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单词 quelling
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quellingn.

Brit. /ˈkwɛlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkwɛlɪŋ/
Forms: see quell v.1 and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quell v.1, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < quell v.1 + -ing suffix1.
The action of quell v.1 (in various senses); an instance of this. See also manquelling n.In quot. c1325: murder personified (cf. quell v.1 1a).
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the world > life > death > killing > man-killing or homicide > [noun]
manslaughteOE
quellingc1325
manslayingc1384
homicidec1386
homicidyc1386
manslaughterc1390
manquelling1395
murder1488
man-killing1880
trunk murder1905
c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 5996 Brenningge & robberye & quellinge atte laste—Þis were is þre felawes þat he huld euere vaste.
a1425 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1912) 128 287 (MED) Feuerel þonder toneth manes quellyng and namelich of grete lordes.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xiii. iii. 116 All the fludis walxyn reid..Of mannis quelling.
1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1891) 91 The fallinge of the earth and the quellinge of the poore people.
a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) xlv. 143 The killing or quelling of many noysome lusts.
1764 R. Burn Hist. Poor Laws viii. 291 How far the soldiers shall be obedient to the commands of the civil magistrate, in quelling of riots, and the like.
1779 F. Hervey et al. Naval Hist. Great Brit. II. 97 The quelling of Tyrone's rebellion.
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. xix. 349 In this reconciliation thou wilt own I have an interest—the happiness of my friend, and the quelling of dissension among my faithful people.
1848 C. Dickens Dombey & Son lix. 594 Worryings and quellings of young children.
1900 Jrnl. Amer. Geogr. Soc. N.Y. 32 334 Since the quelling of the Tai-ping rebellion in 1864 the Chinese Government has had little trouble to face in the interior of so great a country.
1983 Times 11 Mar. 12/7 His time in India was predominantly spent in the North, where he took part in the quelling of the Delhi riots.
2006 Peace & Freedom (Nexis) Mar. 8 The effect was a quelling of dissent, particularly of labor and anti-racist dissent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

quellingadj.

Brit. /ˈkwɛlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkwɛlɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quell v.1, -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < quell v.1 + -ing suffix2.
That quells someone or something (in various senses of quell v.1).
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1581 T. Howell His Deuises sig. F.iiij Through quelling cares that threate my woful wrack.
1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall ii. f. 125v The imaginary Prince receiued a quelling wound in his head.
1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 49 The heaviest and most quelling tyranny.
1818 J. Keats Let. 13 Mar. (1947) liii. 111 Such a quelling Power have these thoughts over me that I fancy the very Air of a deteriorating quality.
1841 Times 9 Sept. 6/3 Yih, the rebel-quelling general.
1894 Mrs. H. Ward Marcella I. i. vii. 124 Lord Maxwell had written him a quelling letter.
1932 Woodland (Calif.) Daily Democrat 18 June 6/2 We can well remember our own father whose quelling look kept our knees shaking for hours.
1954 E. Taylor Hester Lilly 144 ‘Thank you, Nancy,’ Ida said in her quelling way.
2003 Nat. Jrnl. (Nexis) 24 May Organizers could head them off with a quelling wave of the hand.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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