单词 | smiting |
释义 | smitingn. 1. The action of smite v.; striking, beating; afflicting; affecting suddenly or seriously. Also figurative. Now somewhat archaic.In quot. c1384: coinage of money. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] buffetingc1240 dintc1330 smitingc1330 dentinga1398 wapping1398 strikingc1400 swippingc1420 dinginga1425 bobbing1526 swappingc1540 nicking1668 hitting1687 biffing1915 c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 8874 Wiþ smiteing and wiþ skirminge. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Macc. xv. 6 Y suffre thee for to make smytyng [L. percussuram], or printe, of thin own money. c1425 tr. J. Arderne Treat. Fistula (Sloane 6) (1910) 51 Þe skyn was noȝt cleuen alsone after þe smytyng. 1493 Chastysing Goddes Chyldern (de Worde) xxv. sig. Fvv/1 Say thries this verse with smyting on the brest. 1560 Bible (Geneva) 1 Kings xx. 37 The man smote him, and in smiting wounded him. 1570 W. Elderton Prepare ye to Plowe (single sheet) All the Grasse that growes, Goth down with litle smiting. 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Worthy Communicant i. iii. 55 It was not that smiting that beat the Syrians. 1694 J. Kettlewell Compan. for Penitent 111 Father, let thy smiteing reclaim and amend me. 1704 R. Prudom New World Discovered 20 The smiting of the stone upon the Feet of the great Image. 1733 W. Berriman Gradual Revelation of Gospel I. iii. 80 The smiting of the Serpent's Head, is explained to extend to killing him. 1820 W. Scott Monastery III. x. 265 It is but the smiting of an Egyptian when all is said out. 1887 Athenæum 26 Mar. 417/3 It is not everybody..who could take such friendly smiting in this spirit. 1900 Alaskan Mag. Nov. 377/1 There was hand-wringing and smiting of dark breasts. Sin could not be consoled. a1982 L. Bangs Mainlines, Blood Feasts & Bad Taste (2003) 205 My editor and I are smitten. But the quality of the smiting is more than just peculiar. 2008 Guardian (Nexis) 8 Mar. (Weekend Suppl.) 18 Liverpool equalise, and the match stumbles to a draw, prompting much smiting of foreheads. 2. As a count noun: an act or instance of smiting a person or thing (in various senses of smite v.); a blow, an impact; a clash; an affliction. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > a stroke or blow dintc897 swengOE shutec1000 kill?c1225 swipc1275 stroke1297 dentc1325 touchc1325 knock1377 knalc1380 swapc1384 woundc1384 smitinga1398 lush?a1400 sowa1400 swaipa1400 wapc1400 smita1425 popc1425 rumbelowc1425 hitc1450 clope1481 rimmel1487 blow1488 dinga1500 quartera1500 ruska1500 tucka1500 recounterc1515 palta1522 nolpc1540 swoop1544 push1561 smot1566 veny1578 remnant1580 venue1591 cuff1610 poltc1610 dust1611 tank1686 devel1787 dunching1789 flack1823 swinge1823 looder1825 thrash1840 dolk1861 thresh1863 mace-blow1879 pulsation1891 nosebleeder1921 slosh1936 smackeroo1942 dab- a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. viii. xxx. 513 Som beme [sc. of light]..metiþ wiþ a body þat puttiþ and smytiþ þe liȝt aȝenwarde; and suche a smytinge..is iclepid ‘bendinge of þe beme’. c1400 Last Age of Church (1840) p. xxxii Smyttingis to gidere of folkis, & hurtlynge to gidere of rewmes. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) (1881) 346 A Smytyng, iccio, percussio. 1569 G. Fenton tr. A. del Corro Epist. or Godlie Admon. f. 5 The shot of the pen, whose wounds are farre more daungerous..than the smitings eyther of the bow or crosbowe. ?1574 T. Hill Contempl. Myst. f. 65v An Earthquake, is a passion or affection of the earth,..a smyting or agitation. 1615 S. Hieron Three Serm. f. 9 No doubt, our hearts would smite vs herein,..and happy should such secret smitings be. 1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 131 Least they be..severe beyond Gods smitings. 1706 J. Owen Hist. Consecration Altars, Temples & Churches ix. 80 The smitings of Thunder. 1796 Berkeley Hall; or, Pupil of Experience III. xviii. 195 I will turn t'other cheek to thy smitings. 1860 C. Patmore Faithful for Ever i. vii. 66 A sudden pulse is sent About the sounding firmament In smitings as of silver bars. 1877 Messenger for Children Presbyterian Church of Eng. 8/1 The smitings of conscience filled him with fear. 1951 J. Agee Morning Watch iii. 103 A silent shout as deafening bright as a smiting of cymbals. 2002 Times 8 Oct. (T2 section) 19/4 All Old Testament life is here—sins and smitings and glory be. Compounds smiting-line n. Nautical (now historical) a rope attached to the mizzen sail which, when pulled, allows the sail to deploy. Cf. to smite the mizzen at smite v. Phrases 5.Chiefly attested in dictionaries and glossaries. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > rope for loosing sail smiting-linea1625 a1625 H. Mainwaring Nomenclator Navalis (Harl. 2301) (at cited word) [The] Smitting-line is a small Roape which is made fast to the Missen yard arms. 1790 R. Wilson Seaman's Man. 94 Smiting-line, a small rope fastened to mizen-yard-arm, below at the deck, and is always furled up with the mizen-sail. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Smiting-Line, a line by which a yarn-stoppered sail is loosed, without sending men aloft. 1984 J. Harland Seamanship in Age of Sail v. 77/2 A ‘smiting line’ was made fast at the forward end of the yard, and made up with the sail. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). smitingadj. Of a hand, hammer, etc.: that strikes or beats a person or thing; that deals a blow or blows. Also in extended use: that causes extreme discomfort; wounding; grievous. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > [adjective] > that strikes smitinga1382 swappingc1450 dinting1566 denting1575 bobbing1581 striking1625 hitting1632 jutting1776 pucking1922 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xix. 29 Greithid ben to scorneres domes; and smytende [L. percutientes] hameres to the bodies of foolis. 1617 T. Taylor Davids Learning 91 A smiting or heauie hand. 1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie ii. 188 The inflammation and smiting pain of the head. a1657 G. Daniel Ecloges in Poems (1878) II. 194 Dire, as ye Smiting Haile to new-ean'd Lambs. 1736 J. Theobald in tr. Virgil Second Bk. Æneid ii. 27/1 Michael..signifies in the Hebrew, Deus percutiens; the smiting God. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 150 One smiting word; and then there is silence. 1869 T. T. Lynch Church & State 10 The smiting strength of the lightning of God. 1908 A. Maclaren Bks. Ezekiel, Daniel & Minor Prophets (1909) 193 The story was a smiting blow to the..self-complacent contempt of prophetic warnings, which marked the entire history of God's people. 1992 W. Davis Masking the Blow 267 The five-finger width of the ‘fist’—the smiting fist grasping the mace? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1330adj.a1382 |
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