sparkingn.1
/ˈspɑːkɪŋ/ The action of emitting sparks; spec. the production or emission of electric sparks at points where the continuity of a current is broken or interrupted.
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the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > spark or glittering light > sparkling or glittering
glistening1398
sprankling1398
twinkling1398
sprinklinga1400
sparklingc1440
glisteringc1450
glister1535
glittering1567
spangling1576
scintillation1585
sparkle1589
glitter1602
sparking1611
coruscancy1630
emication1646
eruscationa1652
sparklingnessa1691
glitterance1801
glisten1840
spangle1853
sparkliness-
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > discharge of electricity > [noun] > point of discharge > discontinuous discharge > emission of
sparking1611
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Scintillation, a sparking, or sparkling.
1883 Daily News 29 Sept. 7/1 It is, perhaps, owing to this arrangement that there is so little sparking to be seen at the brushes of the machine.
1894 Westm. Gaz. 15 Jan. 3/1 None of the electric supply companies can prevent sparking from their cables.
Compounds
C1. attributive, as sparking arrangement, sparking distance, sparking knob, etc.
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1881 Nature No. 624. 572 As soon as the cloud by its motion comes within sparking distance.
1891 Dublin Rev. Oct. 421 The sparking arrangement is placed inside an ordinary projection lantern.
1900 Knowledge 1 Oct. 234/2 If the electric bell was placed on the same table as the sparking knobs.
C2.
sparking coil n. = spark coil n. at spark n.1 Compounds 4.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > discharge of electricity > [noun] > point of discharge > in internal-combustion engine > coil
spark coil1868
sparking coil1897
ignition coil1900
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > parts of > starters > parts of
spark coil1868
sparking coil1897
ignition coil1900
timer1901
point1902
1897 G. D. Hiscox Gas Engines x. 74 The sparking coil..consists of a bundle of iron wire, insulated and wrapped with insulated copper wire.
1929 Proc. Inst. Automobile Engineers 23 252 If the sparking coil and plug gap be so balanced that the spark is just able to pass without a following arc, then the least widening of the gap will result in a failure of the spark to pass.
sparking plug n. a device that is fitted to the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and used to ignite the explosive mixture in the cylinder by the discharge of a spark between two electrodes at its end.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > discharge of electricity > [noun] > point of discharge > in internal-combustion engine > plug
plug1886
ignition plug1900
sparking plug1902
spark plug1903
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > parts of > starters
fire syringe1822
starting handle1836
magneto1882
self-starter1884
plug1886
gas starter1898
ignition plug1900
sparking plug1902
spark plug1903
dual ignition1909
impulse coupling1916
impulse starter1916
kick-starter1916
mag1918
cut-in1921
cartridge starter1922
recoil starter1931
glow plug1947
ignition1961
1902 Daily Chron. 5 Sept. 7/5 Only when I got to the very top did I find the last sparking plug cracked.
1908 tr. Lieckfeld's Oil Motors v. 85 A further improvement in electric ignition was introduced by the French firm [sc. de Dion et Bouton] when they brought out the sparking plug.
1929 E. Linklater Poet's Pub xxvi. 279 The life of a sparking-plug is a fierce tropical existence.
1970 K. Ball Fiat 600, 600D Autobook iii. 35/2 For the best performance, sparking plugs should be renewed every 10,000 miles.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
sparkingn.2
U.S.
Courting, paying attentions. Also attributive.
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the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [noun]
wooingc1000
wouhlechec1230
wouhlechunga1250
love work?a1300
love-druryc1300
love playc1390
suitc1475
lovemakinga1500
loveshipc1500
suiting1568
courtship1600
courting1607
suitoringa1640
amouring1675
sparking1804
sprunting1823
lovering1848
twosing1940
1804 T. G. Fessenden Orig. Poems 95 She's courted been, by many a lad, And knows how sparking's done.
1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. I. 47 I don't mean to say that Judy had any thing agin sparking.
a1859 McClintock Beadle's Crtship. If I ever..had any dealings with the feminine gender again, in the sparking line.
1888 E. Eggleston Graysons xxxiii. 348 The boys that do a good deal of sparking, and the girls that have a lot of beaux.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
sparkingadj.
1. That emits sparks; filled with sparks.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [adjective] > sparking
sparkling?c1225
sparkinga1300
sputteringa1657
flaky1776
a1300 Cursor Mundi 2925 Wit sparcand reke..Als it war a brinand ouen.
1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxvi, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 740 Then there is naething but sparking ashes.
1904 Westm. Gaz. 21 Sept. 1/1 About as comfortable a seat as a barrel of gunpowder in a sparking smithy.
2. Scottish. That gives off spots; spattering.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > splashed or spattered with wet substance > splashing or spattering with wet substance
sparking1873
1873 A. G. Murdoch Lilts on Doric Lyre 57 Noo I maun dicht my sparkin' pen.
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