单词 | sousing |
释义 | sousingn.1 1. The action or process of pickling. Also attributive in sousing-drink, sousing-tub. Now Obsolete or dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preserving or pickling > [noun] pickling1498 sousing1551 potting1569 comfiting1580 conditure1596 marling1598 comfiture1601 preservinga1610 confecting1626 conditing1681 conservation1869 1551–60 Inventory Sir H. Parker in H. Hall Society in Elizabethan Age (1887) 150 A sowssing Tubb for brawne. 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. 110/1 Changing the sowsing drincke least it should waxe soure. 1601 R. Yarington Two Lamentable Trag. sig. E3v Chop of my head to make a Sowsing-tub. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Solloüoir, a salting, or sowcing tub. 1617 J. Murrell Bk. Cookerie (title page) The most commendable fashion of Dressing, or Sowcing, either Flesh, Fish, or Fowle. 2. A drenching; a thorough wetting. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > [noun] > an instance of dousinga1614 sousing?1697 sop1729 sopping1824 souser1862 sogging1882 wetter1885 ?1697 J. Lewis Mem. Duke of Glocester (1789) 57 Indeed it proved a good sousing, as he was handsomely wetted from the crown to his feet. 1764 S. Foote Mayor of Garret ii. 45 After all his marchings, his sousings, his sweatings. 1832 M. R. Mitford Our Village V. 313 The satisfactory conclusion of the sousing. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxvii. 224 After..some uncomfortable sousings in the snow-dust. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 July 13 This continual sousing..actually rots the hair and leads to baldness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sousingn.2 rare. The action of beating severely. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > [noun] > specific object a person threshingOE sousingc1580 rib-roast1595 basting1599 swingeing1603 cuffing1610 lamming1611 rib-roasting1613 mauling1621 pinking1637 drubbing1650 diverberation1651 verberation1661 trimming1675 rib1699 thrashing1720 dousing1721 fagging1746 bumping1751 dusting1799 clapperclawing1806 milling1806 hiding1809 punishment1811 doing1814 bethumping1831 mugging1846 jacketing1850 frailing1851 pasting1851 towelling1851 tanning1863 fum-fum1885 ribbing1894 paddywhack1898 tanking1905 beating-up1915 shellacking1931 sloshing1931 clobbering1948 twatting1963 duffing-up1967 c1580 tr. Bugbears ii. iv, in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1897) 98 With sowcynges, with rowsynges, with bownsynges, with trownsynges. 1788 Hist. of Schoolboy 46 Talboy declared it his firm intention to have bestowed upon him..an effectual sousing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019). sousingadj.1 1. Of ears: Suitable for sousing; unusually large. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > ear > [adjective] > types of ear lavea1400 sousing1567 pricking1614 erected1676 erect1735 flapped1841 cauliflowered1947 1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 14v Hee had a paire of sowsing eares to shilde him from the raine. 1673 E. Hickeringill Gregory 302 A dismal monster,..sowcing great luggs and a mouth greater. 2. a. Drenching, soaking. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > [adjective] > very wetting sousing1619 soakinga1642 sugging1733 drenching1768 sowping1807 drooking1813 saturating1897 1619 M. Drayton Legend Pierce Gaueston in Poems (new ed.) 353 By many a low Ebbe, many a lustie Tide, Many a smooth Calme, many a sowsing Showre. 1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) xvii. cxxi. 265 The gravid Vapor breaks..and pours the sousing weather Down through the gloomy air. 1830 W. Scott Jrnl. 7 July (1946) 116 I returnd after two, with a sousing shower for companion. 1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xlvi. 230 The windy, sousing, thwacking..corner called St. Lucas' Leap. b. Splashing in water. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of splashing > [adjective] > splashing or dashing flashy1582 swashing1620 plashing1813 splashing1837 spluttering1846 slushing1863 sousing1891 sloshing1924 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxiii. 24 They disappeared round the curve of the road, and only his sousing footsteps..told where they were. 3. Strong, vigorous, ‘powerful’. Now dialect.In later examples perhaps from souse v.2 ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] sprindeOE livelyOE kaskc1300 wightc1300 courageousc1386 wighty14.. wieldya1413 ablec1440 tall of hand1530 sappy1558 energical1565 energetical1585 greenya1586 stout1600 strenuous1602 forceful?1624 actuous1626 vigorous1638 vivid1638 high-spirited1653 hearty1665 actuose1677 living1699 full-blooded1707 executive1708 rugged1731 sousing1735 energic1740 bouncing1743 two-fisted1774 energetic1782 zestful1797 rollicking1801 through-ganging1814 throughgoing1814 slashing1828 high-powered1829 high pressure1834 rip-roaring1834 red-blooded1836 ripsnorting1846 zesty1853 dynamic1856 throbbing1864 goey1875 torpedoic1893 kinky1903 zippy1903 go-at-it1904 punchy1907 up-and-at-'em1909 driving1916 vibranta1929 kinetic1931 zinging1931 high-octane1936 zingy1938 slam-bang1939 balls-to-the-wall1967 balls-out1968 ass-kicking1977 hi-octane1977 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very great swappingc1440 bumping1566 thumping1576 swingeinga1592 knocking1598 gigantical1604 gigantine1605 gigantean1611 gigantal?1614 thundering1618 whoppinga1625 humming1654 rapping1657 whisking1673 threshing1707 sousing1735 nation1765 heroic1785 runaway1790 spanking1791 gigantic1797 whacking1797 cracking1834 ringing1834 bouncing1842 walloping1847 stavingc1850 banging1864 howling1865 whooping1866 smacking1888 God almighty1913 Christ almighty1961 1735 Visct. Bolingbroke Diss. upon Parties (ed. 2) 10 The arch Slyness of G—on, the dogmatical Dryness of H——e, or the sousing Prostitution of Sh—k. 1764 S. Foote Patron i. 17 A good sousing satire now, well powder'd with personal pepper. 1780 West's Guide to Lakes (ed. 2) (E.D.D.) A sousing blow. 1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. 132/1 A great sousing fellow. 1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. 132/1 A sousing lot. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sousingadj.2 Swooping. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > flight > [adjective] free1657 sousing1700 lofty1738 vespering1914 1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Theodore & Honoria in Fables 269 They close their trembling Troop; and all attend On whom the sowsing Eagle will descend. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.11551n.2c1580adj.11567adj.21700 |
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