wedgingn.

/ˈwɛdʒɪŋ/

Etymology: < wedge v.¹, wedge n. + -ing suffix¹.

a. The action of driving in a wedge or wedges, or of fixing or cleaving by this means; the condition of being thus fixed.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > other processes

framing1440

riving?1440

traversing1524

wedging1678

furring1679

cocking1710

bearding1711

battening1788

rossing1839

thicknessing1870

splining1901

parting off1905

reconditioning1932

stress grading1936

spindle moulding1979

society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > [noun] > with other specific fastenings

chaininga1387

hookingc1430

clasping1460

spanning1527

buckling1625

wedging1678

fishing1798

screw-bolting1831

slinging1833

stapling1898

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > [noun] > making fast or securing > in position > between two bodies or surfaces

jamming1769

wedging1893

1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. v. 98 They drive a Wedge so far in the kerf as they dare..and so provide the Saw a freer and easier passage through the Stuff: This Wedging they continue so oft as they find occasion.

1825 W. Hamilton Hand-bk. Terms Arts & Sci. Foxtail wedging.

1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 976 Fox Tail Wedging, a method of fixing a tenon in a mortise by splitting the end of the tenon and inserting a projecting wedge, then entering the tenon into the mortise, and driving it home.

1893 J. Tuckey tr. B. Hatschek Amphioxus 140 We saw the oval notochord transverse section still wedged in between the cells of the mesenteron... In the region of the later segments we still find the former condition of the wedging.

b. concrete. A wedge-shaped piece or pieces of some hard material driven in for tightening or securing.

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society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [noun] > material for other specific purposes

screen cloth1603

wadding1627

heading1650

fusive1678

graving stuff1702

pounce1728

railing1740

retarder1753

seating1790

shelving1817

bending1823

shafting1825

wedging1825

rubber sheet1842

facing1843

piston packing1857

sheathing1859

screeding1864

paint1875

sleeving1923

landfill1969

presoak1969

society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > wedge

horsec1400

forelock1514

quoin1570

wedge1678

coin1704

wedging1825

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 337 The wheels are fixed on the shaft by means of a wedging of hard wood, driven in all round.

2. Geology. The flaking off (of rock, etc.), as if by the operation of a wedge.

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > erosion or weathering > [noun] > erosion of specific features

planation1877

lateritization1882

wedging1882

laterization1890

peneplanation1899

overdeepening1901

karsting1921

laterizing1929

panplanation1933

pedimentation1940

pediplanation1942

karstification1958

1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. vii. 928 Their naked precipices are kept bare and steep by the wedging off of successive slices of rock along lines of joint.

3. Sport. (See quot. 1897.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Lutra (otter) > excrement of

spraintinga1425

spraintsa1425

swaging1590

swage1834

wedging1897

1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 583 Spraint, the excrement of the otter; also called wedging.

4. Geology. With out: the narrowing of a stratum or the like to the point of extinction. Cf. wedge v.¹ 6.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [noun] > stratum > position or direction of strata > narrowing

wedging1819

pinch and swell1916

lensing1923

pinch-out1928

1819 J. Forbes Geol. Land's-End District (1822) 21 At one point of this natural section, an instructive example of what is called by geologists the wedging out of a bed, is observable.

1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 283 Wedging out, cropping or thinning out.

Compounds

attributive, as wedging joint; wedging crib n., wedging curb n. Mining (see crib n. 12 and curb n. 10).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > mining equipment > [noun] > pit supports

yoking1653

set1830

crib1839

tub1839

wedging crib1839

cribbing1841

ring crib1849

tack1849

tymp1883

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 972 Three kinds of cribs are employed; called wedging, spiking, and main cribs.

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 973 The flange for the wedging joint is best turned inwards.

1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 190 Wedging-curb or Wedging-crib, Eng. A curb used to make a water-tight packing between the tubbing in a shaft and the rock-walls, by means of split deals, moss, and wedges, driven in between the curb and the rock.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	wedging
释义	wedgingn. /ˈwɛdʒɪŋ/ Etymology: < wedge v.¹, wedge n. + -ing suffix¹. 1. a. The action of driving in a wedge or wedges, or of fixing or cleaving by this means; the condition of being thus fixed. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > other processes framing1440 riving?1440 traversing1524 wedging1678 furring1679 cocking1710 bearding1711 battening1788 rossing1839 thicknessing1870 splining1901 parting off1905 reconditioning1932 stress grading1936 spindle moulding1979 society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > [noun] > with other specific fastenings chaininga1387 hookingc1430 clasping1460 spanning1527 buckling1625 wedging1678 fishing1798 screw-bolting1831 slinging1833 stapling1898 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > [noun] > making fast or securing > in position > between two bodies or surfaces jamming1769 wedging1893 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. v. 98 They drive a Wedge so far in the kerf as they dare..and so provide the Saw a freer and easier passage through the Stuff: This Wedging they continue so oft as they find occasion. 1825 W. Hamilton Hand-bk. Terms Arts & Sci. Foxtail wedging. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 976 Fox Tail Wedging, a method of fixing a tenon in a mortise by splitting the end of the tenon and inserting a projecting wedge, then entering the tenon into the mortise, and driving it home. 1893 J. Tuckey tr. B. Hatschek Amphioxus 140 We saw the oval notochord transverse section still wedged in between the cells of the mesenteron... In the region of the later segments we still find the former condition of the wedging. b. concrete. A wedge-shaped piece or pieces of some hard material driven in for tightening or securing. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [noun] > material for other specific purposes screen cloth1603 wadding1627 heading1650 fusive1678 graving stuff1702 pounce1728 railing1740 retarder1753 seating1790 shelving1817 bending1823 shafting1825 wedging1825 rubber sheet1842 facing1843 piston packing1857 sheathing1859 screeding1864 paint1875 sleeving1923 landfill1969 presoak1969 society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > wedge horsec1400 forelock1514 quoin1570 wedge1678 coin1704 wedging1825 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 337 The wheels are fixed on the shaft by means of a wedging of hard wood, driven in all round. 2. Geology. The flaking off (of rock, etc.), as if by the operation of a wedge. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > erosion or weathering > [noun] > erosion of specific features planation1877 lateritization1882 wedging1882 laterization1890 peneplanation1899 overdeepening1901 karsting1921 laterizing1929 panplanation1933 pedimentation1940 pediplanation1942 karstification1958 1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. vii. 928 Their naked precipices are kept bare and steep by the wedging off of successive slices of rock along lines of joint. 3. Sport. (See quot. 1897.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Lutra (otter) > excrement of spraintinga1425 spraintsa1425 swaging1590 swage1834 wedging1897 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 583 Spraint, the excrement of the otter; also called wedging. 4. Geology. With out: the narrowing of a stratum or the like to the point of extinction. Cf. wedge v.¹ 6. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [noun] > stratum > position or direction of strata > narrowing wedging1819 pinch and swell1916 lensing1923 pinch-out1928 1819 J. Forbes Geol. Land's-End District (1822) 21 At one point of this natural section, an instructive example of what is called by geologists the wedging out of a bed, is observable. 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 283 Wedging out, cropping or thinning out. Compounds attributive, as wedging joint; wedging crib n., wedging curb n. Mining (see crib n. 12 and curb n. 10). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > mining equipment > [noun] > pit supports yoking1653 set1830 crib1839 tub1839 wedging crib1839 cribbing1841 ring crib1849 tack1849 tymp1883 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 972 Three kinds of cribs are employed; called wedging, spiking, and main cribs. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 973 The flange for the wedging joint is best turned inwards. 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 190 Wedging-curb or Wedging-crib, Eng. A curb used to make a water-tight packing between the tubbing in a shaft and the rock-walls, by means of split deals, moss, and wedges, driven in between the curb and the rock. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020). > as lemmas ˈwedging ˈwedging n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with clay > [noun] > specific processes wedging1686 puddling1790 pugging1843 1686 [see main sense]. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1011 The first of which is called the potter's sloping [1860 (ed. 5) slapping] or wedging. 1860 W. White All round Wrekin xxvii. 297 The clay..is..thrown into the ‘pug-mill’, or ‘wedging-mill’, a large upright cylinder, in which it is forced or screwed gradually downwards, and extruded at the bottom in a continuous cubical mass. extracted from wedgev.² < n.1678 as lemmas
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wedgingn.

Compounds

> as lemmas