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单词 waling
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walingn.1

Brit. /ˈweɪlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈweɪlɪŋ/
Etymology: < wale v.1 + -ing suffix1.
The action or process of choosing or selecting (also with out).
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1634 S. Rutherford Let. 29 Apr. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 469 It should be of your wailing & not of his.
1635 A. Gil Sacred Philos. Holy Script. i. v. 12 Every seed encreaseth by the earth and moisture thereof, which cannot be but with a wehling out, or choice of things that are homogeneous, or of parts like thereto.

Compounds

waling glass n. (see quot. 1880.)
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > magnification or magnifying instruments > [noun] > magnifying glass > types of
reading glass1668
megaloscopec1775
hand lens1839
watch-maker's glass1875
waling glass1880
loupe1909
texture-counter1909
1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down Waling glass, a weaver's counting glass, which magnifies a small portion of the surface of linen, and thus enables the set or count to be ascertained.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

walingn.2

Brit. /ˈweɪlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈweɪlɪŋ/
Forms: Also 1900s nonstandard whaling.
Etymology: < wale n.1 + -ing suffix1.
1. The wales or horizontal timbers with which piles are braced; also, one of such timbers, a wale; a long horizontal member used to brace the lining of an excavation or the walls of a form. (Cf. wale n.1 5; also foot waling n. at foot n. and int. Compounds 3.)
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > specific parts built or constructed > [noun] > foundation(s) > pile(s) > horizontal bracing for
waling1837
wale1886
1837 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 12/1 To these piles will be fixed three tiers of waling of whole timbers.
1878 F. S. Williams Midland Railway (ed. 4) 592 After the timbers are fixed, they are braced by what are called ‘walings’.
1893 J. P. Allen Pract. Building Constr. xxii. 349 Where the ground is looser the poling boards must be placed closer together, perpendicularly, with walings, which are placed horizontally inside them.
1932 Dowsett & Bartle Pract. Formwork & Shuttering ii. 19 The ribs are held in position by uprights made from 3″ × 6″ material; these uprights—frequently referred to as ‘soldiers’—are in turn held by 3″ × 6″ horizontal timbers called ‘walings’.
1966 C. K. Austin Formwork to Concrete (ed. 2) 282 The principle on which this system works, is that of a single form consisting of standard steel panels supported by steel channel walings sliding between soldiers against the concrete face.
1972 V. C. Launder Foundations x. 132 Vertical planks or baulks are driven into the ground at the sides of the excavation as it proceeds and held vertical by horizontal timbers called walings, strutted across the trench width.
in combination.1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades (1842) 202 Oaken piles driven down close to the embankments, with their upper ends crossed by strong ‘whaling-boards’ of oak.1891 T. Potter Concrete (ed. 2) I. v. 157 If the sides are loose it is better to stand some boards against them, lifting or removing the latter..as the concrete is being filled in. This is assuming they are not planked or waled, and stretchers are employed to keep the waling planks in position.1916 Chambers's Jrnl. 1 Jan. 68/2 He worked his way along..till he reached the edge of the wharf and found footing on the walling [sic] strips against which the ship's hull rested.
2. Nautical. The timbers forming the wale of a boat; in combination waling-piece, ? = wale-piece n. (a) at wale n.1 Compounds.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > planking > each continuous line of planking > uppermost
walec1330
wale-stock1350
gunwale1466
port-last1612
planeshearc1620
planksheeringa1687
portoise1705
wale-piece1739
sheer-strake1805
sheer-wale1805
planksheer1827
sheer1841
covering-board1846
wale-streak1856
waling-piece1909
1909 Westm. Gaz. 6 Jan. 7/4 Some of the survivors saved themselves by seizing the collier's whaling-piece.
3. Basket-making. (The process of weaving) a band of rods which forms a wale (see wale n.1 6); the wales of a basket.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > basket-making > [noun] > specific processes
pairing1611
straw-plaiting1834
flat-skein work1912
waling1912
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from other vegetable fibres > [noun] > randed work or basketry > waling
wale1907
waling1912
1912 T. Okey Introd. Art of Basket-making vii. 80 The butts of the waling being pieced in at the front.
1912 T. Okey Introd. Art of Basket-making xi. 135 The waling of the upsett will be begun at each side.
1949 K. S. Woods Rural Crafts Eng. iii. x. 164 The uprights must now be set very firmly in position by several strong rows of waling.
1964 H. Hodges Artifacts x. 146 Where three rods were used simultaneously with a crossing..the weave is referred to as waling.
1983 Daily Tel. 20 Sept. 15/5 There is a border of ‘waling’ at the base of the basket.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

walingn.3

Brit. /ˈweɪlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈweɪlɪŋ/
Etymology: < wale v.2 + -ing suffix1.
Military.
The process of making a gabion or hurdle; also, the basket-work thus made. Also attributive as waling rod.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > shelter or screen > [noun] > gabions or fascines > action of making
waling1852
1852 R. Burn Naval & Mil. Techn. Dict. French Lang. (ed. 2) i. 83 Clayon,..waling-rod... Clayonnage,..wattling;..waling.
1892 G. Philips Text Bk. Fortif. Sandhurst (ed. 5) iii. iii. 88 In brushwood gabions the basket work is called the web, and the process of making it is termed waling.
1892 F. Irwin Notes Fortif. (ed. 2) 60 To make a Wickerwork Gabion... Wale the web by passing each rod in succession over the other two..till the waling is 2-ft. 6-in. high.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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