单词 | rugging |
释义 | ruggingn.1 Chiefly Scottish. Now rare. The action of pulling or tugging; robbery, plunder, pillage. Frequently in rugging and reaving (also riving). Cf. to rug and reave at rug v.1 3, to rug and rive at rug v.1 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [noun] nomea1300 arrestc1386 seizingc1400 rugging1507 rapping1541 grasping1546 seizement1581 expropriation1626 possessionc1693 grabbing1788 grab1835 the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > [noun] > pulling > pulling forcibly tugging?a1500 rugging1507 1507 Edinb. Burgh Court Bk. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue f. 38, at Rugin In the ruggin of his haire furth of his hed. 1581 N. Burne in Catholic Tractates (S.T.S.) 167 Be rugging doun of kirkis, be spuleying of Abbayis. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 187 Trubling the west seyes in thift, ruging, and reiueng. c1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 273 Thair was nathing bot rwgging and raveing of the puir laubouraris. c1605–6 J. Welsh Forty-eight Sel. Serm. (1771) 476 All this..rugging and separation of the soul and body from the presence of God. 1644 in J. I. Smith Sel. Justiciary Cases (1974) III. 642 Being in excessive feir with that villent rugging..he cryed out. 1814 W. Scott Waverley II. xix. 297 The gude auld times of rugging and riving..are come back again. View more context for this quotation 1814 C. I. Johnstone Saxon & Gaël I. 153 The craving or rugging at the heart, i.e., hunger, is a disease but too frequent among the Highlanders. 1836 W. Arnot Autobiogr. (1877) 107 I do feel a tearing, rugging process going on. 1846 G. S. Faber Lett. Tractarian Secession Popery 51 In the midst of this awful rugging and riving [etc.]. 1867 E. Watts Orchard & Fruit Garden iv. 21 Each graft should be supported by a stake, or the rugging of the wind may loose them. 1920 A. Murray Father Allan's Island 50 The rugging and riving of the winds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † ruggingn.2 Obsolete. rare. The action of fishing with a rugnet. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > fishing with net > using other nets rugging1758 halving1792 scringing1825 trammelling1866 splash-netting1901 drift-netting1913 ring-netting1941 1758 R. Griffiths Descr. Thames 79 (margin) Rules to be observed in Rugging. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2018). ruggingn.3 Coarse woollen cloth, esp. as used as a blanket or carpet; a piece of this. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric with specific qualities > [noun] > coarse or rough > other grey russetc1400 raploch1535 roudgea1549 reading1580 burracan1588 stand far off1613 stand-further-off1619 homespun1651 half-thick1693 soldier's cloth1753 toile de ménage1794 rugging1838 stramin1914 1838 C. R. Pemberton Let. 27 Mar. in Life & Literary Remains (1843) 452 Your carpetings and ruggings, and draperies and knackeries. ‘Fire-side comfort!’ Pooh! pooh! nonsense! 1869 Bristol Mercury 19 June 4/3 Large variety of rugging and other flocks. 1884 Times 29 Nov. 2/4 (advt.) The super hunt rug, at 24s., can now be supplied in blue rugging..having all the appearance of kersey check clothing. 1939 Country Life 11 Feb. p. xxxiii/2 (advt.) Cheaper quality in rugging, 27/6, 25/- & 20/-. 1963 E. H. Edwards Saddlery xx. 149 The Yorkshire boot..consists of an oblong of stout rugging with a tape sewn along the centre. 1996 J. Pintauro Reindeer Soup 23 When they closed it down there was a tag sale and Lucille bought all the rugging. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.11507n.21758n.31838 |
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