| 单词 | scragging |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈscragging ˈscragging n. in senses of the verb; also spec. the process of extending a new spring beyond the desired normal length, and then compressing it, in order to improve its strength and set; an analogous process applied to a hydraulic suspension system in a motor vehicle; also attributive in scragging-post, the gallows. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] hanginga1300 hangmentc1440 gallows1483 gibbet1502 Tyburn checka1529 Tyburn stretch1573 caudle of hempseed1588 hempen caudle1588 swinging1591 rope law1592 rope-leap1611 cording1619 turn1631 nubbing1673 cravatting1683 gibbetation1689 topping1699 Tyburn jig1699 noosing1819 scragging1819 Tyburn tie1828 Newgate hornpipe1829 dance upon nothing1841 drop1887 suspension1909 society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows gallowsOE gallows-treea1000 warytre?a1200 gibbet?c1225 gallow-forka1250 forkc1275 juisec1320 forchesc1380 crossa1382 treec1425 patible1428 justice1484 potencec1500 haltera1533 turning-tree1548 potentc1550 three treesa1566 chates1567 mare1568 furel1587 bough1590 gibe1590 derrickc1600 hangrella1605 cross-tree1638 Gregorian tree1641 wooden horse1642 timber-marec1650 triple tree1651 furca1653 nubbing1673 a horse that was foaled of an acorn1678 nub1699 Tyburn tree1728 raven-stone1738 picture frame1785 crap1789 lamp-iron1790 Moll Blood1818 stifler1818 scragging-post1819 government signposta1828 leafless tree1830 shuggie-shue1836 doom-tree1837 stob1860–62 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [noun] > part of > spring > extending and compressing to improve strength scragging1923 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. Scragging-post, the gallows. 1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood III. v. i. 383 I wish I was as certain of my reward, as that Turpin will eventually figure at the scragging post. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) x. 95 Never mind George Barnvell..it's always been my opinion, mind you, that the young 'ooman deserved scragging a precious sight more than he did. 1923 T. H. Sanders Laminated Springs xi. 90 American practice invariably indulges in scragging machines of the ‘bull-dozer’ type. 1923 T. H. Sanders Laminated Springs xxxvii. 395 An illustration of ‘scragging’ as carried out in this country is shown by Fig. 201, which shows a 12-plate..spring undergoing its test. 1949 A. Hynd We are Public Enemies 79 The Ash Brothers had committed the scragging. 1959 ‘M. Innes’ Hare sitting Up ii. iii. 61 We absolutely soaked them with our water jugs, and they gave us a wonderful scragging afterwards. 1960 Dict. Mech. Engin. (ed. 8) App. 486 Scragging, the process of testing carriage and locomotive springs by impulsive loading. 1969 Maxi Workshop Man. (Brit. Leyland Motor Corp.) x. A7 (heading) Displacer unit ‘scragging’. 1977 R. B. Ross Handbk. Metal Treatm. 338 Scragging... The process is that the spring, when initially formed, is made longer than the design requirements. By applying the necessary compression load, the length of the spring is reduced and at the same time compressive stresses are applied to the surfaces of the spring. < as lemmas |
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