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单词 briming
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brimingn.

Forms: 1800s briming, 1800s brimming.
Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: burning n.
Etymology: Probably a metathesized variant of burning n. (compare sense 3 at that entry). With the medial m compare β. forms at brimstone n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbriming.
(Cornwall.) The phosphorescence of the sea; = burning n. 3. Cf. briny adj.2
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the world > matter > light > light emitted under particular conditions > [noun] > phosphorescence > of the sea
burning1667
briming1836
noctilucence1893
1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes II. 103 A master seaner..forms a judgment by the extent of the brining [sic; ed. 2 (1841) briming] in his sean.
1880 T. Q. Couch E. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 78 Briming, the name given to..scintillations of light in the sea waves at night.
1880 West Cornwall Gloss. Brimming.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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