skyingn.

Brit.

/skʌɪɪŋ/, U.S.

/skaɪɪŋ/

Forms: 1700s skoying (in a representation of a Dutch accent), 1800s– skying.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sky n.¹, -ing suffix¹; sky v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: Partly < sky n.¹ + -ing suffix¹, and partly (in later use) < sky v. + -ing suffix¹.

†1. The action or activity of making an artistic study of the sky, or of painting or sketching the sky in a picture. Cf. sky v. 3. Obsolete.

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1792 W. Gilpin On Landscape Painting 34 in Three Ess. An old Thames-waterman..had often carried him [sc. W. van de Veldt] out in his boat..to study the appearances of the sky... These expeditions Vanderveldt called, in his Dutch manner of speaking, going a skoying.

1821 J. Constable Let. 23 Oct. in C. R. Leslie Mem. Life J. Constable (1845) v. 92 I have done a good deal of skying.

†2. The action or an act of throwing something up into the air, or of tossing a coin. Obsolete.In quot. 1804 with reference to quot. 1802 at sky v. 1a.

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1804 Cobbett's Polit. Reg. 1 Sept. 324 Mr. Edgeworth has ably related the fatal catastrophe that once attended the ‘skying of a copper’.

1826 Ass 20 May 115 The Black Diamond came upon the ground precisely at twelve, and was received with a general skying of toppers.

1863 Baily's Mag. Sports & Pastimes Oct. 96 The fate of the portrait of His Majesty was determined by the skying of a dollar.

3. The action or fact of hanging a picture high on a wall or near the ceiling at an exhibition. Now chiefly historical.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > display of pictures > [noun] > hanging of pictures > high up

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1869 Echo 23 Jan. In the new rooms a much larger number of pictures will find places... The ‘skying’ and ‘grounding’ so much complained of will be avoided.

1881 Artist 1 Mar. 73/2 ‘Feeding Poultry’..is a bright large drawing, so vigorous as to bear skying without loss.

1903 Pall Mall Mag. 31 409/1 One cannot attach importance to the acceptances or the rejections, the skying of pictures or the placing of them on the line.

1975 P. Vergo Art in Vienna 1898–1918 ii. 30 Nearly all the pictures were hung at eye level, thus avoiding the traditional disputes over ‘skying’.

1994 R. Jensen Marketing Modernism in Fin-de-siècle Europe i. 48 An effort had been made to avoid the ‘skying’ common even in commercial art exhibitions.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	skying
释义	skyingn. Brit. /skʌɪɪŋ/, U.S. /skaɪɪŋ/ Forms: 1700s skoying (in a representation of a Dutch accent), 1800s– skying. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sky n.¹, -ing suffix¹; sky v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: Partly < sky n.¹ + -ing suffix¹, and partly (in later use) < sky v. + -ing suffix¹. †1. The action or activity of making an artistic study of the sky, or of painting or sketching the sky in a picture. Cf. sky v. 3. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1792 W. Gilpin On Landscape Painting 34 in Three Ess. An old Thames-waterman..had often carried him [sc. W. van de Veldt] out in his boat..to study the appearances of the sky... These expeditions Vanderveldt called, in his Dutch manner of speaking, going a skoying. 1821 J. Constable Let. 23 Oct. in C. R. Leslie Mem. Life J. Constable (1845) v. 92 I have done a good deal of skying. †2. The action or an act of throwing something up into the air, or of tossing a coin. Obsolete.In quot. 1804 with reference to quot. 1802 at sky v. 1a. ΚΠ 1804 Cobbett's Polit. Reg. 1 Sept. 324 Mr. Edgeworth has ably related the fatal catastrophe that once attended the ‘skying of a copper’. 1826 Ass 20 May 115 The Black Diamond came upon the ground precisely at twelve, and was received with a general skying of toppers. 1863 Baily's Mag. Sports & Pastimes Oct. 96 The fate of the portrait of His Majesty was determined by the skying of a dollar. 3. The action or fact of hanging a picture high on a wall or near the ceiling at an exhibition. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > display of pictures > [noun] > hanging of pictures > high up skying1869 sky1890 1869 Echo 23 Jan. In the new rooms a much larger number of pictures will find places... The ‘skying’ and ‘grounding’ so much complained of will be avoided. 1881 Artist 1 Mar. 73/2 ‘Feeding Poultry’..is a bright large drawing, so vigorous as to bear skying without loss. 1903 Pall Mall Mag. 31 409/1 One cannot attach importance to the acceptances or the rejections, the skying of pictures or the placing of them on the line. 1975 P. Vergo Art in Vienna 1898–1918 ii. 30 Nearly all the pictures were hung at eye level, thus avoiding the traditional disputes over ‘skying’. 1994 R. Jensen Marketing Modernism in Fin-de-siècle Europe i. 48 An effort had been made to avoid the ‘skying’ common even in commercial art exhibitions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1792
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