单词 | treading |
释义 | treadingn. 1. a. The action of tread v. in various senses. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > stepping steppingc1394 treadinga1425 proculcation1656 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > sound of footsteps stepa1616 tramping1660 stump1690 tit-tat1699 treading1709–10 pad1879 plod-plodding1881 heels1883 flip-flop1889 clump1891 pid-pad1900 plod1902 clomp1912 a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xxiv Ye may Jugge..an herte chaseable..by þe tredynge of þe grasse. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xli Well hardened with caryage and treadynge vpon. 1615 W. Vallans Hon. Prentice 33 A flat Marble stone..much defaced with treading, and neere worne out. 1709–10 R. Steele Tatler No. 126. ⁋4 He heard..the Treading of one who approach'd. 1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 660 To press the soil on it firmly by treading. b. plural. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > stepping > a step, pace, or tread stepsc1000 pacea1350 treadc1400 footstepc1440 treadingsc1440 footing1567 traces1613 footfalla1616 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 501/1 Tredyngys, wythe the foote. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Song of Sol. vii. 1 O how pleasaunt are thy treadinges with thy shues. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 20 The women..equall if not exceed the men in their more laborious treadings [in dancing]. 1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality III. xvi. 178 I heard secret treadings and mutterings. 1865 Englishman's Mag. Feb. 147 With treadings slow and whisperings low Men sadly count the slain. c. The action of treading water: see tread v. 7. ΚΠ 1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 769/2 Of treading as a branch of swimming something should be known to every one. 2. concrete. Anything made by treading; spec. the footprint of a boar. See also cock treading n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > [noun] > group Suiformes (hippos and pigs) > family Suidae (swine) > sus scrofa (wild boar and descendants) > wild boar > footprint treading1573 1573 Treat. Arte of Limming 3 Take the whites of egges not breaking them in anye wise, but take out the cocketreading. 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxxix. 237 The footyng or printe..is called..of a Bore, the Tracke or the Treading. 1655 W. M. Queens Closet Opened 47 Take the Cock-treading of twelve Egges, and the white of one Egge. 1731 J. Tull New Horse-houghing Husbandry 123 Their Treadings are cut so small by the Coulters, that the Earth is not kept from dissolving. Compounds C1. General attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [noun] > copulation tread1674 treading1675 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xli. B I wil make the a treadinge cart & a new flale, yt thou mayest throsshe & grynde the mountaynes. 1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. H4 Flora did checker all her treading place. 1675 C. Cotton Burlesque upon Burlesque 54 [Jove did] transform himself into a Swan, to try The treading way of Letchery. C2. treading-mill n. = treadmill n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > instruments of punishment in > treadmill mill1822 treadmill1822 tread-wheel1822 treading-mill1830 stepper1846 shin-scraper1869 1830 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 43 50 Road-making..which serves in those islands in place of the treading-mill. treading-room n. a room in which the materials of porcelain are kneaded together by treading. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > place where specific things are made > [noun] > pottery > room or building in treading-room1752 throwing room1764 placing house1875 1752 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 348 The next (on the ground floor) is the slip and treading rooms. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022). > as lemmasˈtreading ˈtreading adj. ΚΠ 1562 J. Heywood Sixt Hundred Epigrammes lxxxiii, in Wks. sig. Ddiiiv There be mo treadyng cockes then one. < n.a1425 as lemmas |
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