单词 | skilling |
释义 | skillingn.1 rare. †The operation of reasoning. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > [noun] reasonc1330 skillingc1374 discourse?c1400 discursec1443 argumentationa1492 ratiocination1532 ration1548 discursion1603 discursiveness1647 discoursiveness1661 movement1869 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) iv. pr. vi. 137 Swiche comparisoun as it is of skilynge [L. ratiocinatio] to vndirstondyng and of þing þat is engendred to þing þat is. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021). skillingn.2 1. a. A shed or outhouse, esp. a lean-to, a penthouse.Current in the south of England, from Surrey to Dorset. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > outhouse(s) > [noun] > types of skilling1389 haghouse1400 hovel1435 back shed1535 cot-house1606 boorachc1660 linhay1695 spring house1755 woodshed1764 cookhouse1802 tool-house1817 shed1855 drive shed1869 1389 New Coll. Accs. in Wood's MS. D. 2, f. 272 In laborem facient. unius Skelyng pro sept. 2s. 6d. 1448–9 in R. E. G. Kirk Acct. Abingdon Abbey (1892) 124 In j skelyng siue coquina facta in tenemento dicti Henrici Baret. a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husb. (1757) II. 93 If I put cows or oxen under skillins, or penthouses. 1831 Devizes Gaz. 8 Aug. (E.D.D.) A barn and extensive skilling was burnt down. 1862 Morning Advertiser 8 Sept. Mr. Fowle was in his yard..when the storm first burst, and ran for shelter under a skilling. a1887 R. Jefferies Toilers of Field (1892) 167 A portion of the Court is roofed in and is called the skilling. b. In Australasian use. (Cf. skillion n.) ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > hut or hovel > [noun] > leaning against wall of other building penthousea1400 to-fallc1425 lean-to1461 appentice1600 linter1736 skilling1799 skillion1843 1799 R. Johnson Let. 26 Aug. in Evangelical Mag. (1800) July 299 Blood was discovered in different parts, particularly in a small skilling, where, as afterwards appeared, my friend was dragged. 1826 J. Atkinson Acct. Agric. & Grazing New S. Wales 100 The barn may be built with lean-to's or skillings all round. 1832 C. M. Goodridge Narr. Voy. South Seas 172 Many..houses have been built..consisting of two rooms in front, and two sheds or skillings as they are called. 1849 M. Russell Polynesia ix. 353 Three substantial weather-board dwelling-houses..with skilling at the back. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 351 At the back a skilling, a lower roofed portion of the building. 2. (See quots.) ΚΠ 1674 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 77 Skeeling, an Isle or bay of a barn, Suss[ex]. 1838 W. Holloway Gen. Dict. Provincialisms Skeeling or Skilling,..the side of a garret or upper room, where the slope of the roof interferes with the upright. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). skillingn.2ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Dutch coins > silver guilder1480 gulden15.. schelling1535 skilling1700 1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 6 The Cash-keeper paid us..three Dutch Skillings every day while we stayed on Shoar. 2. A small copper coin and money of account formerly in use in Scandinavia. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > standards and values of currencies > [noun] > specific monetary units or units of account > specific Scandinavian ora1706 ore1716 skilling1797 krone1871 krona1873 krone1874 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Scandinavian coins ore1716 skilling1797 krone1871 krona1873 1797 Encycl. Brit. XII. 232/2 [In] Denmark..and Norway..16 Skillings = a Marc [= 9d]. 1802 G. Acerbi Trav. I. 220 The poor mendicant finished by asking..some..skillings in charity. 1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 326/1 Ryksort, a Danish silver coin at 24 skillings. 1875 W. S. Jevons Money xi. 126 The skilling [of Norway] being nearly equal in value to an English halfpenny. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1c1374n.21389n.21389 |
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