sortingn.

/ˈsɔːtɪŋ/

Forms: Also Middle English sortyng, Middle English Scottish -en, 1500s soorting.

Etymology: < sort v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

1. The action of the verb, in various senses; arrangement, classification.

ΚΠ

c1358 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 561 Will'o Randman pro pylyng et sortyng lane.

1485 Act 1 Hen. VII c. 10 §7 The same Wolle shuld be..clene wounde, withoute any sortyng, barbyng or clakkyng.

1494 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 248 Giffyne for sorten of the tymmyr in the ȝard, iij s. iij d.

1554 Act 1 Mary c. 7 §1 The..principall grounde of Clothmaking ys the true sorting of Wolles.

1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. iv, in Wks. I. 246 It is the sorting, and the diuiding,..and the decocting, that makes the fumigation.

1625 G. Markham Souldiers Accidence 1 For the Sorting of Armes, it is a good proportion to haue a Companie equally compounded of Armed men and Shot.

1694 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) iii. iii. 230 The Essences of the sorts of things, and consequently the sorting of Things, is the Workmanship of the Understanding.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 10. ¶6 The sorting of a Suit of Ribbons.

1766 Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 205 In sorting, the skain to be examined is put upon the hook.

1856 T. De Quincey Let. in ‘H. A. Page’ T. De Quincey: Life & Writings (1877) II. xvii. 51 The separation and sorting of such innumerable papers.

1892 Athenæum 23 Apr. 530/1 We have..a little too much mere sorting of the varied intellectual material.

a. With a and plural. An instance of this.

ΚΠ

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Assortissement,..a sorting, or suiting of things together.

1764 Museum Rusticum 2 38 I divide my fruit into three several sorts..; from these three sortings I have..six several kinds of cyder.

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 812 The substances..undergo another sorting, with greater or less care.

1871 T. Carlyle in J. W. Carlyle Lett. & Memorials (1883) II. 362 He did for me all manner of..summaries, copyings, sortings.

b. Scottish. An assortment, supply, stock.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > that which is supplied > a supply

purveyance1340

substance?c1425

providencec1450

provisionc1451

furnish1500

supply1567

reply?1592

purvey?1615

product1647

sorting1785

1785 Comical Tricks Leper the Taylor 10 Poor Sandy went home with a skinful of terror, and a sorting of sore bones.

3. With adverbs, as out, up.

ΚΠ

1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 76 Then came a sorting out of the juniors from the seniors.

1890 Daily News 16 Dec. 6/4 The higher prices..have caused a little more sorting up.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.Also, in modern use, with adverbs, as sorting-out influence, sorting-out operation, sorting-out process; sorting-up business, sorting-up order, sorting-up trade, etc.

sorting-action n.

ΚΠ

1897 Geogr. Jrnl. 9 278 One of the most remarkable phenomena attending the distribution of earthy materials by wind (or water) is the sorting action exercised by the fluid.

sorting-out operation n.

ΚΠ

1977 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 1976 21 ii. 149 In (44) the criterion of the sorting-out operation is P₁.

sorting-out process n.

ΚΠ

1960 E. H. Gombrich Art & Illusion ii. iv. 144 Classical art also underwent an evolution, a sorting-out process after its heroic period.

C2.

sorting-boom n.

ΚΠ

1877 Lumberman's Gaz. 8 Dec. 362 There is a system of ‘sorting booms’ by which the logs, each bearing a distinguishing mark, are distributed to their several ownerships.

† sorting-cloth n. Obsolete (see quots.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > other

mantlec1300

osset1346

packing whites1483

stammet1531

frison1562

maldy1588

sorting-cloth1593

celter1597

washer1613

grazet1696

frisoneer1700

caneva1885

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric from specific place > [noun]

irislams1375

westvale1383

hinderland1465

ypir?1517

Normandy1529

Ghentish1545

mant1575

Scots cloth1581

northerna1592

turquesques1594

Westphalia1612

nilla1614

phota1616

Norwich stuff1618

Venus1629

nicanee1652

East India1659

caffoy1678

Bengal1681

Mantua1699

coffoy1703

Chello1712

negannepaut1725

Russia drab1741

Wilton1744

toile de Jouy1784

sorting-cloth1847

rum-swizzle1851

sarong1858

Yokohama1879

Turkoman1881

Mexican1883

kanga1895

Milanese1926

leso1961

1593 in 3rd Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1872) 7/1 Woollen cloths..called vesses,..park cloths, or sorting cloths made in Somersetshire.

a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 68 One Sack of Wooll..is accompted to make 4. Standard Clothes of clean Wooll called sorting Clothes.

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Sorting-cloths, a kind of short cloths, with a blue selvage on both sides of the lists, made in the Eastern counties.

sorting code n. Banking a code number which identifies a branch office in the banking system, and is used to facilitate the processing of cheques and credit transfers.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > banking > [noun] > sorting code

sorting code1959

1959 D. S. Travers in Electronics in Banking (Institute of Bankers) 50 The cheque of the future... The code appears in five blocks... Block 2—Bank and branch sorting code.

1965 F. E. Perry & F. R. Ryder Thomson's Dict. Banking (ed. 11) 524/2 Sorting code numbers, a system devised to assist customers of banks who make considerable use of the Credit Transfer system... The number is placed in the box provided on the credit by the customer before passing the credit to the bank. It consists of three groups of two figures each, eg. 20-03-92, the first digits denoting the bank, and the remainder identifying the branch.

† sorting-kersey n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Sorting-Kersies, a sort of Cloth so call'd.

† sorting-machine n. Obsolete (see quots.).

ΚΠ

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2246/2 Sorting-machine..for gaging leather strips as they are cut from the hide to certain regulated sizes.

C3. In the sense ‘in, at, or on which sorting is done’.

sorting-board n.

ΚΠ

1885 F. H. Bowman Struct. Wool Fibre 358 Sorting-board, the table on which wool is sorted.

sorting house n.

ΚΠ

1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 191 In which is one of the sorting houses, under the comptrolment of the general penny-post.

sorting office n.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > workplace > place where specific jobs are done > [noun] > others

cutting room1700

pearl fishery1702

refinery1716

gin house1796

dressing shed1802

ginning house1819

boring-mill1833

sorting office1851

gut-scrapery1854

conditioning house1858

packery1861

washery1875

try-house1891

wet room1901

pump-out1935

1851 J. Milne Autobiogr. iv. 109 Aberdeen has become what is termed a sorting office.

sorting siding n.

ΚΠ

1899 Daily News 4 Mar. 3/2 At Woodford there are extensive sorting sidings.

sorting table n.

ΚΠ

1881 A. Bathgate Waitaruna xii. 172 The ‘pickers-up’ were busy gathering the fleeces..and carrying them to the sorting table.

sorting-out centre n.

ΚΠ

1952 S. Spender Learning Laughter vii. 97 The reader should be able to visualize them going to the sorting-out centre near Haifa.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	sorting
释义	sortingn. /ˈsɔːtɪŋ/ Forms: Also Middle English sortyng, Middle English Scottish -en, 1500s soorting. Etymology: < sort v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. 1. The action of the verb, in various senses; arrangement, classification. ΚΠ c1358 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 561 Will'o Randman pro pylyng et sortyng lane. 1485 Act 1 Hen. VII c. 10 §7 The same Wolle shuld be..clene wounde, withoute any sortyng, barbyng or clakkyng. 1494 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 248 Giffyne for sorten of the tymmyr in the ȝard, iij s. iij d. 1554 Act 1 Mary c. 7 §1 The..principall grounde of Clothmaking ys the true sorting of Wolles. 1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. iv, in Wks. I. 246 It is the sorting, and the diuiding,..and the decocting, that makes the fumigation. 1625 G. Markham Souldiers Accidence 1 For the Sorting of Armes, it is a good proportion to haue a Companie equally compounded of Armed men and Shot. 1694 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) iii. iii. 230 The Essences of the sorts of things, and consequently the sorting of Things, is the Workmanship of the Understanding. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 10. ¶6 The sorting of a Suit of Ribbons. 1766 Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 205 In sorting, the skain to be examined is put upon the hook. 1856 T. De Quincey Let. in ‘H. A. Page’ T. De Quincey: Life & Writings (1877) II. xvii. 51 The separation and sorting of such innumerable papers. 1892 Athenæum 23 Apr. 530/1 We have..a little too much mere sorting of the varied intellectual material. 2. a. With a and plural. An instance of this. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Assortissement,..a sorting, or suiting of things together. 1764 Museum Rusticum 2 38 I divide my fruit into three several sorts..; from these three sortings I have..six several kinds of cyder. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 812 The substances..undergo another sorting, with greater or less care. 1871 T. Carlyle in J. W. Carlyle Lett. & Memorials (1883) II. 362 He did for me all manner of..summaries, copyings, sortings. b. Scottish. An assortment, supply, stock. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > that which is supplied > a supply purveyance1340 substance?c1425 providencec1450 provisionc1451 furnish1500 supply1567 reply?1592 purvey?1615 product1647 sorting1785 1785 Comical Tricks Leper the Taylor 10 Poor Sandy went home with a skinful of terror, and a sorting of sore bones. 3. With adverbs, as out, up. ΚΠ 1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 76 Then came a sorting out of the juniors from the seniors. 1890 Daily News 16 Dec. 6/4 The higher prices..have caused a little more sorting up. Compounds C1. General attributive.Also, in modern use, with adverbs, as sorting-out influence, sorting-out operation, sorting-out process; sorting-up business, sorting-up order, sorting-up trade, etc. sorting-action n. ΚΠ 1897 Geogr. Jrnl. 9 278 One of the most remarkable phenomena attending the distribution of earthy materials by wind (or water) is the sorting action exercised by the fluid. sorting-out operation n. ΚΠ 1977 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 1976 21 ii. 149 In (44) the criterion of the sorting-out operation is P₁. sorting-out process n. ΚΠ 1960 E. H. Gombrich Art & Illusion ii. iv. 144 Classical art also underwent an evolution, a sorting-out process after its heroic period. C2. sorting-boom n. ΚΠ 1877 Lumberman's Gaz. 8 Dec. 362 There is a system of ‘sorting booms’ by which the logs, each bearing a distinguishing mark, are distributed to their several ownerships. † sorting-cloth n. Obsolete (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > other mantlec1300 osset1346 packing whites1483 stammet1531 frison1562 maldy1588 sorting-cloth1593 celter1597 washer1613 grazet1696 frisoneer1700 caneva1885 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric from specific place > [noun] irislams1375 westvale1383 hinderland1465 ypir?1517 Normandy1529 Ghentish1545 mant1575 Scots cloth1581 northerna1592 turquesques1594 Westphalia1612 nilla1614 phota1616 Norwich stuff1618 Venus1629 nicanee1652 East India1659 caffoy1678 Bengal1681 Mantua1699 coffoy1703 Chello1712 negannepaut1725 Russia drab1741 Wilton1744 toile de Jouy1784 sorting-cloth1847 rum-swizzle1851 sarong1858 Yokohama1879 Turkoman1881 Mexican1883 kanga1895 Milanese1926 leso1961 1593 in 3rd Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1872) 7/1 Woollen cloths..called vesses,..park cloths, or sorting cloths made in Somersetshire. a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 68 One Sack of Wooll..is accompted to make 4. Standard Clothes of clean Wooll called sorting Clothes. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Sorting-cloths, a kind of short cloths, with a blue selvage on both sides of the lists, made in the Eastern counties. sorting code n. Banking a code number which identifies a branch office in the banking system, and is used to facilitate the processing of cheques and credit transfers. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > banking > [noun] > sorting code sorting code1959 1959 D. S. Travers in Electronics in Banking (Institute of Bankers) 50 The cheque of the future... The code appears in five blocks... Block 2—Bank and branch sorting code. 1965 F. E. Perry & F. R. Ryder Thomson's Dict. Banking (ed. 11) 524/2 Sorting code numbers, a system devised to assist customers of banks who make considerable use of the Credit Transfer system... The number is placed in the box provided on the credit by the customer before passing the credit to the bank. It consists of three groups of two figures each, eg. 20-03-92, the first digits denoting the bank, and the remainder identifying the branch. † sorting-kersey n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Sorting-Kersies, a sort of Cloth so call'd. † sorting-machine n. Obsolete (see quots.). ΚΠ 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2246/2 Sorting-machine..for gaging leather strips as they are cut from the hide to certain regulated sizes. C3. In the sense ‘in, at, or on which sorting is done’. a. sorting-board n. ΚΠ 1885 F. H. Bowman Struct. Wool Fibre 358 Sorting-board, the table on which wool is sorted. sorting house n. ΚΠ 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 191 In which is one of the sorting houses, under the comptrolment of the general penny-post. sorting office n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > place where specific jobs are done > [noun] > others cutting room1700 pearl fishery1702 refinery1716 gin house1796 dressing shed1802 ginning house1819 boring-mill1833 sorting office1851 gut-scrapery1854 conditioning house1858 packery1861 washery1875 try-house1891 wet room1901 pump-out1935 1851 J. Milne Autobiogr. iv. 109 Aberdeen has become what is termed a sorting office. sorting siding n. ΚΠ 1899 Daily News 4 Mar. 3/2 At Woodford there are extensive sorting sidings. sorting table n. ΚΠ 1881 A. Bathgate Waitaruna xii. 172 The ‘pickers-up’ were busy gathering the fleeces..and carrying them to the sorting table. b. sorting-out centre n. ΚΠ 1952 S. Spender Learning Laughter vii. 97 The reader should be able to visualize them going to the sorting-out centre near Haifa. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021). sortingadj. Etymology: < sort v.¹ + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsorting. 1. That corresponds, agrees, or suits (with others of the same class or kind). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adjective] > corresponding or matching > with others of the same kind sortly1459 sorting1535 1535 Inventory Wardrobe Katharine of Arragon 24 in Camden Misc. (1855) III Item, fyve pecis of hanginges of tapistrye soorting. c1547 Inventory in MS Harl. 1419A f. 38 Nyne peces sorting.., every of theym lyned with Canvas. 2. That sorts, arranges, or classifies. ΚΠ 1912 Civil Service Year Bk. 61 The..pay of a Sorting Clerk and Telegraphist. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.c1358adj.1535
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sortingn.

Compounds

sortingadj.