surfacingn.

Brit.

/ˈsəːfᵻsɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈsərfəsɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: surface v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < surface v. + -ing suffix¹.

a. The action or process of giving a (particular kind of) surface to something; an instance of this. Frequently attributive, as surfacing machine, surfacing plane, etc. Cf. surface v. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > [noun]

placage1754

surfacing1846

cladding1939

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > [noun] > a surfacing or cladding

casing1791

surfacing1846

cladding1939

1778 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 27 Apr. 1775 Harrowing, and spikey-rolling..Re-stirring..Surfacing.

1846 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. II. 477 The ordinary surfacing planes.

1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 205 The surfacing [of the copper rings in an Armstrong gun] should be performed after every 100 rounds.

1882 Garden 18 Mar. 186/1 Walks..should..have received surfacings of fresh gravel.

1937 Times 13 Apr. p. iii/2 Much that can make for safety lies in the expert designing, surfacing and lighting of the highways.

1942 National Geographic Mag. June 723/2 Even at night big surfacing machines swept up and down the landing strip under the glare of spotlights.

2006 Britannia 37 381 Excavation prior to the surfacing of the garden for a car-park identified several Roman features.

b. concrete. The coating or covering with which something (esp. a road) is surfaced; a surface layer.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > parts of road > [noun] > surface

roading1853

surfacing1897

carpet1920

wearing course1940

1897 Catal. Maiolica Ashm. Mus. Oxf. 4 Certain of the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman..wares, on which a thin surfacing or semi-glazing seems to have been applied.

1908 C. E. Morrison Highway Engin. iii. 46 Gravel roads seem to occupy an intermediate place between those of earth and broken stone, in the tractive force required, character of surfacing, and cost of construction.

1954 Gloss. Highway Engin. Terms (B.S.I.) 31 Surfacing, the top layer or layers, comprising the wearing course and/or base course but not the base.

2007 Irish Times (Nexis) 21 Nov. 4 The authority's concern about the safety implications of extended use of a type of temporary road surfacing.

2. Chiefly Australian. The action or process of extracting gold or other valuable minerals from surface deposits, esp. by washing. Also (concrete) a deposit suitable to be treated in this way. Now rare. Cf. surface v. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > washing or streaming

washing1578

stream-work1586

streaming1778

surfacing1852

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > [noun] > other mining products

corec1420

slam1650

concentrate1871

surfacing1890

1852 Times 6 Nov. 5/6 One of the last ‘rushes’ was upon Golden Gully,..where some excellent surfacing had been discovered.

1852 Times 27 Dec. 5/5 All the work hitherto done has been ‘surfacing’, and some parties have collected a considerable amount of the precious metal that way.

1861 T. McCombie Austral. Sketches 133 What is termed ‘surfacing’ consists of simply washing the soil on the surface of the ground, which is occasionally auriferous.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right II. xv. 64 It seems they have been mopping up some rich surfacing.

1906 Queensland Dept. Mines Geol. Surv. No. 201 16 It is, in fact, the dry-blowers who have done the greater part of the surfacing here.., most of the ground being too poor to pay for cartage of the ‘wash’ to water.

1951 Cairns (Queensland) Post 13 Feb. 7/5 Mr. Rands' report spoke of 400 ounces having been found in one week in earlier surfacing work.

3. The action or fact of rising to the surface; an instance of this. Also figurative (cf. surface v. 4).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [noun] > diving or surfacing of submarines

dive1915

crash-dive1919

surfacing1922

1922 Glasgow Herald 27 Apr. 7 Submarine H 42 rose to the surface some 30 yards right ahead of the Versatile... The reason for her surfacing was not known.

1967 Times 18 May 11/2 This surfacing of atavistic fears and hatreds.

1973 Condor 75 472/2 The Chinstrap and..Gentoo Penguin appear to practice longer periods of breath-holding between surfacings when diving.

1998 S. Sontag et al. Blind Man's Bluff x. 216 Special buoyancy controls, and hull modifications that allowed the subs to break through thin ice for emergency surfacings.

2003 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 26 July 118 A media frenzy, that began with the surfacing of the allegations on July 1, went into overdrive.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	surfacing
释义	surfacingn. Brit. /ˈsəːfᵻsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsərfəsɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: surface v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < surface v. + -ing suffix¹. 1. a. The action or process of giving a (particular kind of) surface to something; an instance of this. Frequently attributive, as surfacing machine, surfacing plane, etc. Cf. surface v. 1. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > [noun] placage1754 surfacing1846 cladding1939 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > [noun] > a surfacing or cladding casing1791 surfacing1846 cladding1939 1778 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 27 Apr. 1775 Harrowing, and spikey-rolling..Re-stirring..Surfacing. 1846 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. II. 477 The ordinary surfacing planes. 1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 205 The surfacing [of the copper rings in an Armstrong gun] should be performed after every 100 rounds. 1882 Garden 18 Mar. 186/1 Walks..should..have received surfacings of fresh gravel. 1937 Times 13 Apr. p. iii/2 Much that can make for safety lies in the expert designing, surfacing and lighting of the highways. 1942 National Geographic Mag. June 723/2 Even at night big surfacing machines swept up and down the landing strip under the glare of spotlights. 2006 Britannia 37 381 Excavation prior to the surfacing of the garden for a car-park identified several Roman features. b. concrete. The coating or covering with which something (esp. a road) is surfaced; a surface layer. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > parts of road > [noun] > surface roading1853 surfacing1897 carpet1920 wearing course1940 1897 Catal. Maiolica Ashm. Mus. Oxf. 4 Certain of the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman..wares, on which a thin surfacing or semi-glazing seems to have been applied. 1908 C. E. Morrison Highway Engin. iii. 46 Gravel roads seem to occupy an intermediate place between those of earth and broken stone, in the tractive force required, character of surfacing, and cost of construction. 1954 Gloss. Highway Engin. Terms (B.S.I.) 31 Surfacing, the top layer or layers, comprising the wearing course and/or base course but not the base. 2007 Irish Times (Nexis) 21 Nov. 4 The authority's concern about the safety implications of extended use of a type of temporary road surfacing. 2. Chiefly Australian. The action or process of extracting gold or other valuable minerals from surface deposits, esp. by washing. Also (concrete) a deposit suitable to be treated in this way. Now rare. Cf. surface v. 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > washing or streaming washing1578 stream-work1586 streaming1778 surfacing1852 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > [noun] > other mining products corec1420 slam1650 concentrate1871 surfacing1890 1852 Times 6 Nov. 5/6 One of the last ‘rushes’ was upon Golden Gully,..where some excellent surfacing had been discovered. 1852 Times 27 Dec. 5/5 All the work hitherto done has been ‘surfacing’, and some parties have collected a considerable amount of the precious metal that way. 1861 T. McCombie Austral. Sketches 133 What is termed ‘surfacing’ consists of simply washing the soil on the surface of the ground, which is occasionally auriferous. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right II. xv. 64 It seems they have been mopping up some rich surfacing. 1906 Queensland Dept. Mines Geol. Surv. No. 201 16 It is, in fact, the dry-blowers who have done the greater part of the surfacing here.., most of the ground being too poor to pay for cartage of the ‘wash’ to water. 1951 Cairns (Queensland) Post 13 Feb. 7/5 Mr. Rands' report spoke of 400 ounces having been found in one week in earlier surfacing work. 3. The action or fact of rising to the surface; an instance of this. Also figurative (cf. surface v. 4). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [noun] > diving or surfacing of submarines dive1915 crash-dive1919 surfacing1922 1922 Glasgow Herald 27 Apr. 7 Submarine H 42 rose to the surface some 30 yards right ahead of the Versatile... The reason for her surfacing was not known. 1967 Times 18 May 11/2 This surfacing of atavistic fears and hatreds. 1973 Condor 75 472/2 The Chinstrap and..Gentoo Penguin appear to practice longer periods of breath-holding between surfacings when diving. 1998 S. Sontag et al. Blind Man's Bluff x. 216 Special buoyancy controls, and hull modifications that allowed the subs to break through thin ice for emergency surfacings. 2003 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 26 July 118 A media frenzy, that began with the surfacing of the allegations on July 1, went into overdrive. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). surfacingadj. Brit. /ˈsəːfᵻsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsərfəsɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: surface v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < surface v. + -ing suffix². That rises to the surface. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1916 Calif. Fish & Game Jan. 16 The bait can be carried off to the side and skipped over the school of surfacing fish. 1939 Scotsman 14 Nov. 11/6 This light was reflected on to the water, out of sight of any surfacing submarine. 1977 Clearing House 50 239/1 Punctuation and spelling errors often fall away like water from a surfacing swimmer. 1998 E. W. Joyce Cultural Critique & Abstraction 118 The seemingly random expression of surfacing thoughts that hopefully identify sites of repression. 2011 L. MacDonald Meeting Lydia xxxii. 263 A tiny speck bobbing on the waves might be a boat or a surfacing porpoise. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1778adj.1916
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