单词 | rifting |
释义 | riftingn.1 Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). Belching; an instance of this. Also with up. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of breaking wind > [noun] > action of belching bolking1398 riftc1485 riftingc1485 belching1528 ructuation?1537 eructation1541 ructing1599 eruction1623 ructation1623 ructure1657 burping1934 c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Gouernaunce of Princis (1993) xxiii. 97 Yat thare habound mekle humour jn thy mouth..but rysting [perh. read ryfting] or bolking or gantyng. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xviii. 2 Bi riftynge he takyns fulnes of wit, for wha sa riftes it semes that he is ful. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions x. 56 Weaknesse, or pewkishnesse of stomacke, with vomiting, or bytter rifting. 1597 P. Lowe Whole Art Chirurg. i. iv. sig. F2 Sleeping on the day..hindereth the concoction of the which commeth ganting, rifting,..& diuers sicknesses. a1646 D. Wedderburn Vocabula (1685) 13 Ructus, rifting. 1723 R. Wodrow Analecta (1843) III. 35 [Fasting] brought a great wind to his stomach, that..he was much troubled with a rifting to the day of his death. 1725 T. Short Rational Disc. Inward Uses Water 61 In these Crudities the Riftings whereof smell of rotten Eggs, the first comes from an acid, the second from an alcalious Humour in the Stomach. 1878 Canad. Jrnl. Med. Sci. Nov. 375/2 The principal symptoms given..are feeling of weight in the stomach after eating, together with fulness, rifting, vomiting. 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) 225 You should ollus tek a nip o' some'at short affter eysters, joost to kip 'em from riftin', loike. 1916 Cleveland Med. Jrnl. 15 344 I educate patients to eat regardless of rifting of gas. 1963 H. Orton & W. J. Halliday Surv. Eng. Dial. I. ii. 700 Q[uestion]. What do you call this?.. [Yorkshire] Rifting..rifting up. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). riftingn.2 1. a. Geology. The occurrence or development of (relatively minor) rifts in rock. Cf. rift n.2 2b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > [noun] > splitting rifting1803 sheeting1899 1803 Adviser 2 63 The rifting of the rocks, when lightnings play. 1838 J. B. Fraser Winter's Journey Constantinople to Tehran II. ix. 273 The agency of water was evident in the frequent rifting of the solid rock. 1891 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 141 269 Rifting is..dependent upon the thousands of minute dislocations which occur in every cubic inch of rock. 1937 Mem. Geol. Soc. Amer. 5 20 Rifting in granites has been known for a long time. b. The action of splitting mica into thick sheets. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > other metalworking processes limation1617 matting1688 sheeting1776 blooming1812 steeling1816 ungraining1839 tarnishing1858 ironing1868 shimming1872 beating1875 siliconizing1880 shearing1881 inoxidizing1883 rustproofing1892 picking1895 rifting1903 Bayer process1910 autofrettage1919 prefinishing1935 panel beating1953 splatting1976 1903 Mineral Industry 11 469 The mica after being blasted out undergoes a hand dressing (rifting). 1939 G. A. Roush Strategic Mineral Supplies xii. 345 The books [of mica] are first split into slabs about ¼ inch thick (rifting). 1954 S. J. Johnstone Minerals for Chem. & Allied Industries 331 The preparation of mica for the market usually involves..rifting into sheets sufficiently thin to be cut by hand with a blade. 1960 S. A. Montague in J. L. Gillson et al. Industr. Min. & Rocks (ed. 3) xxvii. 559/1 The operations of rough splitting and trimming mica are termed ‘rifting’ or ‘sheeting’. 1983 S. J. Lefond & R. Bates Industr. Minerals & Rocks (ed. 5) II. 924/1 After rifting, the mica can be broadly classified as untrimmed sheet and scrap mica. 2. Chiefly Physical Geography. The process by which areas of the earth's crust are split into distinct blocks or plates by the formation of large faults or the divergence of tectonic plates. Cf. rift n.2 2c. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > [noun] > faulting rifting1865 thrust-faulting1912 block-faulting1921 transcurrence1971 taphrogenesis1978 1865 W. L. Gage tr. C. Ritter Compar. Geogr. ii. 109 The rifting of a seam in the earth's crust was the first step in the formation of mountains. 1894 Geogr. Jrnl. 4 266 It is thus out of the question that the basin originated in a rifting of the Earth's crust. 1924 J. G. A. Skerl tr. A. Wegener Orig. Continents & Oceans xi. 166 Folding and rifting are only different effects of one and the same process. 1969 Times 20 May 12/7 Major rifting of the Earth's surface. 1975 W. Safire Before Fall x. iv. 667 There was no rift..between the President and his national security adviser. There was plenty of rifting going on between Henry and the White House staff. 1983 J. McPhee In Suspect Terrain 154 A great deal of heat accompanies tectonic rifting. 2009 Marine Geol. 258 101/2 The Amundsen Sea margin has been passive since its formation through rifting of Chatham Rise away from Antarctic at c. 90 Ma. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). riftingadj. Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). That belches. ΚΠ 1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 27 He draws The roosty trigger; and, as quick as thought, In awfu' splutter frae its riftin gab, He strikes a stane, sax ells ayont his aim. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 334 I envy not your fu' broth-pot, Your beefy, bursen, rifting lot. 2004 S. Blackhall Serendipity 16 There's riftin taeds aneth each tree An turtles hotchin ben the bree. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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