单词 | vanning |
释义 | vanningn.1 a. The action of winnowing with a fan. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > winnowing winnowing?c1225 windinga1500 vanning1552 fanning1577 eventilation1658 ventilation1658 exaceration1676 dightinga1774 wimming1825 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Vannyng, uannatio. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 607 The winnowing, vanning, and laying up either of corne or pulse. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §671 The Corne which in the Vanning lieth lowest, is the best. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > pitch and toss, etc. > [noun] vanning1606 pitch-and-chuck1688 pitch-and-hustle1688 chuck-farthing1699 hustle-cap1709 chuck1711 pitch-and-toss1721 pitch-farthing1737 pitch1745 chock1819 pinch1828 pitch-penny1830 chuck-hole1837 chuck-halfpenny1838 toss-halfpenny1848 three-up1851 chuck-button1863 toss-penny1874 toss and catch1904 1606 P. Holland in tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars Annot. 36* Sagatio,..that pastime with us in some place called the canvasing, and else where, the vanning of dogs. 2. The action or process of separating ore on a shovel. Also attributive, as vanning-action, vanning shovel. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > excavating or dressing ore > dressing ore puddlingc1585 vanning1671 jigging1778 ore-dressing1837 mineral dressing1931 1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2098 Vanning..is performed by pulverising the stone, or clay, or what else may be suspected to contain any mineral body, and placing it on a Vanning shovel. 1767 Philos. Trans. 1766 (Royal Soc.) 56 38 I employed a tinner dextrous in vanning (a way of breaking and trying ores, by washing them on a shovel gently with water) to try it in his usual way. 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 223 This must be repeated, till it is cleansed from the rough gravelly parts, which may be known by vanning of it on a shovel. 1839 H. T. De la Beche Rep. Geol. Cornwall xv. 585 Great dexterity is exhibited by the tinners in the operation termed vanning. 1874 J. H. Collins Princ. Metal Mining (1875) i. 11 The same principle is at the bottom of the beautiful art of ‘vanning’. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 920/1 The object throughout is..to imitate the vanning action of the miner's shovel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020). vanningn.2 1. The action of conveying or transporting something, esp. a horse, by van or caravan. Frequently with reference to the transportation of a racehorse to a meeting. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > [noun] > in a van vanning1841 1841 Era 11 July 9/4 The vanning system is rapidly working most essential alterations here, as the training can be carried on in quiet, and the horse be popped down upon his engagements. 1871 Daily News 4 Dec. 2/1 Another spell of railway travelling and vanning at both ends. 1978 Cumberland (Maryland) News 7 Jan. 12/1 Hialeah Race Track pay for the vanning of horses to and from Calder and Gulfstream Park tracks for Hialeah racing. 2011 Newstex Blogs (Nexis) 24 June The track would pay for the vanning costs of any displaced horse that needs to come back to Churchill for a race. 2. Originally (British): the action or practice of living, travelling, or spending one's holidays in a caravan; = caravanning n. Later also (North American): the action or practice of driving or touring in a van. Cf. vanner n.2 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > travelling in a caravan caravanning1758 vanning1895 trailering1938 1895 World (N.Y.) 19 July (Evening ed.) 3/3 ‘Vanning’ has become well established in British political campaigns in the country. 1909 Common Cause 17 June 129/2 Nice as vanning is, it is extremely tiring when you have to earn your living as you go along. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 10 Apr. 1/3 Rhonda says there's more to vanning than just transforming a stock van into a ‘kandy-kolored, tangerine-flake, streamline baby’. 2009 @apleaforandy 21 June in twitter.com (accessed 12 Jan. 2020) Major long day of vanning in canada. 2017 @caravanningaust 2 June in twitter.com (accessed 5 Feb. 2021) There are some great places around the world for caravanning. Have you gone 'vanning overseas? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.11552n.21841 |
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