–Apr. 3/1 They have no pugging problems and the beasts winter well on the property. 2005 Weekly Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 9 Nov. 30 I didn't like the idea of pugged soils because I had come from Gippsland, where you get a lot of pugging. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † puggingn.2 British regional. Obsolete. rare. The action of pug v.1; pulling, tugging. ΚΠ 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 211 Nae thing was prosperin' there and thrivin', But tirlin' roofs and rafter-rivin', And pullin' down and puggin'. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2019). puggingn.3 Anglo-Indian. Now rare. The action of following pugs or footprints; tracking. Cf. pug v.3 ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > [noun] > tracking investigation1623 spooring1850 pugging1866 the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > [noun] > following track or trail tracing1523 investigation1623 vestigation1658 trail1669 trailing1742 spooring1850 pugging1866 1866 J. T. Newall Eastern Hunters 6 You never would take the trouble to learn pugging, though it is so essential an acquirement in wood craft. 1882 E. A. Floyer Unexplored Baluchistan 18 To comment with considerable point on each false move the young man made in his pugging (tracking). 1908 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Scouting for Boys ii. 88 Tracking, or following up tracks, is called by different names in different countries. Thus in South Africa you would talk only of ‘spooring’,..in India it would be..‘pugging’; in America it is ‘trailing’. 1912 T. A. St. Quintin Chances Sports of Sorts vii. 120 Should the tiger have only been wounded..the shikaris..follow up his tracks cautiously, by blood-spots and the imprint of his pugs (‘pugging’). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † puggingadj. Obsolete. rare. Of uncertain meaning; perhaps: ‘that pulls or tugs, thieving’. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iii. 7 The white sheete bleaching on the hedge,..Doth set my pugging tooth an edge, For a quart of Ale is a dish for a King. View more context for this quotation This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.11801n.21827n.31866adj.a1616 |
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