单词 | skewing |
释义 | † skewingn. Obsolete. rare. = scavage n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > [noun] > on goods brought into a town skewing1312 scavage1444 shewage1500 octroi1714 1312 in Sharpe Cal. Lett. Bk. D. (1902) 280 [Citizens of York to pass free from payment of murage, pavage,] skewynge [or] skewenge, [and other customs]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021). > as lemmasˈskewing ˈskewing n.1 (a) the action of the verb; (b) bias, distortion. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > [noun] hieldinga1340 angling1570 inclination1590 skewing1611 clinamen1704 inclension1751 slant1817 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Biseau, a bezle, bezeling, or scuing; such a slopenesse, or slope forme, as is in the point of an yron leauer, chizle, &c. 1969 Language 45 487 In reality the transfer at the kernel level can generally be made with far less danger of skewing than if one follows the highly involved processes. 1975 Nature 13 Mar. 139/2 The degree of skewing would depend on factors such as the length of time between the act of volunteering and actual participation in the experiment. ˈskewing ˈskewing adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [adjective] critical1565 critic1596 animadverting1606 skewing1702 the world > animals > by habits or actions > [adjective] > shying skewing1821 1702 R. L'Estrange tr. Josephus Life in Wks. 995 He prepar'd the People for his Purpose, by a Skewing Discourse upon the Matter then in Question. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 8 Jane's 'skewing cow was struck with fear. ˈskewing ˈskewing n.2 ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [noun] > laying on of colour > in heraldic painting > brushing off extra gold or silver skewing1852 1852 C. Tomlinson Cycl. Useful Arts (1854) I. 758/1 A brush, with which every part is carefully gone over, superfluous gold being removed from some parts, and worked into others..The process is called skewing, and the particles of gold collected from it, are sold under the name of skewings. 1870 Eng. Mech. Jan. 487/1 Go over the frame with a skewing brush to remove all loose particles of gold. < n.1312 as lemmas |
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