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单词 skilling
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skillingn.1

Etymology: < skill v.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈskilling.
rare.
†The operation of reasoning.
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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

/ˈskɪlɪŋ/
Forms: Middle English skelyng, 1600s–1800s skeeling, 1800s skeling; 1700s– skillin, skilling, etc. 1800s skillen. See also skillion n.
Etymology: Of obscure origin.
1.
a. A shed or outhouse, esp. a lean-to, a penthouse.Current in the south of England, from Surrey to Dorset.
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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.)
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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.
attributive.1852 Colonial Church Chron. VI. 294 As is usually the case with bush houses, two skillen-rooms were to be added behind.1900 H. Lawson On Track 79 There were two unfinished skilling rooms built on to the back of the hut.
2. (See quots.)
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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.2

Etymology: In sense 1 < Dutch schelling; in sense 2 < Danish, Swedish, or Norwegian skilling.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈskilling.
1. = schelling n. Obsolete. rare.
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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.
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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.
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