单词 | snubbing |
释义 | snubbingn. 1. a. The action of checking, repressing, or rebuking, esp. by means of a snub. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] telingeOE chastiment?c1225 snapinga1300 snibbinga1300 reproving?1316 undernimminga1325 correctiona1340 threapening1340 admonishingc1350 reproofa1375 scourgingc1374 correptionc1380 repreyningc1390 reprehensiona1413 undertakingc1430 rebuke?a1439 admonition1440 correptingc1449 rebut?c1450 reprehendingc1450 redargution1483 reproval1493 increpation1502 prisec1540 tasking1543 check1588 improof1590 snubbing1600 threap1636 compellation1656 reprovement1675 reprimanding1698 rowing1812 lecturing1861 carpeting1888 eldering1912 woodshedding1940 stick1956 the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [noun] bismerc893 humiliationc1386 lowinga1398 dejectionc1450 avale?a1513 depression?1531 embasing1551 abasement1561 debasement1593 mortification1598 exinanitiona1631 demissiona1638 dejectment1656 depressure1656 dismounting1677 letting down1827 take-down1858 snubbing1861 scoring1893 deflation1958 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vi. xxii. 778 At the least by snubbing and checking of naturall heat. 1693 T. Bampfield Reply Dr. Wallis 55 Other snubbing of Sunday..I remember none, but he often calls the Lords Sabbath by a reflecting addition. 1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man iv. 48 I did hear him say, a little snubbing before marriage, would teach you to bear it the better afterwards. 1861 Sat. Rev. 14 Sept. 268 By cultivating the art of snubbing. 1876 F. E. Trollope Charming Fellow III. xxv. 302 The kind-hearted little spinster endured a vast amount of snubbing. b. An instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > instance of admonishingc1350 reproofc1400 fliting1435 rebuke?a1439 snibc1450 reprehensiona1500 redargution1514 remorda1529 piece of one's mind1536 check1541 snuba1556 rebuking1561 boba1566 sneap1600 snipping1601 reprimand1636 repriment1652 rubber1699 slap1736 twinkation1748 rap1777 throughgoing1817 dressing-down1823 downset1824 hazing1829 snubbing1841 downsetting1842 raking1852 calling1855 talking toc1875 rousting1900 strafe1915 strafing1915 raspberry1919 rousing1923 bottle1938 reaming1944 ticking-off1950 serve1967 1841 J. H. Newman in Apologia (1864) 241 I have managed to take out on my side my snubbing's worth. 1857 S. Osborn Quedah xii. 153 They got a severe snubbing for doing so. 1896 A. J. C. Hare Story of my Life II. viii. 99 I was more free from family snubbings than I had ever been before. 2. a. Nautical and U.S. (See snub v.1 2b.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [noun] > operations on ropes or tackle reeving1627 worming1644 rounding1766 rendering1769 snaking1815 surging1839 snubbing1846 swig1849 1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 288 Snubbing, checking or easing off a little of a ship's cable or hawser, in order to prevent a sudden jerk when bringing the vessel up, or on other occasions. 1889 A. T. Pask Eyes of Thames 69 The snubbing of the chain gives a disagreeable jerking which is trying to the system. b. attributive, as snubbing-line, snubbing-post. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > other gear trainel1283 forelock1467 trannet1504 lungec1721 allonge1773 long rein1775 housing1809 bandage1828 ankle boot1835 setting muzzle1835 nosebag1839 foot rope1854 breast-cord1861 safe1875 snubbing-post1875 toggery1877 crib-muzzlea1884 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > bitts or Samson post bitta1614 Samson's post1769 riding bitt1794 loggerhead1840 strongback1867 snubbing-post1875 snub-post1875 Samson bar1889 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > for securing vessel > at bow > on canal boat snubbing-line1875 snub-line1908 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2231/2 Snubbing-line, the line on the bow of a canal-boat [etc.]. 1887 Sci. Amer. 21 May 326/2 A stout line is carried forward, and the ends are attached..to snubbing posts. 1888 Cent. Mag. Mar. 655/2 The high, circular horse-corral, with a snubbing-post in the center. 1900 Engin. Mag. 19 665 The checking of the ship when afloat is done exclusively by snubbing lines. 3. The action of reducing or suppressing oscillation; damping. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > [noun] > deadening muffle1734 muffler1856 muffling1897 burglar's plaster1905 snubbing1951 bloop1953 1951 C. E. Crede Vibration & Shock Isolation iii. 112 (heading) Effect of snubbing. 1961 Harris & C. E. Crede Shock & Vibration Handbk. III. xlv. 24 Because car loading can change from trip to trip, practical considerations dictate a compromise both in the selection of load springs and in the design of a snubbing means. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022). snubbingadj. Of the nature of a snub; repressing by a snub or snubs. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [adjective] > humiliating dismounting1562 abasing1615 humiliating1757 humiliative1821 snubbish1840 humiliant1844 snubby1867 humiliatory1872 snubbing1887 lowering1899 deflating1933 1887 ? Miss Ingham Poor Nellie (1888) 120 He hoped Adela had not thought his abrupt departure rude and snubbing. 1900 E. Glyn Visits of Elizabeth (1906) 20 I was not once agreeable, or anything but stiff and snubbing. Derivatives ˈsnubbingly adv. in a snubbing manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [adverb] > in a humiliating manner humiliatingly1782 humblingly1837 snubbingly1860 1860 G. Meredith Evan Harrington xi, in Once a Week 31 Mar. 290/2 The chairman welcomed them a trifle snubbingly. 1883 R. Broughton Belinda I. i. vi. 95 ‘You never do anything but what you wish yourself?’ asks Rivers snubbingly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1600adj.1860 |
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