| 单词 | whittling |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhittling whittling n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > making drunk whittling1593 intoxication1624 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 44 What? gorge vpon gorge, egges vpon egges, and sacke vpon sacke..? Such egging and whitling may happen bring you acquainted with the triumphant chariot of rotten egges. ˈwhittling ˈwhittling n. (a) the action of the verb (also attributive); (b) concrete (in plural) fragments cut off in whittling, shavings; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [noun] > cutting off or away (with an instrument) shearingc1315 paring1319 concision1382 shaving1390 thwiting1393 forcingc1440 trousing1512 trimmingc1525 circumcision1581 snipping1583 clipping1589 snip-snap1597 trim1608 whittling1614 collinga1628 shripping1635 snippery1639 undercuttinga1652 exscindinga1677 nipping1693 snip-snapping1906 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > [noun] > cutting off > cutting off a thin surface layer paring1319 shaving1390 thwiting1393 whittling1614 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [adjective] > cutting off or away (with an instrument) shearing1487 snip-snap1600 scything1822 whittling1839 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] > refuse part of anything > cut, broken, or fallen off paring1314 chipping?c1400 parurec1400 pare?a1425 offals1538 off-shaving1565 clipping1579 peeling1598 pinching1688 whittling1854 1614 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 2) iv. v. 364 He spent the time in whitling with a knife. 1839 F. Marryat Diary in Amer. II. 4 Each knife having two pen-blades, one whittling blade. 1854 C. Greatrex (title) Whittlings from the West. 1875 W. D. Howells Foregone Concl. iii. 61 Litter of shavings and whittlings strewed the floor. 1885 R. A. Proctor How to play Whist Pref. 10 The Whist Whittlings include Whist stories, maxims, notes. ˈwhittling ˈwhittling adj. that whittles, addicted to whittling. ΚΠ 1849 C. J. Lever Confess. Con Cregan xx I am no lazy,..whittling, tobacco-chewing Texan! < as lemmas |
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