单词 | bounding |
释义 | † boundingn.1 Obsolete. 1. The action of forming or marking a limit of, or setting up a boundary to. Also with out. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > action or fact of bounding bounding1543 buttaling1571 termination1604 circumscriptiona1616 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > land-boundary > forming or marking boundary bounding1543 1543 Act 35 Hen. VIII xvii. §7 The..meting and bounding of the said fourth Part of the said Woods. 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 13v When a Myne is found..the first discouerer..at the foure corners of his limited proportion, diggeth vp three Turfes, and the like (if he list) on the sides, which they terme Bounding. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. vi. §7. 323 In bounding out their proper Lands. 2. Abuttal, marching; boundary. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [noun] > contiguity > bordering bounding1552 bordering1580 confining1599 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bowndynge or buttynge of thre fieldes ioynynge together. 1703 D. Defoe Orig. Power People in Misc. 159 Buttings and Boundings of Land. 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 6 The buttings and boundings of several tenements near this bay. 3. figurative. A limiting, confining, or restricting. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] limiting1391 moderation1429 bridlingc1443 limitation1483 confine1548 restriction1554 limit1572 prescription1604 bounding1607 circumscriptiona1616 stricture1649 stinting1656 circumscribing1660 contractiona1670 confinement1678 contracting1692 handcuff1814 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun] > restriction or limitation definitionc1386 limiting1391 moderation1429 limitation1483 restriction1554 restraint1566 limit1572 stint1593 prescription1604 stintance1605 bounding1607 confining1608 confine1609 circumscriptiona1616 definement1643 stricture1649 stinting1656 circumscribing1660 contractiona1670 confinement1678 contracting1692 narrowing1871 1607 S. Hieron Abridgem. of Gospell in Wks. (1620) I. 99 Neither is it..any straightning or bounding of Gods Spirit. 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 316 This is a bounding of our power. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2021). boundingn.2 A leaping or springing, esp. in an elastic way. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [noun] leapingc1000 loupingc1440 loping1483 springing?1530 vaulting1531 saltion1541 jumping1565 exultation1599 bounding1607 exilition1646 saltation1646 salture1656 saliency1664 salitiona1682 upleaping1867 jumpery1882 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. 199 It fortefies a horse exceedingly in his boundings and hie salts. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 321. ¶6 His [sc. Satan's] bounding over the Walls of Paradise. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Range The bounding of a flat stone thrown almost horizontally into the water. 1841 T. B. Macaulay Comic Dramatists in Ess. (1854) II. 569/2 Amidst the bounding of champagne corks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2020). boundingadj.1 a. That bounds, or forms a boundary to. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [adjective] > that bounds or forms boundary terminative?a1475 bounding1594 boundedc1600 limitary1771 circumscribing1846 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. H3v A gentle flood..the bounding banks oreflowes. View more context for this quotation 1790 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum III. 305 Where bounding hawthorns gayly bloom. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xvii. 28 Thro' circles of the bounding sky. View more context for this quotation 1881 J. C. Maxwell Treat. Electr. & Magnetism (ed. 2) I. 17 The region has one bounding surface. ΚΠ 1586 W. Warner Æneidos in Albions Eng. sig. Niiii A parte of Thrace called Cressa, bounding on Mygdonia. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxvii. xxx. 691 e A citie..bounding upon the Ocean. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2018). boundingadj.2 1. a. That bounds, leaps, or springs. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [adjective] leaping?a1400 jumping1567 saltant1601 vaultinga1616 salient1646 saltitant1654 springing1658 boundinga1667 saltating1852 upleaping1867 a1667 A. Cowley Of Greatness in Wks. (1710) II. 746 Playing at Nuts and Bounding Stones, with little Syrian and Moorish Boys. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Ceyx & Alcyone in Fables 363 Then o'er the bounding Billows shall we fly. 1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 327 The bounding fawn, that darts across the glade. 1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow (ed. 2) II. iv. 70 With what a bounding heart did [he] step into the boat! 1884 Daily News 1 Apr. 5/1 The days of a bounding revenue have not come back. b. Of the pulse. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > vascular system > circulation > pulsation > [adjective] > types of pulsation slowa1398 stronga1398 throbbinga1450 systematical1658 long1671 natant1707 undose1707 vermiculose1707 exalted1742 salienta1791 inciduous1822 fluttering1834 sharp1843 sluggish1843 tricrotic1876 tricrotous1877 bounding1879 short1898 quadrigeminal1906 plateau1923 1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 783 A very bad illness, marked by headache, bounding, hardly compressible pulse. c. figurative. Increasing by leaps and bounds. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > increasing rapidly or sharply fast-growing1597 skyrocketing1833 skyrockety1856 bounding1887 ballooning1896 mushrooming1954 rocketing1959 1887 Charity Organis. Rev. III. 230 And yet, those..bounding vagrancy returns! 2. = bounderish adj. colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adjective] > base or vile low?c1225 lechera1300 vilea1300 feeblea1325 unfreec1330 villain1340 wrackc1375 villains1390 noughty1443 slovenly?1518 peasant1550 sluttish1561 vild1567 knaifatic1568 scallardc1575 base1576 tinkerly?1576 beggarly?1577 cullion-like1591 brokerly1592 broking1592 ignoble1592 cullionly1608 disnoble1609 unsolid1731 lowly1740 blackguard1751 blackguardly1779 menial1837 low-flung1841 caddish1868 basilar1884 bounding1904 bounderish1928 1904 Spectator 31 Dec. 1089/1 A certain repulsion excited by his ‘bounding’ behaviour. 1924 H. A. Vachell Quinney's Adventures 169 I caught him looking at that bounding Tommy Loring. Derivatives ˈboundingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [adverb] leapingly1548 springingly1668 boundingly1838 1838 Monthly Mag. 524 Away the bark boundingly goes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.11543n.21607adj.11586adj.2a1667 |
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