单词 | warming |
释义 | warmingn. 1. a. The action of making warm; the state of becoming warm. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > [noun] heating1398 fomenting?a1425 warmingc1440 calefaction1547 chafing1580 riscaldation1599 excalfaction1607 fomentation1657 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 517/1 Warmynge, calefactio. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. ii. 100 The second property of your excellent sherris, is the warming of the blood. View more context for this quotation 1674 R. Fleming Faithfulness of God iv. 175 As it is sure our bodies are influenced with the warmings of the Sun. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 74 Such a nursing and warming of little legs and feet before the fire. 1883 R. Broughton Belinda II. ii. vii. 101 Whether he will have time for a good warming and breakfasting before setting off. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ c1621 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 105 The estates hauing of late made great fiers in the Infanta her country of Brabant, euen to the warminge of her courte at Bruxells. 1678 R. Fleming Scripture Truth ii. 49 To unite further those amongst themselves with the more warmings of that ancient love that was wont to be amongst them. 1743 J. Glas Treat. Lords Supper v. v, in Wks. (1761) IV. 143 Many warmings and seemingly good motions and wishes, that never carry us out..to do any good work. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > type of social event > [noun] > house-warming infare1487 house-warming1577 warming of the house1650 house-heating1792 welcome home1808 fire kindling1825 house-warmer1901 1650 R. Withers tr. O. Bon Descr. Grand Signor's Seraglio xii. 194 The warming of the house, as we cal it in England. d. With up: the action or condition of ‘warming up’ (see warm v. 3). Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [noun] > types of feeding winter feeding1602 soiling1607 fogging1765 stall-feeding1805 suppering1820 box feeding1843 warming1874 self-feed1894 self-feeding1917 zero grazing1954 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > [noun] > practising or warming up practising?a1425 jonglery1616 assaying1693 warming1874 woodshedding1927 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > [noun] > warming up warm-up1945 warming1952 1874 J. G. McCoy Hist. Sketches Cattle Trade 244 This style,..of wintering cattle, is called ‘Roughing’, and the feeding of corn in the spring is termed ‘Warming up’. 1883 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 27 June 5 The players..began their practice play. This is called ‘warming up’. 1952 Times 22 Feb. 6/4 Jet-engined aircraft have two further advantages—no preliminary ‘warming up’ is necessary, so they can take off in shorter time. 1960 Pract. Wireless 36 429/1 The warming up time for the unit is about 30 seconds. 2. A thrashing, trouncing. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > beating > instance of threshingOE fustigation1428 breeching1520 trouncingc1550 bace1575 firking1594 belting1602 knave's grease1602 oil of baston1604 oil of birch1604 oil of hazel1604 oil of holly1604 oil of whip1604 lamb-pie1607 lamming1611 drubbing1650 vapulation1656 warming1681 floggation1688 working over1695 cullis1719 thrashing1720 halberd1756 licking1756 dressing1769 leathering1790 nointing1794 dusting1799 teasing1807 hiding1809 whopping1812 thrumming1823 toco1823 flaking1829 teaser1832 lathering1835 welting1840 pasting1851 towelling1851 whaling1852 hickory oil1855 swishing1859 slating1860 going-over1881 six of the best1912 belt beating1928 ass-kicking1943 stomping1958 seeing to1968 butt-kicking1970 1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis 664/1 I'le give your hide a warming. 1880 S. Butler Let. 20 May in H. F. Jones Mem. (1919) I. 332 My new book..will..give old Darwin the best warming that I can manage to give him. Compounds General attributive. warming-chamber n. (see quots.). ΚΠ 1791 J. Bentham Panopticon i. 201 The warming chamber, or set of warming-chambers..consists of earthen retorts, open at both ends, and inclosed in iron ones. 1876 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) III. 238 The warming chamber..is common to both portions of the building. warming drawer n. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > stove or cooker > [noun] > food warmer Mary's bath1600 Saint Mary's bath1612 water plate1721 hot closet1798 water bath1806 bain-marie1822 hotplate1861 steam table1861 rechaud1906 pap-warmer1920 warming oven1950 veilleuse1955 warming drawer1972 1972 J. Burmeister Running Scared vii. 95 Your breakfast will be in the warming drawer if I'm not there. warming-house n. (see quot.). ΚΠ 1897 J. W. Clark Observ. Priory Barnwell p. lxiii The Warming-House (calefactorium). warming oven n. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > stove or cooker > [noun] > food warmer Mary's bath1600 Saint Mary's bath1612 water plate1721 hot closet1798 water bath1806 bain-marie1822 hotplate1861 steam table1861 rechaud1906 pap-warmer1920 warming oven1950 veilleuse1955 warming drawer1972 1950 in M. Cecil Heroines in Love (1974) 199 Jocelyn turned out the warming oven. 1973 J. Burrows Like Evening Gone iii. 38 There was a square warming oven... ‘For keeping tins and dinner plates hot.’ warming-stone n. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > [noun] > others tarso1662 warming-stone1668 blue cap1686 forest-stone1789 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 243 Lapis Schistos..the Warming stone. 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 253 If Mault-kills or Oasts made with ordinary stone prove so advantagious, what would one of them do, if the Joists and Laths at least were made of the Cornish warming-stone, that will hold heat well eight or ten hours. 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 69 To these useful Stones I might add the Warming-stone, digged in Cornwal, which being once well heated at the fire retains its warmth a great while, and hath been found to give ease and relief in several Pains and Diseases, particularly that of the internal Hæmorrhoids. Draft additions September 2020 warming closet n. chiefly Canadian in later use a small heated chamber, typically part of a stove and used for keeping food, plates, etc., warm; (sometimes also) a heated cupboard or closet used to dry or warm articles of clothing, blankets, etc. ΚΠ 1844 Woolmer's Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 25 May (advt.) A large assortment of stoves and cooking apparatus, combining every improvement—Roasting, Baking, Boiling, Steaming, and Warming Closets, acting with one Fire. 1911 C. R. Holmes Planning Mod. Hosp. 17 Beyond the small rooms is the warming closet... Here is kept a constant supply of warm blankets for immediate use. 1986 Toronto Star (Nexis) 13 Sept. m1 Doug's kitchen was enormous... Central to everything else in the place was a huge wood-burning cookstove... A warming closet ran like a shelf above it. 2007 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 4 Mar. (Final ed.) d2 There's..a temperature-controlled warming closet for the plates to ensure they are precisely heated for each dish. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021). warmingadj. That makes warm, or becomes warm; literal and figurative. Also with up. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > [adjective] warmingc1450 calefactive1576 heating1591 excalfactory1601 excalfactive1611 fomentary1618 inflaming1709 calefactory1713 the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > used in or for preparing preparative1745 warming1887 warm-up1943 c1450 Mirk's Festial 160 Lyght fyre, schapon lyke tonges, brennyng and not smertyng, warmyng not harmyng. 1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 293 The gentle..rayes of the warming Sun. 1674 R. Fleming Faithfulness of God v. 199 It is rare to find a warming heat with a large profession, such as can make it convincing to others. 1765 J. Brown Christian Jrnl. 287 With what amazing power do the warming beams of the Sun of righteousness dart into my soul! 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. vii. 171 A warming and spicy-smelling balsam. 1851 G. Meredith Pict. Rhine in Poems iii And now the sun In saffron clothes the warming atmosphere. 1887 T. Hardy Woodlanders I. ix. 168 Do you think a Christmas party..is a warming-up thing, and likely to be useful in hastening on the matter? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.c1440adj.c1450 |
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