单词 | spearing |
释义 | spearingn.1 The action of piercing, killing, etc., with a spear. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing of animals > [noun] > by specific method cabaging1575 spearing1784 pithing1806 pig-sticking1821 worry1847 shechita1875 halal1888 estocada1910 lethalling1925 roadkill1943 autocide1967 the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > wound > wound by sharp weapon > action of stabbingc1425 goringa1513 foining1523 stab1530 stob1653 spearing1784 piking1798 1784 J. King Cook's Voy. Pacific III. vi. v. 297 Our diversion was therefore changed to spearing of salmon. 1839 T. C. Hofland Brit. Angler's Man. (1841) xv. 184 The spearing~ground generally chosen, is a soft, sandy, or grassy bottom. 1876 ‘Wildfowler’ Shooting & Fishing Trips II. 263 He resumed his spearing [of eels]. 1900 I. Savory Sportswoman in India i. 16 Spearing on the near side of a horse is most dangerous, and is not allowed. Draft additions 1993 2. North American. a. Ice Hockey, Lacrosse, etc. The illegal action of jabbing a member of an opposing team with the point or end of the stick. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > ice hockey > [noun] > actions goaltending1891 stick-handling1891 assist1925 body-checking1936 screenshot1940 slap shot1942 poke-check1945 spearing1957 deke1960 penalty killing1960 body check1962 poke-checking1963 takeaway1967 saucer pass1986 1957 Patrick & Monahan Let's play Hockey 36 I think spearing is a deliberate attempt to injure an opponent, and for this reason I believe it should be a major, five-minute penalty. 1963 Albertan (Calgary) 10 Dec. (Sports section) 11/2 ‘Spearing is dangerous, too, but there's more high-sticking’ Thompson said. 1970 M. Braithwaite Never sleep Three in Bed x. 126 Fist fights were frequent, and butt ends, spearing, and all the other neat little tricks were as common then as now. 1983 Washington Post 7 Mar. d8/1 Holt has taken some foolish sentences for spearing, unsportsmanlike conduct and unnecessary stick fouls. b. American Football. The illegal action of ramming or butting a member of an opposing team with the helmet. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres rush1857 punt-out1861 goal-kicking1871 safety1879 safety touchdown1879 scrimmage1880 rushing1882 safety touch1884 touchback1884 forward pass1890 run1890 blocking1891 signal1891 fake1893 onside kick1895 tandem-play1895 pass play1896 spiral1896 shift1901 end run1902 straight-arm1903 quarterback sneak1904 runback1905 roughing1906 Minnesota shift1910 quarterbacking1910 snap-back1910 pickoff1912 punt return1914 screen forward pass1915 screen pass1920 power play1921 sneak1921 passback1922 snap1922 defence1923 reverse1924 carry1927 lateral1927 stiff-arm1927 zone1927 zone defence1927 submarine charge1928 squib1929 block1931 pass rushing1933 safetying1933 trap play1933 end-around1934 straight-arming1934 trap1935 mousetrap1936 buttonhook1938 blitzing1940 hand-off1940 pitchout1946 slant1947 strike1947 draw play1948 shovel pass1948 bootleg1949 option1950 red dog1950 red-dogging1951 rollout1951 submarine1952 sleeper pass1954 draw1956 bomb1960 swing pass1960 pass rush1962 blitz1963 spearing1964 onsides kick1965 takeaway1967 quarterback sack1968 smash-mouth1968 veer1968 turn-over1969 bump-and-run1970 scramble1971 sack1972 nose tackle1975 nickel1979 pressure1981 1964 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 4 May 421/1 The practice of head-blocking and head-tackling known as ‘spearing’ must be examined carefully... One must question the place of spearing in high school football. 1973 R. C. Schneider Head & Neck Injuries in Football vi. 116 The mechanism for such injury whether due to ‘stick-blocking’ or ‘spearing’, may involve impairment of the vascular supply to the brain stem. 1979 Facts on File 9 Mar. 176/1 The committee added an automatic first down to the established 15-yard penalties for spearing (ramming or butting with the helmet), kicking an opponent,..and striking the ball carrier. 1987 QuarterBack (Charlbury) Mar. 14/1 Spearing, that flagrant abuse of the rules, has been banned for 10 years and paralysing neck injuries have dropped. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2019). spearingn.2 Chiefly U.S. 1. U.S. The anchovy. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > order Clupeiformes > [noun] > family Engraulidae > engraulis encrasicholus (anchovy) anchovy1582 javelin1655 sea-minnow1672 spearing1884 1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 612 The fishermen distinguish it [sc. Anchovy] from the true ‘Whitebait’, the young of the herring, calling it ‘Spearing’. 2. ground spearing (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Siluriformes (catfish) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous member of sea-cat1601 gaff-topsail1794 mudpout1804 mudcat1819 blue cat1826 channel cat-fish1838 channel cat1847 sea-catfish1882 goujon1883 scorpion fish1883 bashaw1888 ground spearing1896 a1837 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XXIV. 333/2 Saurus Myops, Cuv.;..Mouse-eyed Saury... Is found off St. Helena, and called by the colonists the Ground Spearing. 1896 D. S. Jordan & B. W. Evermann Fishes N. & Middle Amer. (Bull. U.S. National Mus. No. 47) i. 533 Trachinocephalus myops,..Ground Spearing;..common in West Indies and Brazil. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2019). † spearingadj. Obsolete. rare. Rising in a spiral form. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [adjective] > moving upwards in other ways upspringingc1400 upflinging1566 upsteaming1582 spearing1753 uprushing1801 upheaving1821 upward-striving1844 upward-shooting1857 upshooting1869 upward-rushing1871 1753 Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) 47 478 Those, who saw it evaporate, affirm it ascended into the clouds in a long spearing vapour, and at last ended in a fiery stream. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021). > as lemmasˈspearing ˈspearing adj. and n.1 ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [noun] > closing or shutting > closing a door, window, etc. spearinga1400 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [adjective] > closed or shut > able to be spearinga1400 shuttable1854 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 1683 Þou shalt..Make..A sperynge wyndowe als on heȝe. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 284/2 Latchynge, or sperynge wythe a lacche, clitura, pessulatus. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 460/1 Sloot, or schytyl of sperynge,..pessulum. 1542 T. Becon Potacion for Lent sig. I.viijv The spearynge of the chyrch dore. ˈspearing ˈspearing n.2 ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > [noun] > sprouting or germination shutea1300 springinga1387 bearinga1398 germination?1440 springing1531 sprouting1547 blading1548 shoot1572 sprout1586 spring1597 putting1623 eruption1626 spindling1626 germinating1644 spearing1707 spiring1733 flushing1810 plantulation1819 germing1832 germinance1841 stooling1854 coming up1908 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 23 You may prepare them for spearing by laying the [Ash-] Keys in Earth or Sand. < as lemmas |
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