单词 | restock |
释义 | restockv. I. Senses corresponding to stock v.1 V. 1. a. transitive. To stock (a river, farm, etc.) again or differently; to replenish. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > stock (a place, etc.) with something > re-stock restorea1375 refresha1398 refurnish1531 replete1614 recruita1661 restocka1680 a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 624 Thus was the Righteous given..and the immense Riches of a Deity expended to re-stock Man. 1731 J. Hutchinson New Acc. Confusion Tongues 73 They carry'd the Knowledge and Usage of their Letters with them to Assyria; and no doubt, if they were suffer'd, us'd them where they were plac'd, perhaps to restock the Ground from whence the Cuthians..were carried. 1789 G. White Nat. Hist. Selborne 19 A late bishop of Winchester, when urged to re-stock Waltham-chase, refused. 1824 C. M. Sedgwick Redwood I. vii. 138 The house was newly painted, the fences rebuilt, and the garden restocked with fruit trees and plants. 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 319 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV Many curious facts have demonstrated the feasibility of restocking the salmon rivers. 1901 R. Kipling Kim x. 240 The Babu's famous drug-box proved useless, though Kim had restocked it at Bombay. 1990 A. C. Amor William Holman Hunt (new ed.) ix. 127 Having restocked their canteen at Hebron, they went on to their next encampment. b. intransitive. To replenish or replace a stock. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply [verb (intransitive)] > specific oneself > renew supplies resupply1579 refresh1625 refit1652 restock1735 1735 Sportsman's Dict. II. at Waters When you come to re-stock, and so, on all occasions, you may put three or four hundred carps, and eight hundred tench..into an acre. 1845 H. Martineau Forest & Game-law Tales II. iv. 55 The bishop can always re-stock, you know. 1906 E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands iv. 50 Ellis took pity on his emptiness, and Mumps was sent home to re-stock. 1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds ix. 206 I'm wiped out, Father... The fire went through me from one end to the other and left hardly a sheep alive or a tree green. Lucky the last few years have been good... I can afford to restock. 1987 Stock & Land (Melbourne) 17 Dec. 56 Those farmers that lost large numbers of weaners and breeders in the storm two weeks ago, are looking to restock. 2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 29 Aug. ix. 6/4 17 bars, with a bartender at each, and a bar runner to restock. 2. transitive. To accept or supply again as stock for a store, river, pond, farm, etc. ΚΠ 1913 G. B. Wadsworth Princ. & Pract. Advertising iii. 62 He had considerable difficulty in getting the dealers to restock his goods. 1921 Spatula Jan. 146/1 Goods must be sold; they must be re-stocked and re-sold. 1986 B. Fussell I hear Amer. Cooking v. xviii. 346 The State Department of Fisheries has restocked trout in such numbers that they've endangered the perch. 2007 Wine & Spirit May 12/3 They can place an order with us to re-stock a certain wine and it can be with them the next—well, the same—day. II. Senses corresponding to stock v.1 I. 3. transitive. To fit (a gun, etc.) with a new stock. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > produce or develop arms [verb (transitive)] > processes in gun-making stock1539 ranforce1547 newel1611 rifle1619 fortify1627 screw1635 chamber1708 reborea1792 flint1803 restocking1805 vent1828 percussionize1832 ream1841 percussion1844 restock1844 retube1846 revent1864 reline1875 sleeve1976 1844 W. Goodman Social Hist. Great Brit. II. 180 No gun barrel can be fresh stocked, without being fresh proved; the writer has had two barrels bursted, which was sent to be restocked. 1892 W. W. Greener Breech-loader 118 Restocking hammerless guns,..about one-seventh of the actual cost of the gun. 1934 Times 30 July 7/5 The position regarding the small metal fittings which the N.R.A. allowed to be used this year in restocking the rifle is not clear. 1981 G. Hammond Revenge Game xi. 124 I offered him a straight swap, the car for the gun, and I said I'd re-stock it to fit him. 2006 W. van Zwoll Hunter's Guide Long-range Shooting iii. 40 His intent was to restock these rifles and rebarrel them as the .256 Newton and .30 Adolf Express. Derivatives reˈstockage n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > action of providing or supplying > renewal of supplies refresh1592 recruit1650 replenishment1716 restocking1805 refill1883 restockage1884 1884 Thorley's Farmers' Almanack 31 The wherewithal to purchase sheep in making autumnal re-stockages. 1959 Managem. Sci. 5 365 Automatic distribution and re-stockage of Lo-Valu items. 2005 FD (Fair Disclosure) Wire (Nexis) 20 July These relate to moving expenses, one-time restockage cost and things of that nature. reˈstocking n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > action of providing or supplying > renewal of supplies refresh1592 recruit1650 replenishment1716 restocking1805 refill1883 restockage1884 society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > produce or develop arms [verb (transitive)] > processes in gun-making stock1539 ranforce1547 newel1611 rifle1619 fortify1627 screw1635 chamber1708 reborea1792 flint1803 restocking1805 vent1828 percussionize1832 ream1841 percussion1844 restock1844 retube1846 revent1864 reline1875 sleeve1976 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. II. 1223 Where the ponds are suitable for tench.., the re-stockings [may be] considerably more. 1878 Spalding's Street & Gen. Directory Cambr. (end matter) p. xi (advt.) All kinds of Repairs, Re-Stocking, Browning, &c., done on the premises by the most skilful workmen. 1885 Manch. Examiner 10 June 4/5 The only transactions being small re-stocking orders. 1939 Pop. Sci. Monthly Oct. 239/2 (advt.) Ballistics, Restocking, Reloading. All Gun Parts, Stocks, Barrels. 1993 Forestry 66 128 High failure rates of earlier years in restocking have been reduced by careful handling of nursery stock. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.a1680 |
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