单词 | skiffling |
释义 | skifflingn.1 (See quot. a1877.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with stone > [noun] > dressing stone scappling1473 droving1819 plain work1823 broaching1842 stone-dressing1845 ragging1850 straggling1850 drove work1851 rocking1856 scutching1861 skifflinga1877 a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. III. 2195/1 Skiffling, knobbing. Knocking off the rough corners of ashlar in the preliminary dressing. 1901 J. Black Masonry 23 For ragstone ashlar work, the stone, when quarried, has its rough projections knocked off with a heavy double~pointed hammer... This operation is locally [sc. in Kent] called ‘skiffling’, and is the same as that known in the neighbourhood of London and other parts of the country by the term of ‘knobbling’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021). skifflingn.2 The playing of skiffle music. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > [noun] > specific type of music gibbeting1615 fuguing1694 serenading1797 hornpiping1864 ragging1899 jazzing1917 riffing1933 rocking1948 rock 'n' rolling1956 skiffling1957 rifferama1977 riffola1979 hip-hopping1987 riffage1991 1957 Auckland (N.Z.) Weekly News 2 Oct. 5 ‘Skiffling’ is the latest craze to come to New Zealand. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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