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单词 streeking
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streekingn.

Etymology: < streek v. + -ing suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈstreeking.
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.
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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.

Etymology: < streek v. + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈstreeking.
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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