单词 | seething |
释义 | seethingn. The action of seethe v. 1. a. The state of being boiling hot. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > [noun] > state of being boiling (of liquid) seethingc1300 boilingc1380 playing?c1425 ebullition1792 boil1813 c1300 St. Margarete 31 He let hete water oð seoþinge & þo hit boillede faste, He let nyme þis holi maide & þer amidde hire caste. b. transferred and figurative. Ebullition, intense inward agitation. Also with up. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [noun] > foaming or frothing foaming1382 foam1574 seething1593 spumification1615 frothing1628 mantling1695 creaming1888 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares O 2 This Vaine-glory..is (as I may call it) the froth and seathing vp of Ambition. 1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend iv. 171 But within, what a spirit of deep unrest! What a seething and simmering in his breast! 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xxiii. 388 Nothing was visible but a wild boiling and seething of clouds and waves. a. The action or an act of keeping a liquid boiling hot, of cooking in boiling water, or of submitting anything to the action of boiling liquid. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [noun] > boiling seethinga1387 playing?c1425 boiling1481 walm1558 rolling boil1940 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > [noun] welling1371 seethinga1387 boiling1481 ebullition1594 elixation1605 estuating1674 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 439 Biggynge and sellynge cesede, and so dede rostynge and seþinge [MS. γ seoþyng] and greyþinge of mete. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) vi. xxi. 210 Salte is made by grete sethynge of water. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. xi. 91 The seething together of plummes..and other lyke fruits. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 327 The better to secure the seething of the Pot. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Potage When this Mixture has been season'd, let it have five or six Seethings in a Stew-pan. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > [noun] > that which is boiling or boiled seething1382 boiling1674 boil1756 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xxv. 30 Ȝif to me of this brown sething [L. Da mihi de coctione hac rufa]. c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. lxviii. 85 Sethe hem softly to þe half, and after lat þe sethinge be steryd and strenyd. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > [noun] > digestion defyingc1315 digestionc1386 digest1398 seething1398 concoction?1531 concocting1541 decoction1541 digesting1541 digesture1565 enduing1575 fleeting1581 elixation1621 coction1667 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) (Bodl.) v. xl Þe galle by heete þereof helpeþ þe seeþing of mete and drinke. 1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) i. i. ii. v. 20 Elixation, is the seething of meat in the stomacke. Compounds General attributive. Obsolete. seething-house n. ΚΠ 1459 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 89 In coquina sunt, viz., in le Sethynghowse ij magne olle in furnis. seething-pot n. ΚΠ c1560 J. Lacy Wyl Bucke his Test. (Copland) sig. a.iiiv Then caste all togeter in a faire sething-pott with water. 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. ix. 18 So we cover it as we do our seething-pots with a potlid, to keep in the fumes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021). seethingadj. 1. a. Originally, of liquids, a cauldron, etc.: Boiling. In modern use, a somewhat rhetorical expression for: Intensely heated (said of solids, the atmosphere, etc., as well as of liquids). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > [adjective] wallingc1000 welling?a1200 seethinga1300 boilingc1320 playing1440 ebullient1599 bullient1682 aboil1846 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > very wall-hotc1000 walm-hotOE hot as hellOE welling?a1200 welling hota1400 aestuant?1440 burning1484 scalding?a1513 broiling1555 roasting1567 walming hot1601 boiling hot1607 baking1656 stewing-hot1711 piping1823 grilling1839 seething1848 white-hot1855 stewing1856 incandescent1859 swithering1895 boiling1930 a1300 Leg. Rood 60 A caudron he let fulle Wiþ seþing oile vol Inouȝ. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 107 [They] were aferd of that syedyng water. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. i. 13 I do se a seethinge pot. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 413 There is a Spring of seething Water, which falls into a Pool. 1825 T. B. Macaulay Milton in Edinb. Rev. Aug. 317 The hooks and the seething pitch of Barbariccia and Diaghignazzo. 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold II. v. iii. 33 But did he try the ordeals of God?..did his hand grasp the seething iron? b. quasi-adv., esp. in seething hot. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adverb] > very or intensely (hot) burning hot1475 seething1489 moultering1606 flaming-hot1638 torridly1657 roastingly1830 broiling1840 bakingly1858 blisteringly1877 candescently1883 broilingly1885 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xxxvii. 155 Yf..the watre might be sedinge hote. a1635 R. Corbet Poems (1807) 138 That 'tis so seething hott in Spaine, they sweare They never heard of a raw oyster there. 1876 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (ed. 5) i. vi. 189 The whole surface of which [the sea] was seething white. 2. transferred and figurative. Of waves, etc.: Ebullient, tumultuous. Also, pervaded by intense and ceaseless inner agitation: often with reference (literal and figurative) to the condition characteristic of corruption or putrefaction. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [adjective] > inflamed with passion fire-hotOE eschaufedc1374 on firea1393 inflammatec1450 inflamed1526 enkindled1549 boiling1579 seething1590 heated1595 red-hot1598 aflame1632 on flame1656 ablaze1819 burnt1859 incandescent1859 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > state of sea > [adjective] > rough woodc900 drofc1000 bremea1300 scaldinga1300 sharp1377 wrothc1400 welteringc1420 rude?a1439 wawishc1450 wallya1522 robustuousa1544 troublesome1560 turbulent1573 boisterous?1594 lofty1600 enridged1608 hollow1705 ugly1744 testy1833 topping1857 seething1871 troughy1877 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > rotten or putrefied forrottedc897 foulOE rotted?c1225 rottena1250 corruptc1380 enraged1398 putrefieda1413 purulent?a1425 putrid?a1425 ranka1425 rottenly1435 corrupped1533 corruptious1559 attainted1573 rot1573 putrefacted1574 baggage1576 tainted1577 pourryc1580 corruptive1593 putrilaginous1598 putrefactious1609 taint1620 putid1660 rottenish1691 septic1746 corrupted1807 mullocky1839 rotty1872 seething1875 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > [adjective] > corrupt or putrid rottingeOE foulOE rotted?c1225 rottena1250 corruptc1380 putrefieda1413 putrid?a1425 ranka1425 rottenly1435 pourryc1450 moskin1531 corrupped1533 corrupting1567 attainted1573 rot1573 putrefacted1574 baggage1576 tainted1577 pury1602 putrefactious1609 putrefactive1610 taint1620 putrescent1624 festerous1628 putid1660 scandalous1676 rottenish1691 putrefying1746–7 septic1746 corrupted1807 decomposing1833 decomposed1846 seething1875 1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 2nd Pt. sig. I4v Whose scalding drops wil pierce thy seething braines. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream v. i. 4 Louers, and mad men haue such seething braines. View more context for this quotation 1868 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. I. 433 The seething spirit of controversy. 1868 M. E. Grant Duff Polit. Surv. 73 [He] plunged into the seething gulf of insurrection which was raging in Eastern Turkestan. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 156 Seething sand [L. Syrtis]. 1875 F. S. Haden Earth to Earth 66 To avoid the seething suburban cemeteries and to bury their dead at Woking. 1877 L. Morris Epic of Hades i. 37 One white sea Of churning, seething foam. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. v. xviii. 322 Amid this seething corruption. Derivatives ˈseethingly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > violent emotion > [adverb] rageously1486 violently1518 franticly1549 ragingly1549 wildly1593 turbulently1602 impotently1621 transportedly1652 like wild1674 frantically1749 madly1756 seethingly1887 like crazy1924 1887 Temple Bar Oct. 199 He explained to his seethingly angry friend. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1300adj.a1300 |
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