单词 | reeding |
释义 | reedingn. 1. The action or process of thatching a building with reed. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > [noun] > roofing > thatching > in specific way reeding1440 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 427 Redynge, of howsys, arundinacio. 1532 in Rec. City Norwich (1910) 10 Dec. II. 120 Upon divers and many consideracions this daye openly shewed it is agreed that an acte late made ayenst redyng of howses shalbe from hensforth repelled and voyde ner of effecte ner strengith. 1655 W. Sheppard President of Presidents xxii. 138 In good and sufficient reparations of thatching, reeding, tiling [etc.]. 1710 D. Hilman Tusser Redivivus May 5 Reeding is no where so well done as in Norfolk and Suffolk... [It] will bear a better Slope than any other Thatch. 1819 W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. (ed. 2) 585 Straw is not so durable..it is liable, if not reeded, to be ruffed a good deal; and the reeding..is expensive. 2002 J. Timpson Timpson on Verge II. 61 Salhouse has always been a centre for the reeding and thatching industries. 2. a. A small, convex, semicylindrical moulding resembling a reed; ornamentation of this style. Also: the action of ornamenting wood, etc., in this way. Cf. reed n.1 14. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > moulding > reed moulding reed1745 reed moulding1785 reeding1795 reed-and-tie1951 1795 Artist's Repository & Drawing Mag. 5 137 The shaft of the column being smooth, and the divisions (or reedings) restricted to ornament the top of the column. 1815 T. Rickman in J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 173 Several beads placed together, or sunk in a flat face, are called reedings. 1854 F. Reinnel Carpenters' Compan. 50 When reeding is introduced on flat surfaces, there should always be an odd number. 1862 G. Rawlinson Five Great Monarchies I. ii. vi. 362 The plaster of which they are composed is formed into sets of half pillars or reedings. 1914 H. D. Eberlein & A. McClure Pract. Bk. Period Furnit. 222 Besides these we find reeding, fluting, beading, pearling, spandrel fans, rosettes, and ribbons. 1944 E. F. Robacker Pennsylvania Dutch Stuff 45 Now and then exceptional specimens show reeding on corner posts, or other decorative attempts. 1994 Canad. Workshop Aug. 15/1 You can buy ready-made cutters for fluting, beading and reeding, individually or in sets. b. Coining (chiefly U.S.). The grooved edge of a coin. Cf. milling n.1 2. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > milled or inscribed edge milling1639 graining block1688 tranché1697 engrailment1856 reeding1872 1872 Bankers' Mag. & Statist. Reg. Feb. 627 This reeding was made use of from the very first on our gold coins, begin heretofore considered a good safeguard against filing or clipping. 1905 Daily Times-Tribune (Waterloo, Iowa) 29 Oct. 6/2 Holes are bored into the coin from the edge or reeding. 1982 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 31 July The edges of the Ottawa-struck ones have reeding that consists of V-shaped grooves. 2004 C. Larson & H. Campbell Numismatic Forgery vii. 105 A Canadian quarter dollar has finer reeding, and therefore more teeth, than a U.S. quarter. 3. Weaving. The process of passing warp threads through the dents of a reed (reed n.1 11a) so as to separate them or determine their spacing. ΚΠ 1839 in G. Soper Reminisc. Past Experiences 22 (advt.) The Progress of Cotton..in a series of twelve large plates, viz.:..8 Warping, &c. 9 Reeding 10 Weaving. 1885 Harper's Mag. July 256/1 Reeding and harnessing are subsidiary processes in putting the warp in proper shape on the loom. 1894 Textile Manuf. 15 Apr. 151 This method of reeding..necessitates the figure being floated. 1923 Bull. Pennsylvania Museum 18 9 Under this heading [sc. weaving] are included..warping, beaming, drawing-in, reeding and chain-building, as well as the actual operation of the loom. 1960 Textile Terms & Defs. (Textile Inst.) (ed. 4) 57 Drawing-in, the process of drawing the threads of the warp through the eyes of the healds and the dents of the reed. The operation thus includes that of reeding. 1988 Daily News Record (U.S.) (Nexis) 12 Apr. 2 A new idea at this mill was a weave stripe done by reeding. Compounds reeding plane n. a plane used for making reedings in wood. ΚΠ 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. s.v Reeding plane, a kind of carpenter's plane. 1874 Manufacturer & Builder Apr. 76/1 There are match planes, nosing planes, plows, rabbet planes, reeding planes, sash planes, snipe-bills, spar planes, etc. 1983 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 17 June b7 There were tables of smoothing planes and compass planes, chamfering planes and dadoing planes, molding planes and reeding planes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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