单词 | streeking |
释义 | streekingn. 1. a. The action of stretching or extending. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > [noun] > extension or stretching streekinga1340 stretchingc1375 outstretchinga1387 stretching out1530 splaying1531 extending?1541 outreaching1587 extension1615 outstretchedness1674 protraction1681 exporrection1697 outstretch1828 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxi. 17 The strekynge of his body in the tre myght noght haf ben bettere dyscryed. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 479/1 Streykynge [King's Cambr. strekyng], or spredynge owute,..extencio, protencio. 1586 T. Bright Treat. Melancholie xxvi. 155 In streaking, the muscles are contracted. 1608 Bp. J. Hall Characters Vertues & Vices ii. 120 After some streaking and yawning [he] calles for dinner. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Streaking, stretching. b. spec. The laying out a corpse. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [noun] > laying out streeking1777 laying1843 1777 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. 23 The Ceremonies used..in what we call laying out or streeking in the North. 1777 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. 23 note A Streeking-Board is that on which they stretch out and compose the Limbs of the dead Body. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 93 He's a bonny corpse,..and weel worth the streaking. 1896 J. M. Barrie Sentimental Tommy xxvii. 317 ‘Do you know what straiking is?’ ‘Arraying the corpse for the coffin, laying it out, in short, is it not?’ ‘Ay, ay.’ 2. The action of setting (a plough or other implement) to work. streeking-time, ploughing-time. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > [noun] > bringing into action > setting in operation streeking?a1500 start1680 startings1907 turn-on1962 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > ploughing time streeking-time?a1500 a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox, Wolf, & Husbandman l. 2234 in Poems (1981) 85 Sa happinnit him, in streiking tyme of ȝeir, Airlie in the morning to follou furth his feir Vnto the pleuch. 1555 Charters etc. Peebles (1872) 218 At the streking of the plewis yerelie, betwix Sanct Lucas day and Mertymes, and at harrowis streking. 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 312 The season of labouring,..from the time of strieking, to upseed time. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online September 2021). streekingadj. That extends; that is stretched out. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > [adjective] > extended or stretched out forth-straȝta1382 straight14.. streekingc1425 stented1513 stretched1518 outstretched1535 intended1590 out-stenta1598 exporrected1650 distended1834 c1425 Wyntoun Cron. ii. 432 Ryngis fyrst he gert men were, Þa he gert on mydfynger ber, For fra þat to þe hart, he saide, Ane ewyn strekande wayne was laide. 1572 G. Gascoigne Good Nyghte in Hundred Flowers 23 The streking [1575 stretching] arms, the yauning breath, which I to bedward vse. 1577 J. Grange Golden Aphroditis sig. Iijv Then is it no masterie for me (Lady) with streaking armes to swimme in a sea of honny. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. iv. xix. 152 He ouerthrew him backward with the bosse of his target, and laid him streaking along. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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