单词 | stabbing |
释义 | stabbingn. 1. The action or an act of stab v. in various senses. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > [noun] > action of thrusting pointed weapon stoking1417 stabbingc1425 the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > wound > wound by sharp weapon > action of stabbingc1425 goringa1513 foining1523 stab1530 stob1653 spearing1784 piking1798 the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > [noun] > by boring, piercing, or perforating > with sharp-pointed instrument stickingeOE stabbingc1425 steeking1488 jobbinga1578 spitting1623 probing1665 impunction1712 spiking1775 skewering1794 jagging1815 pierce1820 eyelet holing1845 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > blow struck with an object or instrument > with something pointed stabbingc1425 picka1522 stab1530 prog1821 c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. 6534 For his hors rycht weill armyt was, That he þare stabyng dred weill les. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) xvii. 785 Off stabing [Camb. MS. staffing], stocking and striking, Thar maid thai sturdy defending. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iv. 6 He is a Souldier, and for one to say a Souldier lies, is stabbing. 1765 Museum Rusticum 4 90 I was obliged to perform the operation of stabbing in three several parts of the belly before the ox was relieved. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 193 This statute was made on account of the frequent quarrels and stabbings with short daggers. ΚΠ 1680 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester (ed. 2) 12 Lastly, by Stabbing, that is, having a Smooth Box, and small in the bottom, you drop in both your Dice in such manner as you would have them sticking therein by reason of its narrowness [etc.]. Compounds stabbing awl n. ΚΠ 1837 W. B. Adams Eng. Pleasure Carriages 152 An awl called a stabbing awl. stabbing board n. Oil Industry (see quot. 1932). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > oil and natural gas recovery equipment > [noun] > position from which pipes are joined stabbing board1932 1932 Amer. Speech 7 271 Stabbing-board, a board in the derrick at the height of one joint, from which the derrick man stabs pipe. 1974 R. D. Langenkamp Handbk. Oil Industry Terms & Phrases 126 The derrick man stands on the stabbing board and assists in guiding the threaded end of the casing into the collar of the preceding joint that is hanging in the slips in the rotary table. stabbing harpoon n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > whaling equipment > [noun] > harpoon > types of gun-harpoon1867 bomb-lance1883 rocket bomb1883 toggle-iron1884 toggle-harpoon1888 stabbing harpoon1895 1895 R. Kipling Second Jungle Bk. 155 Kadlu..crossed the hut for his short stabbing-harpoon. stabbing machine n. ΚΠ 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Stabbing-machine, a machine for perforating a pile of folded and gathered signatures for the insertion of the stitching-thread. stabbing press n. ΚΠ 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Stabbing-press. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Stabbing-press, a bookbinder's press, in which pointed rods are driven through the folded sheets near the back, to stitch them together. stabbing spear n. ΚΠ 1892 H. R. Haggard Nada the Lily 33 Armed with the short stabbing-spear. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2022). stabbingadj. 1. a. Of a weapon: That stabs. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 725 They often giue vs (Souldiers) the Lye, but wee pay them for it with stamped Coyne, not stabbing Steele. View more context for this quotation 1813 W. Scott Rokeby vi. 326 But still his struggling force he rears, 'Gainst hacking brands and stabbing spears. b. figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > [adjective] > cutting or piercing piercinga1400 stabbing1600 hacking1602 flesh-transpiercing1609 ganching1614 griding1667 slashing1950 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor iv. iii. sig. Miiv Come, you'le neuer leaue your stabbing Simile's. View more context for this quotation a1679 W. Outram 20 Serm. (1682) 403 That's a black and stabbing thought. a1704 T. Brown Lett. to Gentlemen & Ladies in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) ii. 107 I dare trust my self no longer with such stabbing Ideas. 1745 E. Haywood Female Spectator No. 13. 20 Instead of reasoning with Zimene, and perswading her to moderation in so stabbing a Circumstance. 2. Of pain: Sharp and sudden, characterized by twinges comparable to the effect of a stab. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [adjective] > sudden angrya1500 pang-likea1586 twinging1647 stitching1699 shooting1752 lancing1758 lancinating1762 stabbing1764 catching1820 fulgurating1878 1764 J. Colebrook in Philos. Trans. 1763 (Royal Soc.) 53 347 She complained of most excruciating stabbing pains in both breasts. 1896 M. Beaumont Joan Seaton 175 Unconscious of the stabbing pain in his foot. Derivatives ˈstabbingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [adverb] snipa1661 stabbingly1673 clippingly1849 incisively1871 1673 Bp. S. Parker Reproof Rehearsal Transprosed 287 This intimation..is as stabbingly suggested as the story of Sardanapalus. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1425adj.1600 |
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