单词 | spilling |
释义 | spillingn.1ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [noun] > damaging or injuring spillinga1122 impairment1340 marring1357 damaginga1400 defacingc1400 spoiling1479 violation?c1500 facingc1540 deface1556 defacement1561 infection1563 spoil1575 endamageance1594 damagement1603 mismaking1615 empoisonmenta1626 vitiation1635 vitiating1669 spoilage1815 savaging1858 spoliation1867 mucking about1969 a1122 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) ann. 999 Ne beheold hit nan þing..buton folces geswinc & feos spilling. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 469 Spyllynge, or lesynge or schendynge, confusio, deperdicio. 1496 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 270 For spilling of his hous in Striuiling be the Abbot of Vnresoun. 1600 Gowrie Consp. A iv Commanding him..that hee should not spare for spilling of his horse. 1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. A spilling, spoiling, or marring. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [noun] > waste waste1297 spillingc1380 consuminga1538 profusion1545 lavishing1574 consumption1613 lavishment1630 frittering1795 uneconomicalness1817 wastry1830 wastage1885 ineconomy1897 haemorrhaging1967 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 5425 Wan þay were to-gadre y-met, Spillyng of speche þar was gret y-mad bytwene hem þanne. 3. a. The action of causing to flow or run out wastefully; shedding; effusion. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > letting out > spilling spillinga1340 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxix. 11 What profit is in spillynge of my blode? c1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine v. 1631 He is cause of spillyng of mekel gentel blood. 1483 Cath. Angl. 355/1 A Spyllynge, perfusio. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiii. 19 The battale thair so felloune was, And sua richt gret spilling of blud. 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. I2v One iustlie weepes, the other takes in hand No cause, but companie of her drops spilling . View more context for this quotation 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii A Spilling commonly of blood, effusion. 1844 M. F. Tupper Crock of Gold xlviii. 314 About a thimbleful of water, after fifty spillings, arrived safely in a tumbler. b. With adverbs, as out, over. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > of something confined > spilling out spilling1883 spillage1934 slopping1945 sloppage1962 1883 E. C. Rollins New Eng. Bygones (new ed.) 36 The daily spilling-out from the doors of family life. 1909 J. Stuart Burma thro' Cent. i. 9 The spilling over from the kingdom..of Yunnan probably began fully two thousand years ago. c. The action of causing air to escape from a parachute; also such an escape of air. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > parachuting > [noun] > causing air to escape from parachute spilling1930 1930 Flight 11 July 784/2 As usual, he judged his distance perfectly, and by judicious ‘spilling’ landed right in front of the club enclosure. 1951 Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) iii. 15 Spilling, the escape of air, with local partial collapse, at the periphery of a parachute canopy, caused either by the instability of the parachute or by side~slipping. 4. plural. That which is spilt. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of spilling or that which is spilled > [noun] spiltha1616 spillings1772 spilla1849 sloppage1884 spillage1934 1772–3 Act 13 Geo. III c. 52 §6 The other four grains shall be allowed him towards his waste and spillings in making the said assays. 1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames iii. 99 The evil practice of staving Casks..to enlarge the quantity of spillings of Sugar, Coffee, &c. 1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. III. 47 Sundry circular deposits of ale and porter, the accidental spillings of last night's carouse. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xv. 13 They trace the spillings of full pitchers on the heated ground. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as spilling-place. ΚΠ 1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. i Derramadero, a scattering, or spilling place. C2. spilling-line n. Nautical (see quots. 17692, 1882). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > ropes for shortening sail > reefing lines reef line1711 reef tackle1711 point1769 reefpoint1769 spilling-line1769 reef hank1794 reefing point1847 1769 W. Falconer Shipwreck (ed. 3) ii. 64 High o'er the lee yard-arm the canvas swell'd: By spilling lines embrac'd, with brails confin'd. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine (1780) Spilling-lines,..ropes fixed occasionally to the main~sail and fore-sail of a ship,..for reefing or furling them more conveniently. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxi. 372 Reef-tackles were rove to the courses, and spilling-lines to the top-sails. 1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 125 The spilling lines..are small pieces of rope fitted on the fore side of the sail for picking up the reef line in reefing topsails. spilling-staysail n. Nautical a sail controlled by a spilling-line. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > sail set on a stay > other staysails mainstaysail1669 storm-staysail1850 spilling-staysail1851 queen staysail1922 queen's staysail1926 1851 R. Kipping Sails & Sail-making (ed. 2) 5 There are..sometimes a mizen-royal-staysail, and main-spilling-staysail. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021). spillingn.2 Mineralogy. (See quot. 1881.) ΚΠ 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 178 Spilling, Corn[wall], a process of driving or sinking through very loose ground. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1a1122n.21881 |
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