reelingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈriːlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈrilɪŋ/

Forms: late Middle English relynge, 1500s– reeling; Scottish pre-1700 reilling, pre-1700 reling, pre-1700 relyng, pre-1700 1700s– reeling.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reel v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < reel v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

The action of reel v.¹ (in various senses); esp. the action of moving with a swaying, rolling, or staggering motion, as though dizzy, intoxicated, etc. Also: an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > reckless or riotous

outragec1300

outraya1425

reeling1487

stroke and strifec1510

rampage1860

rampageousness1883

wilding1989

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [noun] > violent > about

startlinga1398

reeling1487

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [noun] > reeling or staggering

waggeringa1382

stackeringc1440

staggering1530

reeling1612

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiii. 265 The king robert be thair relyng Saw thai war neir discomfyting.

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) v. xx. sig. hv^v/1 The passyons of y^e teeth ben dyuers..brekynge & brusynge..relynge..& fallynge & watrynge.

a1586 Peblis to Play in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 176 Ffor reilling þair micht na man rest ffor garray and for glew.

a1591 H. Smith 6 Serm. (1594) 89 As if he should say, neither the winds blowing..nor the ships reeling..should..waken him from his sleepe.

1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 58 They will..be full of inconstancy,..like the reeling of a drunken man.

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 329 Singing and dancing and drinking and reeling were usual concomitants of all the Pagan Holy-days.

1736 E. Erskine Serm. in Wks. (1871) II. 406 The Avenger of thy blood will take care of thee in public reelings.

1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 255 Though such continual zigzags in a book, Such drunken reelings have an aukward look.

1810 S. Green Romance Readers II. xvii. 195 A very wide path-way, which, however, was not sufficiently wide, for the space he took, by his frequent reeling from one side to the other.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 69 [A gait] in which there is unsteadiness, titubation, and reeling like a drunken man.

1920 D. H. Lawrence Women in Love xxx. 494 He lay still in this strange, horrific reeling for some time, purely unconscious.

1946 T. Merton Man in Divided Sea 96 They chart the reeling of your clockwise reason Flying in spirals to escape philosophy.

1992 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Nov. 78/2 The New York Times best-seller list, which showcases at least one book each week on the gorgings, reelings, and pukings at Buck House.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

reelingn.²

Brit.

/ˈriːlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈrilɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reel v.², -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < reel v.² + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier reeling n.¹

a. The action or process of winding something (as yarn, paper, silk, etc.) on to a reel, esp. as part of a manufacturing process; an instance of this. Also: the action or an act of unwinding something from a reel.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > reeling or drawing in a line

reeling1589

retrieve1894

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > winding > on reel

reeling1589

cross-winding1815

1589 J. Rider Bibliotheca Scholastica 1205 A Reeling, alabratio.

1603 T. Dekker et al. Patient Grissill sig. K Ianicola, leaue your fish-catching, and you your reeling.

1650 in Acts & Ordnances Interregnum, 1642–60 (1911) II. 451 Abuses..in the Reeling of the Yarns.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Reel The Reeling or Winding of Silks.

1789 Trans. Soc. Arts 7 143 It was..afterwards reeled off from those bobbins, and in the reeling passed through warm water.

1803 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 1 432 The purchases [of silk] are made about the end of August when the reelings terminate.

1884 W. S. B. McLaren Spinning Woollen & Worsted (ed. 2) 235 The processes of twisting, reeling, and scouring.

1919 Outing Mar. 310/1 We decided to handle the boat mostly after this, without much reeling, until the monster should be worn out.

1952 F. H. Norris Paper & Paper Making xvii. 246 There are also the faults..which in turn will add their quota of troubles in supercalendering and reeling.

1998 Hindu 14 June (Mag.) p. x/6 No part of the muga cocoon is discarded..after reeling.

†b. concrete. A quantity of reeled yarn. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1894 Cassell's New Technical Educator IV. 369/1 The reelings are then weighed and made up into bundles.

2. A buzzing, whirring, or rapid clicking sound like that of a reel in motion, made by certain birds and insects; esp. the characteristic song of the grasshopper warbler and Savi's warbler (cf. reel-bird n., reeler n.¹ 3). Also: the action of producing such a sound; an instance of this. Frequently attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [noun] > monotonous sound > hum

humblingc1384

hummingc1440

hum1601

reel1747

reeling1747

bum1790

bumble1834

brum1842

1747 R. Maxwell Pract. Bee-master 35 This reeling is occasioned, by a great many of the Bees flying, and making a confused Motion and Noise in the..Hive.

1866 H. Stevenson Birds Norfolk I. 192 Here, too, the reeling notes of the grasshopper-warbler may heard at day-break.

1872 Ladies' Repository Dec. 422 We hear the reeling of Savi's warbler.

1899 Longman's Mag. Dec. 152 It was more sustained than the longest reeling of the grasshopper warbler that I have heard.

1952 Entomologist 85 111 Unlike the detached chirps of the Field and House Crickets, the sound [of the Wood Cricket] is an almost continuous reeling.

1963 W. A. Butt Norfolk Broads 33 You may listen for the strange insect-like ‘reeling’ of the shy little grasshopper warblers which lurk among the scrub of sweet gale and sallow and in the lush marsh grass.

2002 E. Dempsey Compl. Guide Ireland's Birds (ed. 2) 186/3 Song similar to the reeling song of Grasshopper Warbler, but is lower-pitched and more buzzing.

3. Metallurgy. Any of various processes for straightening or burnishing metal strips, pipes, etc., by the action of moving rollers. Frequently attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > paper-making > [noun] > specific processes

calendering1513

pulping1640

watermarking1851

couching1875

knotting1875

friction-glazing1878

shake1885

soda process1885

cook1894

sulphate process1894

reeling1906

fibrillation1929

conditioning1954

1906 W. Macfarlane Princ. & Pract. Iron & Steel Manuf. iv. 47 Bars for certain purposes are straightened by reeling.

1973 J. G. Tweeddale Materials Technol. II. iv. 95 A simplified form of a two-high mill of this kind can be used for straightening rolls and tubes by causing spiral flexture [sic] in the cold condition, a process called reeling.

1983 W. L. Roberts Hot Rolling of Steel xii. 413 The slight reduction in wall thickness achieved in the reeling operation results in a slight decrease in the tube diameter.

2004 A. C. Palmer & R. A. King Subsea Pipeline Engin. iii. 58 Pipe is finished in a reeling process in which it is driven between slightly conical rollers.

Compounds

C1. General attributive (chiefly in sense 1a).

reeling apparatus n.

ΚΠ

1828 tr. J. von Hazzi Treat. Culture Silk in Germany 30 The reeling apparatus deposited in the House of Invalids, will yet remain there in operation a few weeks.

1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 61/2 A sectional view of the reeling apparatus..is shown in fig. 12.

1989 Science (Nexis) 3 Nov. 679 In order to preserve cocoons for reeling out of season when labor and reeling apparatus were less in demand, silkworm breeders steamed them in baskets.

reeling arrangement n.

ΚΠ

1846 D. P. Gardner Farmer's Dict. 718/1 The cocoons are plunged in hot water, and examined to find the end of the silk fibre; twelve or more of these are now..made fast to the reeling arrangement.

1990 Oil & Gas Jrnl. (Nexis) 24 Sept. 102 The results of a worked example for a full-scale reeling arrangement are shown in Fig. 8.

reeling drive n.

ΚΠ

1918 C. Schürmann U.S. Patent 1,257,746 1/1 Both the unreeling brake and the reeling drive act on the shaft of the reeling paper roll.

1962 G. A. T. Burdett Automatic Control Handbk. vii. 9 This is the basis of a large number of electronic control schemes embracing..coiling and reeling drives [etc.].

2005 U.S. Patent 6880779 3 The clutch of the initial reeling drive is closed and it is shifted to crawling mode.

reeling establishment n.

ΚΠ

1835 J. Bowring Second Rep. Commerc. Relations France & Great Brit. ii. v. 135 Every reeling establishment shall be licensed by the government, and submitted to the inspection of the authorities.

1879 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 42 iv. 761 The Department has urged that Congress should form a reeling establishment, for the purpose of training those who may be disposed to embark in silk-culture.

1987 D. Quataert in H. İslamoğlu- İnan Ottoman Empire & World-Econ. xiii. 294 Other, manually powered reeling establishments in the city used 127 basins and fewer than 300 workers.

reeling stick n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > winding > on reel > instrument for

reelOE

reeler1598

reeling stick1598

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A reeler or reeling sticke.

1856 S. J. Moore Zion's Service of Song iv. 179 The most popular orator of our day declares that the secret of his ability to speak..at such great length, without being fatigued to any great extent, is, that ‘he stands a straight as a reeling-stick’.

1952 P. Wheeler tr. Sacred Script. of Japanese 140 In his dwelling by night he dreamed a dream in which there appeared a lady holding the cords of a weaving machine and a reeling stick.

C2.

reeling machine n. (a) a machine that winds yarn, thread, etc., on to reels; (b) Metallurgy a machine for straightening or burnishing metal strips, pipes, etc.

ΚΠ

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. 519/1 Swift, a reeling machine used by weavers.

1897 Selangor Jrnl. 5 159 A reeling machine puts it [sc. ramie fibre] up into hanks of yarn ready for the trade.

1904 F. W. Harbord & J. W. Hall Metall. Steel xxxii. 506 Both are passed through the reeling machine. This consists of a pair of conical rolls, revolving both in the same direction, and lying side by side.

1990 Mountain Biking UK Aug. 100/3 The steel is under tremendous compression so when it is taken out and squeezed between the wheels of the ‘reeling machine’ it ‘springs’ out to its proper diameter.

1998 Textile Month June 62/1 (advt.) High speed reeling machine for conus Jumbo hanks.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

reelingadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈriːlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈrilɪŋ/

Forms: see reel v.¹ and -ing suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reel v.¹, -ing suffix².

Etymology: < reel v.¹ + -ing suffix². Compare earlier reeling n.¹

A. adj.

That reels (in various senses of reel v.¹); characterized or distinguished by reeling; (also occasionally) causing reeling.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [adjective] > reeling or staggering > specifically of things

reeling1560

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [adjective] > reeling or staggering

stackeringa1561

staggering1575

wavelling1637

reeling1697

stoiteringa1774

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adjective] > stunning

stupendiousa1549

obstupefactive1605

stounding1608

stupendous1618

stupend1621

stunning1667

stupefactive1689

stupefying1870

reeling1896

drop-dead1962

1560 Medit. Penitent Sinner sig. Aa6, in A. L. tr. J. Calvin Serm. Songe Ezechias My feble faith with heauy lode opprest Staggring doth scarcely creepe a reeling pace.

1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. E4 Then might ye see the reeling vessels split, And tottering sink into the ruthlesse floud.

1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry (new ed.) iv. x. 99 If your Goats be troubled with the Staggers or Reeling euil.

c1645 E. Waller Battle of Summer-Islands ii. 25 The whales Against sharp rocks, like reeling vessels quash'd..are in pieces dash'd.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 22 Daphnis did Rites to Bacchus first ordain; And holy Revels for his reeling Train.

1726 J. Thomson Winter 7 The reeling Clouds Stagger with dizzy Aim, as doubting yet Which Master to obey.

1739 W. Harte Poems on Several Occasions 240 They stagger in amaze, like reeling men Intoxicated with the fumes of wine.

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 55 The man..in his fury, an' in his reeling eyn, Thinks that the ane he wanted she had been.

1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. xii. 318 Over the surface of the reeling Earth The alarum shock was felt.

1833 J. F. Cooper Headsman I. 122 The reeling vessel was raised in a manner to cause those on board to believe it about to be lifted bodily from the water.

1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost ii. 54 That sort of gross reeling intoxication by which men..shame themselves in the streets.

1896 Westm. Gaz. 27 Feb. 1/1 The Liberal Party suffered a reeling blow yesterday.

1927 D. H. Lawrence Mornings in Mexico 80 The reeling, roundward motion of tree-tips in a wind.

1965 ELH 32 412 The reeling Wulf's shattered helmet.

2006 Daily Gleaner (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 27 Nov. b6 The St. Thomas Tommies try to right their reeling ship.

B. adv.

reeling drunk: so drunk as to be reeling or staggering; very drunk. Also figurative. Cf. reeling ripe adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > completely or very drunk

drunk as a (drowned) mousea1350

to-drunka1382

as drunk as the devilc1400

sow-drunk1509

fish-drunk1591

swine-drunk1592

gone1603

far gone1616

reeling drunk1620

soda1625

souseda1625

blind1630

full1631

drunk (also merry, tipsy) as a lord1652

as full (or tight) as a tick1678

clear1688

drunk (dull, mute) as a fish1700

as drunk as David's sow or as a sow1727

as drunk as a piper1728

blind-drunkc1775

bitch foua1796

blootered1820

whole-seas over1820

three sheets in the wind1821

as drunk as a loon1830

shellaced1881

as drunk as a boiled owl1886

stinking1887

steaming drunk1892

steaming with drink1897

footless1901

legless1903

plastered1912

legless drunk1926

stinko1927

drunk as a pissant1930

kaylied1937

langers1949

stoned1952

smashed1962

shit-faced1963

out of (also off) one's bird1966

trashed1966

faced1968

stoned1968

steaming1973

langered1979

annihilated1980

obliterated1984

wankered1992

muntered1998

1620 H. Peacham Thalia's Banquet Epigram xvii. sig. A7^v Through Paules Church-yard as Dick came reeling drunk, He stumbling fell into an empty trunke.

1693 R. Ames Fatal Friendship viii. 8 Late from the Tavern, Reeling drunk, A Gentleman..well bred, and nobly born.

1722 E. Ward Wand'ring Spy: Pt. II 63 Each prating o'er his Evening's Draught, Some reeling drunk, some piping hot.

a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1956) II. 112 Frae joyous Tavern, reeling drunk, Wi' fiery Phizz, and Ein half sunk.

1838 Times 28 Aug. 5/5 The ruthless edicts of a narrow-minded, cunning, and cowardly upstart, reeling drunk with servile adulation, swollen to plethora with plebian pride.

1851 Daily News 12 Mar. 5/2 It is scarcely an exaggeration to say that the whole city is reeling drunk.

1914 W. C. Williams in Egoist 16 Mar. 110/1 O mighty, crafty prowler After the youth of all cities, reeling drunk With the sight of your archness!

2007 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 15 Apr. 1 a As he drove away near closing time, reeling drunk, Steele glimpsed a Ford Crown Victoria.

Derivatives

ˈreelingly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [adverb] > reeling or staggering

staggeringly1575

reelingly1599

1599 R. Linche Fountaine Anc. Fiction sig. Xiiij Thus betweene falling, and a weake supporting of himselfe, hee reelingly wauered and mooued to and fro.

1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 62 Is this a sober discourse, which falls reelingly to the ground of it self, when none pushes it?

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick cxxiii. 565 The man at the..tiller had several times been reelingly hurled to the deck.

1949 C. P. Snow Time of Hope xli. 351 For minutes the lights, the sky, had seemed shatteringly bright, reelingly dark, as though I were dead drunk.

1997 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) 5 Oct. 19 She has permanently outgrown the reelingly reckless work of her youth.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1487

n.²1589

adj.adv.1560

单词	reeling
释义	reelingn.¹ Brit. /ˈriːlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈrilɪŋ/ Forms: late Middle English relynge, 1500s– reeling; Scottish pre-1700 reilling, pre-1700 reling, pre-1700 relyng, pre-1700 1700s– reeling. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reel v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < reel v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. The action of reel v.¹ (in various senses); esp. the action of moving with a swaying, rolling, or staggering motion, as though dizzy, intoxicated, etc. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > reckless or riotous outragec1300 outraya1425 reeling1487 stroke and strifec1510 rampage1860 rampageousness1883 wilding1989 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [noun] > violent > about startlinga1398 reeling1487 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [noun] > reeling or staggering waggeringa1382 stackeringc1440 staggering1530 reeling1612 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiii. 265 The king robert be thair relyng Saw thai war neir discomfyting. 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) v. xx. sig. hv^v/1 The passyons of y^e teeth ben dyuers..brekynge & brusynge..relynge..& fallynge & watrynge. a1586 Peblis to Play in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 176 Ffor reilling þair micht na man rest ffor garray and for glew. a1591 H. Smith 6 Serm. (1594) 89 As if he should say, neither the winds blowing..nor the ships reeling..should..waken him from his sleepe. 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 58 They will..be full of inconstancy,..like the reeling of a drunken man. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 329 Singing and dancing and drinking and reeling were usual concomitants of all the Pagan Holy-days. 1736 E. Erskine Serm. in Wks. (1871) II. 406 The Avenger of thy blood will take care of thee in public reelings. 1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 255 Though such continual zigzags in a book, Such drunken reelings have an aukward look. 1810 S. Green Romance Readers II. xvii. 195 A very wide path-way, which, however, was not sufficiently wide, for the space he took, by his frequent reeling from one side to the other. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 69 [A gait] in which there is unsteadiness, titubation, and reeling like a drunken man. 1920 D. H. Lawrence Women in Love xxx. 494 He lay still in this strange, horrific reeling for some time, purely unconscious. 1946 T. Merton Man in Divided Sea 96 They chart the reeling of your clockwise reason Flying in spirals to escape philosophy. 1992 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Nov. 78/2 The New York Times best-seller list, which showcases at least one book each week on the gorgings, reelings, and pukings at Buck House. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). reelingn.² Brit. /ˈriːlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈrilɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reel v.², -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < reel v.² + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier reeling n.¹ 1. a. The action or process of winding something (as yarn, paper, silk, etc.) on to a reel, esp. as part of a manufacturing process; an instance of this. Also: the action or an act of unwinding something from a reel. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > reeling or drawing in a line reeling1589 retrieve1894 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > winding > on reel reeling1589 cross-winding1815 1589 J. Rider Bibliotheca Scholastica 1205 A Reeling, alabratio. 1603 T. Dekker et al. Patient Grissill sig. K Ianicola, leaue your fish-catching, and you your reeling. 1650 in Acts & Ordnances Interregnum, 1642–60 (1911) II. 451 Abuses..in the Reeling of the Yarns. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Reel The Reeling or Winding of Silks. 1789 Trans. Soc. Arts 7 143 It was..afterwards reeled off from those bobbins, and in the reeling passed through warm water. 1803 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 1 432 The purchases [of silk] are made about the end of August when the reelings terminate. 1884 W. S. B. McLaren Spinning Woollen & Worsted (ed. 2) 235 The processes of twisting, reeling, and scouring. 1919 Outing Mar. 310/1 We decided to handle the boat mostly after this, without much reeling, until the monster should be worn out. 1952 F. H. Norris Paper & Paper Making xvii. 246 There are also the faults..which in turn will add their quota of troubles in supercalendering and reeling. 1998 Hindu 14 June (Mag.) p. x/6 No part of the muga cocoon is discarded..after reeling. †b. concrete. A quantity of reeled yarn. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1894 Cassell's New Technical Educator IV. 369/1 The reelings are then weighed and made up into bundles. 2. A buzzing, whirring, or rapid clicking sound like that of a reel in motion, made by certain birds and insects; esp. the characteristic song of the grasshopper warbler and Savi's warbler (cf. reel-bird n., reeler n.¹ 3). Also: the action of producing such a sound; an instance of this. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [noun] > monotonous sound > hum humblingc1384 hummingc1440 hum1601 reel1747 reeling1747 bum1790 bumble1834 brum1842 1747 R. Maxwell Pract. Bee-master 35 This reeling is occasioned, by a great many of the Bees flying, and making a confused Motion and Noise in the..Hive. 1866 H. Stevenson Birds Norfolk I. 192 Here, too, the reeling notes of the grasshopper-warbler may heard at day-break. 1872 Ladies' Repository Dec. 422 We hear the reeling of Savi's warbler. 1899 Longman's Mag. Dec. 152 It was more sustained than the longest reeling of the grasshopper warbler that I have heard. 1952 Entomologist 85 111 Unlike the detached chirps of the Field and House Crickets, the sound [of the Wood Cricket] is an almost continuous reeling. 1963 W. A. Butt Norfolk Broads 33 You may listen for the strange insect-like ‘reeling’ of the shy little grasshopper warblers which lurk among the scrub of sweet gale and sallow and in the lush marsh grass. 2002 E. Dempsey Compl. Guide Ireland's Birds (ed. 2) 186/3 Song similar to the reeling song of Grasshopper Warbler, but is lower-pitched and more buzzing. 3. Metallurgy. Any of various processes for straightening or burnishing metal strips, pipes, etc., by the action of moving rollers. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > paper-making > [noun] > specific processes calendering1513 pulping1640 watermarking1851 couching1875 knotting1875 friction-glazing1878 shake1885 soda process1885 cook1894 sulphate process1894 reeling1906 fibrillation1929 conditioning1954 1906 W. Macfarlane Princ. & Pract. Iron & Steel Manuf. iv. 47 Bars for certain purposes are straightened by reeling. 1973 J. G. Tweeddale Materials Technol. II. iv. 95 A simplified form of a two-high mill of this kind can be used for straightening rolls and tubes by causing spiral flexture [sic] in the cold condition, a process called reeling. 1983 W. L. Roberts Hot Rolling of Steel xii. 413 The slight reduction in wall thickness achieved in the reeling operation results in a slight decrease in the tube diameter. 2004 A. C. Palmer & R. A. King Subsea Pipeline Engin. iii. 58 Pipe is finished in a reeling process in which it is driven between slightly conical rollers. Compounds C1. General attributive (chiefly in sense 1a). reeling apparatus n. ΚΠ 1828 tr. J. von Hazzi Treat. Culture Silk in Germany 30 The reeling apparatus deposited in the House of Invalids, will yet remain there in operation a few weeks. 1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 61/2 A sectional view of the reeling apparatus..is shown in fig. 12. 1989 Science (Nexis) 3 Nov. 679 In order to preserve cocoons for reeling out of season when labor and reeling apparatus were less in demand, silkworm breeders steamed them in baskets. reeling arrangement n. ΚΠ 1846 D. P. Gardner Farmer's Dict. 718/1 The cocoons are plunged in hot water, and examined to find the end of the silk fibre; twelve or more of these are now..made fast to the reeling arrangement. 1990 Oil & Gas Jrnl. (Nexis) 24 Sept. 102 The results of a worked example for a full-scale reeling arrangement are shown in Fig. 8. reeling drive n. ΚΠ 1918 C. Schürmann U.S. Patent 1,257,746 1/1 Both the unreeling brake and the reeling drive act on the shaft of the reeling paper roll. 1962 G. A. T. Burdett Automatic Control Handbk. vii. 9 This is the basis of a large number of electronic control schemes embracing..coiling and reeling drives [etc.]. 2005 U.S. Patent 6880779 3 The clutch of the initial reeling drive is closed and it is shifted to crawling mode. reeling establishment n. ΚΠ 1835 J. Bowring Second Rep. Commerc. Relations France & Great Brit. ii. v. 135 Every reeling establishment shall be licensed by the government, and submitted to the inspection of the authorities. 1879 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 42 iv. 761 The Department has urged that Congress should form a reeling establishment, for the purpose of training those who may be disposed to embark in silk-culture. 1987 D. Quataert in H. İslamoğlu- İnan Ottoman Empire & World-Econ. xiii. 294 Other, manually powered reeling establishments in the city used 127 basins and fewer than 300 workers. reeling stick n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > winding > on reel > instrument for reelOE reeler1598 reeling stick1598 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A reeler or reeling sticke. 1856 S. J. Moore Zion's Service of Song iv. 179 The most popular orator of our day declares that the secret of his ability to speak..at such great length, without being fatigued to any great extent, is, that ‘he stands a straight as a reeling-stick’. 1952 P. Wheeler tr. Sacred Script. of Japanese 140 In his dwelling by night he dreamed a dream in which there appeared a lady holding the cords of a weaving machine and a reeling stick. C2. reeling machine n. (a) a machine that winds yarn, thread, etc., on to reels; (b) Metallurgy a machine for straightening or burnishing metal strips, pipes, etc. ΚΠ 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. 519/1 Swift, a reeling machine used by weavers. 1897 Selangor Jrnl. 5 159 A reeling machine puts it [sc. ramie fibre] up into hanks of yarn ready for the trade. 1904 F. W. Harbord & J. W. Hall Metall. Steel xxxii. 506 Both are passed through the reeling machine. This consists of a pair of conical rolls, revolving both in the same direction, and lying side by side. 1990 Mountain Biking UK Aug. 100/3 The steel is under tremendous compression so when it is taken out and squeezed between the wheels of the ‘reeling machine’ it ‘springs’ out to its proper diameter. 1998 Textile Month June 62/1 (advt.) High speed reeling machine for conus Jumbo hanks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). reelingadj.adv. Brit. /ˈriːlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈrilɪŋ/ Forms: see reel v.¹ and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reel v.¹, -ing suffix². Etymology: < reel v.¹ + -ing suffix². Compare earlier reeling n.¹ A. adj. That reels (in various senses of reel v.¹); characterized or distinguished by reeling; (also occasionally) causing reeling. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [adjective] > reeling or staggering > specifically of things reeling1560 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [adjective] > reeling or staggering stackeringa1561 staggering1575 wavelling1637 reeling1697 stoiteringa1774 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adjective] > stunning stupendiousa1549 obstupefactive1605 stounding1608 stupendous1618 stupend1621 stunning1667 stupefactive1689 stupefying1870 reeling1896 drop-dead1962 1560 Medit. Penitent Sinner sig. Aa6, in A. L. tr. J. Calvin Serm. Songe Ezechias My feble faith with heauy lode opprest Staggring doth scarcely creepe a reeling pace. 1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. E4 Then might ye see the reeling vessels split, And tottering sink into the ruthlesse floud. 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry (new ed.) iv. x. 99 If your Goats be troubled with the Staggers or Reeling euil. c1645 E. Waller Battle of Summer-Islands ii. 25 The whales Against sharp rocks, like reeling vessels quash'd..are in pieces dash'd. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 22 Daphnis did Rites to Bacchus first ordain; And holy Revels for his reeling Train. 1726 J. Thomson Winter 7 The reeling Clouds Stagger with dizzy Aim, as doubting yet Which Master to obey. 1739 W. Harte Poems on Several Occasions 240 They stagger in amaze, like reeling men Intoxicated with the fumes of wine. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 55 The man..in his fury, an' in his reeling eyn, Thinks that the ane he wanted she had been. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. xii. 318 Over the surface of the reeling Earth The alarum shock was felt. 1833 J. F. Cooper Headsman I. 122 The reeling vessel was raised in a manner to cause those on board to believe it about to be lifted bodily from the water. 1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost ii. 54 That sort of gross reeling intoxication by which men..shame themselves in the streets. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 27 Feb. 1/1 The Liberal Party suffered a reeling blow yesterday. 1927 D. H. Lawrence Mornings in Mexico 80 The reeling, roundward motion of tree-tips in a wind. 1965 ELH 32 412 The reeling Wulf's shattered helmet. 2006 Daily Gleaner (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 27 Nov. b6 The St. Thomas Tommies try to right their reeling ship. B. adv. reeling drunk: so drunk as to be reeling or staggering; very drunk. Also figurative. Cf. reeling ripe adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > completely or very drunk drunk as a (drowned) mousea1350 to-drunka1382 as drunk as the devilc1400 sow-drunk1509 fish-drunk1591 swine-drunk1592 gone1603 far gone1616 reeling drunk1620 soda1625 souseda1625 blind1630 full1631 drunk (also merry, tipsy) as a lord1652 as full (or tight) as a tick1678 clear1688 drunk (dull, mute) as a fish1700 as drunk as David's sow or as a sow1727 as drunk as a piper1728 blind-drunkc1775 bitch foua1796 blootered1820 whole-seas over1820 three sheets in the wind1821 as drunk as a loon1830 shellaced1881 as drunk as a boiled owl1886 stinking1887 steaming drunk1892 steaming with drink1897 footless1901 legless1903 plastered1912 legless drunk1926 stinko1927 drunk as a pissant1930 kaylied1937 langers1949 stoned1952 smashed1962 shit-faced1963 out of (also off) one's bird1966 trashed1966 faced1968 stoned1968 steaming1973 langered1979 annihilated1980 obliterated1984 wankered1992 muntered1998 1620 H. Peacham Thalia's Banquet Epigram xvii. sig. A7^v Through Paules Church-yard as Dick came reeling drunk, He stumbling fell into an empty trunke. 1693 R. Ames Fatal Friendship viii. 8 Late from the Tavern, Reeling drunk, A Gentleman..well bred, and nobly born. 1722 E. Ward Wand'ring Spy: Pt. II 63 Each prating o'er his Evening's Draught, Some reeling drunk, some piping hot. a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1956) II. 112 Frae joyous Tavern, reeling drunk, Wi' fiery Phizz, and Ein half sunk. 1838 Times 28 Aug. 5/5 The ruthless edicts of a narrow-minded, cunning, and cowardly upstart, reeling drunk with servile adulation, swollen to plethora with plebian pride. 1851 Daily News 12 Mar. 5/2 It is scarcely an exaggeration to say that the whole city is reeling drunk. 1914 W. C. Williams in Egoist 16 Mar. 110/1 O mighty, crafty prowler After the youth of all cities, reeling drunk With the sight of your archness! 2007 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 15 Apr. 1 a As he drove away near closing time, reeling drunk, Steele glimpsed a Ford Crown Victoria. Derivatives ˈreelingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [adverb] > reeling or staggering staggeringly1575 reelingly1599 1599 R. Linche Fountaine Anc. Fiction sig. Xiiij Thus betweene falling, and a weake supporting of himselfe, hee reelingly wauered and mooued to and fro. 1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 62 Is this a sober discourse, which falls reelingly to the ground of it self, when none pushes it? 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick cxxiii. 565 The man at the..tiller had several times been reelingly hurled to the deck. 1949 C. P. Snow Time of Hope xli. 351 For minutes the lights, the sky, had seemed shatteringly bright, reelingly dark, as though I were dead drunk. 1997 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) 5 Oct. 19 She has permanently outgrown the reelingly reckless work of her youth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1487n.²1589adj.adv.1560
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