spindlingn.

Etymology: < spindle n., spindle v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspindling.

a. The action of providing with a spindle or spindles. rare.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > machine > parts of > spindle > providing with

spindling1441

1441–2 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 185 In reparacione molendini.., viz. in spyndillyng et factura unius novi saylyerde, 3s. 8d.

b. (See quot. 1611.)

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1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Fusarie, trifles, toyes, spindlings.

2. The formation of a stem, stalk, or shoot, in plants.

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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

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §669 Another ill accident is drouth at the Spindling of the Corn, which with us is rare.

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 145 Their Leaves..may be tied in knots, which will prevent their spindling.

1726 Dict. Rusticum (ed. 3) Spindling, a term which Gardiners use, to signify the first Appearance or putting forth of Flowers, Stems, or their running up in Length.

3. A spindly plant, animal, etc.

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the world > animals > animal body > [noun] > unhealthy animal > weak or thin

rascal1530

wallydraigle1736

spindling1851

slink1863

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [noun] > weakly plant

straggler1553

underling1688

spindling1851

the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > slenderness > [noun] > that which is slender > and weak or fragile

spindling1851

1851 Ld. Tennyson Amphion (rev. ed.) in Poems (ed. 7) 328 Half-conscious of the garden-squirt, The spindlings look unhappy.

1852 Peter Parley's Ann. 330 Black sheep, or white sheep,..fat tails, or spindlings.

4. The process of recessing and tapering a spar for an aeroplane wing. Also attributive, as spindling jig, spindling machine.

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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > construction and servicing aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > recessing and tapering aircraft spar

spindling1918

1918 Aeronaut. Jrnl. Feb. 40 In the spindling of spars the job should be placed in a jig having stops upon it.

1919 A. J. S. Pippard & J. L. Pritchard Aeroplane Struct. 201 Spindling should not start rapidly, but should be gradual from the solid to the fully lightened section... Fig. 165, A, shows the wrong, and Fig. 165, B, the correct method of doing the spindling.

1920 F. T. Hill Pract. Aeroplane Constr. 106 Some form of spindling jig is required for this.

1920 F. T. Hill Pract. Aeroplane Constr. v. 108 The base of the spindling jig.

1920 F. T. Hill Pract. Aeroplane Constr. v. 110 The only marking out required for spindling is the end of the recess.

1920 F. T. Hill Pract. Aeroplane Constr. v. 116 Flanges are grooved on the spindling machine with a jig.

5. Medicine. The occurrence of fairly regular alternating increases and decreases of amplitude in an electroencephalogram.

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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > specific measuring or recording > [noun] > specific record > configurations in electrocardiogram

spindle1935

polyspike1950

spindling1963

flatline1976

1963 Electroencephalogr. & Clin. Neurophysiol. XV. 766/2 The randomness can account for such characteristics as spindling without involving concepts of beating between alpha patterns.

1968 Brit. Med. Bull. 24 257/1 Barnet and Lodge (1966) have averaged responses to 100 clicks or pure-tone bursts during deep sleep (high-voltage spindling in the eeg) in 22 infants.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

spindlingadj.

Etymology: < spindle v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspindling.

1. Of plants: Growing or shooting out into (long) stalks or stems, esp. of a slender or weakly kind.

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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [adjective] > spindly or straggling

spindly1655

straggling1674

spindling1750

gangling1818

speary1821

spindled1855

gangly1886

1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 217 Its numerous branches are spindling and weak.

1767 F. Fawkes tr. Theocritus Idylliums iv. 65 How high these thorns, and spindling brambles grow!

1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 546 Such warm sorts of land..are apt..to push the plants forward in such a rapid manner, that they become weak and spindling.

1851 B'ham & Midl. Gardener's Mag. Apr. 42 If they [sc. cuttings] are neglected in this particular they will grow spindling.

1885 Athenæum 23 May 669/1 Five spindling pines stand in the midst of a sandy waste.

figurative.1871 H. B. Stowe My Wife & I ix Doubt..breaks a fellow up, and makes him morally spindling and sickly.

2. Of things: Slender, spindly.

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the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > slenderness > [adjective] > and weak or fragile

feeble1340

tender1390

lean1578

thread-paper1747

toylike1818

spindly1827

spindling1858

1858 J. G. Holland Titcomb's Lett. vi. 59 There are others who are coming up delicately with spindling shanks, and narrow shoulders.

1861 Athenæum 29 June 867 The spindling piers of stone are not grave enough in character.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	spindling
释义	spindlingn. Etymology: < spindle n., spindle v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspindling. 1. a. The action of providing with a spindle or spindles. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > machine > parts of > spindle > providing with spindling1441 1441–2 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 185 In reparacione molendini.., viz. in spyndillyng et factura unius novi saylyerde, 3s. 8d. b. (See quot. 1611.) ΚΠ 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Fusarie, trifles, toyes, spindlings. 2. The formation of a stem, stalk, or shoot, in plants. 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 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §669 Another ill accident is drouth at the Spindling of the Corn, which with us is rare. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 145 Their Leaves..may be tied in knots, which will prevent their spindling. 1726 Dict. Rusticum (ed. 3) Spindling, a term which Gardiners use, to signify the first Appearance or putting forth of Flowers, Stems, or their running up in Length. 3. A spindly plant, animal, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > [noun] > unhealthy animal > weak or thin rascal1530 wallydraigle1736 spindling1851 slink1863 the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [noun] > weakly plant straggler1553 underling1688 spindling1851 the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > slenderness > [noun] > that which is slender > and weak or fragile spindling1851 1851 Ld. Tennyson Amphion (rev. ed.) in Poems (ed. 7) 328 Half-conscious of the garden-squirt, The spindlings look unhappy. 1852 Peter Parley's Ann. 330 Black sheep, or white sheep,..fat tails, or spindlings. 4. The process of recessing and tapering a spar for an aeroplane wing. Also attributive, as spindling jig, spindling machine. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > construction and servicing aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > recessing and tapering aircraft spar spindling1918 1918 Aeronaut. Jrnl. Feb. 40 In the spindling of spars the job should be placed in a jig having stops upon it. 1919 A. J. S. Pippard & J. L. Pritchard Aeroplane Struct. 201 Spindling should not start rapidly, but should be gradual from the solid to the fully lightened section... Fig. 165, A, shows the wrong, and Fig. 165, B, the correct method of doing the spindling. 1920 F. T. Hill Pract. Aeroplane Constr. 106 Some form of spindling jig is required for this. 1920 F. T. Hill Pract. Aeroplane Constr. v. 108 The base of the spindling jig. 1920 F. T. Hill Pract. Aeroplane Constr. v. 110 The only marking out required for spindling is the end of the recess. 1920 F. T. Hill Pract. Aeroplane Constr. v. 116 Flanges are grooved on the spindling machine with a jig. 5. Medicine. The occurrence of fairly regular alternating increases and decreases of amplitude in an electroencephalogram. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > specific measuring or recording > [noun] > specific record > configurations in electrocardiogram spindle1935 polyspike1950 spindling1963 flatline1976 1963 Electroencephalogr. & Clin. Neurophysiol. XV. 766/2 The randomness can account for such characteristics as spindling without involving concepts of beating between alpha patterns. 1968 Brit. Med. Bull. 24 257/1 Barnet and Lodge (1966) have averaged responses to 100 clicks or pure-tone bursts during deep sleep (high-voltage spindling in the eeg) in 22 infants. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021). spindlingadj. Etymology: < spindle v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspindling. 1. Of plants: Growing or shooting out into (long) stalks or stems, esp. of a slender or weakly kind. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [adjective] > spindly or straggling spindly1655 straggling1674 spindling1750 gangling1818 speary1821 spindled1855 gangly1886 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 217 Its numerous branches are spindling and weak. 1767 F. Fawkes tr. Theocritus Idylliums iv. 65 How high these thorns, and spindling brambles grow! 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 546 Such warm sorts of land..are apt..to push the plants forward in such a rapid manner, that they become weak and spindling. 1851 B'ham & Midl. Gardener's Mag. Apr. 42 If they [sc. cuttings] are neglected in this particular they will grow spindling. 1885 Athenæum 23 May 669/1 Five spindling pines stand in the midst of a sandy waste. figurative.1871 H. B. Stowe My Wife & I ix Doubt..breaks a fellow up, and makes him morally spindling and sickly. 2. Of things: Slender, spindly. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > slenderness > [adjective] > and weak or fragile feeble1340 tender1390 lean1578 thread-paper1747 toylike1818 spindly1827 spindling1858 1858 J. G. Holland Titcomb's Lett. vi. 59 There are others who are coming up delicately with spindling shanks, and narrow shoulders. 1861 Athenæum 29 June 867 The spindling piers of stone are not grave enough in character. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1441adj.1750
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