单词 | riving |
释义 | rivingn.1 1. a. The action of rive v.1; rending, tearing; an instance of this. Also (Scottish and English regional (northern)) with out. ΚΠ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 83v Palsy comeþ of coolde constreynynge & ryuynge of þe synowis. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 2368 Cuthbert wayued his hand on þaim [sc. crows], Fra ryvyng of thak þaim to reclaym. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 105 A Rivynge, laceramen. a1500 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Trin. Dublin) 747* (MED) A grett horse..In rapes fast, for ryfyng of bernes, For other mete þan manysflesche mouthed he neuer. 1527 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1903) V. 320 To underly the law for the ryving of the Kingis lettres. 1578 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. III. 57 Taking of the saidis letters perforce fra him and ryving of thame all in pecis. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 68 The injurie done to her,..and also the ryving of her claiths. 1619–53 in R. O. Heslop Northumbld. Gloss. (1894) 580 Edward Dobson for riving out of twoe ridges of land [etc.]. 1751 Universal Mag. July 40/1 The noise of the hedge-wood breaking, the gaping of the ground, and the riving of the earth asunder. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. ix. 240 In the auld times o' rugging and riving through the hail country. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. v. 74 Power was to be won by other means than by rending and riving. 1875 F. W. H. Myers Poems 91 Where wilt thou find a riving or a rending? 1908 J. Mackay Seeing of Sigurd l. 6 in From Maori Sea I saw the riving of trees in the blast. 1935 O. L. Downes Symphonic Masterpieces 240 Strauss's fiery scroll unfolds a picture of the terror and riving of the flesh, and prophecy of the transfigural moment to come. 1968 C. Embleton Glacial & Periglacial Geomorphol. (1971) ii. viii. 204 The surface remained damp and unfrozen throughout the year, suggesting that frost riving was not a relevant process in its erosion. 2003 R. S. Cox Body & Soul iv. 129 The sundering of family, friends, and church and the riving of society into Hobbesian atomism. b. spec. The action of splitting or cleaving wood. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > other processes framing1440 riving?1440 traversing1524 wedging1678 furring1679 cocking1710 bearding1711 battening1788 rossing1839 thicknessing1870 splining1901 parting off1905 reconditioning1932 stress grading1936 spindle moulding1979 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) xii. 140 Ffro rotyng & ryuing they [sc. fruit trees] be byraft. 1471–2 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 94 Pro le ryvyng et sharpyng mld del stakes. 1543 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) Gloss. at Revyn Ryving of fyerwoode in Frankelyn for my lorde. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Erasmus in Panoplie Epist. 356 Let us take the axe, the wedge and the beetle, and settle our selues to cleauing and riueing. 1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect i. v. 17 The Horne-bound tree..requires so much paines in riving as is almost incredible. 1741 W. Salmon London & Country Builder's Vade-mecum iii. 27 Park Paling with Cleft Pales... Workmanship for ditto, including hewing and riving, per Rod, from 2 s. 6 d. 1794 Let. 1 Feb. in R. Lowe Gen. View Agric. Nottingham 103 I have corded a great deal of this wood, where it is not kind enough for riving for farming purposes. 1831 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal I. 331 The rude practice of riving was soon superseded by the more effective operation of the saw. 1864 Methodist Rev. Oct. 654 Every subject is best discussed by following the natural order of ideas.., like the riving of wood in the direction of the grain. 1918 Pop. Mech. Sept. 419/2 How the Riving of Massive Logs is Accomplished. 1949 K. S. Woods Rural Crafts Eng. iii. vii. 109 Thatching Spics. The riving, or rending of the wood, which is the basis of a number of crafts, is illustrated. 2000 M. Kairamo in S. J. Kelley et al. Wood Structures 144 It was..difficult to see in advance if the trunk was..straight enough for riving. Since the riving proved to be difficult, an experiment was made to saw rough proofs and carve them into boards. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [noun] > a crack or breach chinec888 bruche?a1300 crevice1382 scar1390 scorec1400 rimea1425 riftc1425 riving1440 creekc1480 brack1524 rive1527 bruise1530 crack1530 chink1545 chap1553 riff1577 chop1578 chinker1581 coane1584 fraction1587 cranice1603 slifter1607 fracture1641 shake1651 snap1891 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 442 Scarre or brekynge, or ryvynge, Rima, rimula, priscus [read riscus]. J. Metham Amoryus & Cleopes (1916) l. 1106 ‘Come to the ryuyng..off this same walle’... ‘The ryuyng?’ quoth he, ‘qwere ys that?’ 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 166 The sede layd to..swageth the payne of the nickes or ryuinge of the fundamente. 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Abertura Opening, cleft or ryuing of any thing. 1859 G. A. Sala Gaslight & Daylight ii. 29 He contemplates the rents and rivings, the rags and tatters. Compounds C1. General attributive, as riving hammer, riving machine, riving operation, etc. ΚΠ 1851 Sci. Amer. 6 Dec. 94/2 I claim, first, the peculiar form and mode of adjusting the riving plate, the same being self-adjusting by means of the spring upon which it rests. 1854 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 58 373 For an improved Riving Machine. 1918 Monthly Bull. Loyal Legion Loggers & Lumbermen July 10/1 Since riving operations have started the fact that boring insects are attacking the freshly felled trees and rived stock has come into prominence. 1921 F. M. McMurry & A. E. Parkins Elem. Geog. ii. v. 138/1 Some of the logs are too large to be transported readily and short lengths are split by wedges and a splitting or riving machine. 1987 H. Norman Northern Lights (1989) i. 17 In a corner of the room were the long-handled tools: shovels, riving hammers, [etc.]. 2007 C. Schwartz Workbenches iii. 50/2 The end grain..can be very accommodating to riving tools, such as a froe, wedge or hatchet. C2. riving knife n. (a) a knife for cleaving or splitting lengths of timber; a froe; (b) a safety device on a table saw which sits in the kerf close behind the teeth of the saw and moves along the workpiece with the saw, thereby preventing both the workpiece from being lifted by the emerging teeth and chips from being thrown up towards the operator. ΚΠ 1842 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 4 52 A piece..is then rived off by means of a reciprocating knife, which piece then falls on a table below the riving knife. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 1950/2 Riving-knife, a tool used in splitting balks for staves, clapboards, shingles, etc. 1951 Econ. Bot. 5 114/2 Splitting is waning and experts with a riving knife are few. 1967 E. F. Bleiler Best Tales of Hoffmann 243 I see a fair, well-proportioned cask laid on the end-stool, the staves all beautifully finished off with the riving knife and the broad axe. 1971 New York 6 Dec. 42/3 The tool's good features include a riving knife behind the blade for user safety. 2003 K. Mehler Table Saw Bk. iv. 64 Although a splitter or riving knife prevents kickback, a workpiece can still be ejected straight toward the front of the saw. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † rivingn.2 Obsolete. rare (Scottish in later use). Arrival; landing. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > arrival arrivinga1387 arrivala1393 rival?a1400 riving?a1400 rivagec1400 arrivagec1450 landfall1627 ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 70 (MED) At his riuyng þe lond non him forbedde. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 435 Ryvynge vp to lond, fro water, applicacio, applicatus. 1482 W. Cely Let. 13 Aug. in Cely Lett. (1975) 167 I vnderstond..that..yowre ffellys yn yowre howsse be Sent Nycolas Chyrche, whych at the ryvyng alond shall be howssyd acordyng, etc. c1600 Hist. & Life James VI (1804) 236 To repaire the foirwark..for the resett and ryuing [ed. 1825: rynning] of many canonis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2019). rivingadj. Chiefly poetic. Now rare. That rives; rending, tearing. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > tearing or tearing apart > [adjective] rivinga1400 renting1561 ripping1576 splitting1609 divulsivea1626 rending1660 shredding1883 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 20976 (MED) He [sc. Paul] suffurd..Bath mang men and riuand beist. a1525 (a1500) Sc. Troy Bk. (Douce) l. 445 in C. Horstmann Barbour's Legendensammlung (1882) II. 241 [An eagle] Wytht hys Rywande & sharpe tallons..The forseyde bowelles..toke. 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. A7v Riving tortures spight..To good the soul doth nearer reunite. 1705 R. Blackmore Eliza vi. 164 Yet on the Seas a harder Fate they meet, By British Light'nings torn, and riving Thunder spilt. 1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 173 Nature opposes with her utmost force, This riving stroke. 1827 W. M. Praed Arminius vi The riving axe and burning brand Rent forests. a1875 W. C. Bryant Poems (1875) 281 The pelting hail and riving blast. a1924 M. Ghose Perseus Gorgon-slayer i. in Coll. Poems (1972) II. 22 The edge, The riving dint of Herpe's ruthless blade? 1994 T. Goodkind Wizard's First Rule i. 14 When Richard came close, voices fell silent, except to offer sympathy, which only deepened the riving pain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1a1398n.2?a1400adj.a1400 |
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