单词 | ribbing |
释义 | † ribbingn.1 Obsolete. An act of scraping flax or hemp to remove particles of core. Cf. rib v.1 ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > beating brakinga1398 ribbinga1398 swingling?a1500 swingling machine?a1500 tewtawing1707 scutching1733 flax-scutching1846 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. clx. 1055 With many brakynges, hechelynges, and rybbynges, herden is departed fro þe substaunce of flex. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2018). ribbingn.2 1. concrete. Ribs collectively (in various senses). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > timbers of hull > rib > collectively ribbing1592 foot stock1598 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [noun] > vaulting > rib > collectively ribbing1823 the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [noun] > part or side of > rib or vein > arrangement of nervature1821 neuration1826 nervation1830 venation1830 ribbing1857 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > ribbed or corded > rib or cord > collectively ribbing1880 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > knitted fabric > ribs or ridges rib1839 ribbing1948 1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 41 Both partes [of the vessel] being holow, and the lipping and ribbing perforated and pearced. 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 212 If these Nails are made right, they will hold fast..without injuring the Ribbing [of the ship]. 1795 Mrs. Frazer Pract. of Cookery (ed. 2) i. 236 When the jelly is firm turn it out. The shape you put it in must be plain, without any ribbing or figures upon it. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 131 Sometimes the ribbing of circular roofs consists of only several principal axal ribs. 1857 S. Thomson Wanderings among Wild Flowers (ed. 4) i. 38 Throughout plants generally, the ribbing or veining is arranged according to two..plans. 1880 L. S. Floyer Plain Hints Examiners Needlework 28 The size of ribbing is a matter of individual taste. 1905 F. Bond Gothic Archit. ii. xxii. 342 The ribbing of the vault over the monument..is symmetrical. 1930 W. S. Maugham Cakes & Ale xvi. 190 I could feel the ribbing of the skin from the pressure of the corsets. 1948 ‘P. Wentworth’ Traveller Returns xxi. 134 She had begun Johnny's second stocking and almost finished the ribbing at the top. 1998 Yachts & Yachting 17 Apr. 13/1 The gunwale ply had come away from the ribbing. 2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 11 Sept. a21/5 Steel beams that had once been the ribbing of a tower. 2. a. The action of rib v.2 (in various senses); an instance of this.In early use = rib-ploughing n. at rib n.1 Compounds 2 (now historical). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > ribbing streak fallowing1677 ribbing1762 slob-furrowing1787 rib-ploughing1794 rib-furrowing1805 the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > [noun] > specific object a person threshingOE sousingc1580 rib-roast1595 basting1599 swingeing1603 cuffing1610 lamming1611 rib-roasting1613 mauling1621 pinking1637 drubbing1650 diverberation1651 verberation1661 trimming1675 rib1699 thrashing1720 dousing1721 fagging1746 bumping1751 dusting1799 clapperclawing1806 milling1806 hiding1809 punishment1811 doing1814 bethumping1831 mugging1846 jacketing1850 frailing1851 pasting1851 towelling1851 tanning1863 fum-fum1885 ribbing1894 paddywhack1898 tanking1905 beating-up1915 shellacking1931 sloshing1931 clobbering1948 twatting1963 duffing-up1967 1762 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. ii. xvii. 282 A method of ploughing, used in some places, called ribbing. This method of ploughing is performed by making furrows about two feet distant from each other: one half of the surface is untouched by the plough, and the other half, which the plough turns up in making the furrows, is thrown on the top of what remains fast. 1794 W. Marshall Gen. View Agric. Central Highlands Scotl. 39 A half-ploughing (provincially..‘ribbing’). 1812 J. Sinclair Acct. Syst. Husbandry Scotl. i. 408 Ribbing, by which half the land was left untilled. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 481 I have mentioned a mode of ploughing called ribbing. In its best form it is usually performed in spring with the small plough. 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 203 Ribbing,..enlarging a heading or drift. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words at Ribbin A sound thrashing is often called ‘a good ribbin’. 1903 W. H. Doolittle Inventions in Cent. iii. 20 Ribbing, by which half the land was left untilled, a general practice over the greater part of Scotland. 1921 H. G. Bennett Animal Proteins ii. iii. 107 Sweating..is sometimes used for depilation, and in this case the ribbing of the pelt does not take place. 1966 H. W. M. Hodges in F. R. Matson Ceramics & Man 119 In such a clay..no visible flow structure may develop, no matter how much the walls of the vessel are drawn up by ribbing. 2004 K. R. Young Cobwebs ix. 60 She got through the ribbing of the back of the sweater she was making, and started on the flat stitch. b. slang (originally U.S.). The action of making fun of a person; teasing or joking at another's expense (see rib v.2 6b); an instance of this.In early use, with up: the action of putting pressure on someone (see rib v.2 6a) (now rare). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > [noun] > action of japingc1380 jesting1526 raillying1612 banteringa1672 rallying1673 smoking1781 ragging1788 quizzing1795 chaffing1826 quizzification1856 joshing1864 barracking1885 ribbing1913 mickey-taking1967 1913 C. E. Van Loan Lucky Seventh 93 Look what that ribbing-up did! If he ever hits another ball like that in this park, I see where I pack my trunk. 1935 P. G. Wodehouse Luck of Bodkins xxiv. 301 I was just kidding. Sure! Ribbing, we call it over here. 1939 I. Baird Waste Heritage xv. 192 There was a brief outbreak of good-natured ribbing. 1951 Sport 30 Mar. 3/2 Stan had to contend with a good deal of ribbing from his team-mates. 1976 M. Gordon & G. Gordon Ordeal (1977) iii. 15 He was..the only man at the party to wear a tie. He took a ribbing about that. 1996 C. J. Stone Fierce Dancing ix. 147 I was only being affectionate... It was a little harmless ribbing, that's all. Compounds General attributive. ribbing-nail n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > shipbuilding > nails, rivets bolts rove and clench1336 scupper-nail1485 wrakling1494 ribbing-nail1703 filling-nail1784 Blake's screw1840 in-and-out bolts1841 scarp-bolt1867 pan head1869 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 212 Ribbing-nails..are..us'd to fasten the Ribbing, to keep the Ribs of Ships in their place in Building. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 571 Ribbing-Nails, similar to deck-nails, but not so fine. 2007 C. Evans & G. Rydén Baltic Iron in Atlantic World ii. 187 Such monsters as the ribbing-nail used in shipbuilding,..that were so laborious to make that they were priced by the hundred rather [than] the thousand. ribbing needle n. ΚΠ 1860 Sci. Amer. 24 Mar. 202/3 A series of elastic plates..applied in combination with the ribbing needles. 1972 B. Abbey Compl. Bk. Knitting vi. 121 The [stitches] are transferred from the holder to the smaller-size ribbing needle. 2002 J. L. Swartz Hip to Knit 69 With ribbing needles, cast on 84..stitches. ribbing plough n. ΚΠ 1825 Newcastle Courant 1 May Harrows,..Ribbing Ploughs, Turnip Drills, &c. 1835 C. Howard Gen. View Agric. E. Riding Yorks. 4 in Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) (1840) III The ribbing-plough was first introduced into this neighbourhood..about twenty years ago. 1952 G. E. Fussell Farmer's Tools 70 Wetherby's movable stilt plough; a ribbing plough that was on a smaller scale [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1a1398n.21592 |
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