单词 | spirting |
释义 | spirtingadj. 1. a. That spirts (in transitive or intransitive senses). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of squirting or issuing in a jet > [adjective] > squirting or issuing in a jet spirting1583 squirting1693 jetting1826 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [adjective] > emitting > emitting in a jet spirting1583 squirting1735 jetting1826 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Niv All beuenimd is her spirting tongue. 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. D3 Making thy peace with heav'n.., With Holy-meale, and spirting-salt. 1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked xlvii. §475 With a spirting quill. 1790 A. Young Jrnl. 15 Jan. in Trav. France (1792) i. 274 With the addition of some spirting jets d'eau. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. x. 93 The lady has prodded little spirting holes in the damp sand before her with her parasol. b. spirting cucumber: see spirting cucumber n. at cucumber n. 3a. ΚΠ 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. xl. 372 Of the wilde spirting Cucumbre. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Concombre sauvage, the wild Cowcumber, Spirting Cowcumber, Touch-me-not. 1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. iii. 287 You may now sow in natural Ground the wild spirting Cucumber. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 328 Spirting Cucumber, Momordica. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 193 The perennial roots of all the order appear to contain similar bitter drastic virtues, especially that of the..Spirting Cucumber. 2. Resembling that made by spirts of liquid. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [adjective] > spirting spirting1594 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. K Inchained chiriping birds, whose throates..made a spirting sound. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2019). > as lemmasˈspirting ˈspirting n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of squirting or issuing in a jet > [noun] spouting1611 sprouting1611 sprounting1691 jetting1702 spirting1845 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > sudden or violent > in a jet spouting1611 sprouting1611 sprounting1691 jetting1702 spirting1845 1845 P. Barlow Manuf. in Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 415/1 Some inconvenience is caused by the spirting. 1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table xii. 364 We all like the spirting up of a fountain. < adj.1578 as lemmas |
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