cardingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈkɑːdɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈkɑrdɪŋ/

Forms: see card v.¹ and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: card v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < card v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

a. The action or process of separating and aligning the fibres of wool, flax, cotton, etc., and removing impurities, with cards (card n.¹) or in a carding machine.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > [noun] > combing

cardinga1464

combing1575

gilling1847

a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 9 Noema..fond first spinning, karding, and weving, and swech laboure as longith to making of cloth.

1468 in J. T. Fowler Acts Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1875) 134 Spynnyng et cardyng in festo Sancti Mathi.

a1500 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 170 Yet in-to lytyll þei putt owte of purse As mych for gardyng, spynnyng, and weuyng.

1637 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1871) I. 110 To pay to the saids persones for kairding and spynning of ewery stane weycht of wool..fourtie schillings.

1727 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman II. ii. i. 54 The Carding is generally done by hired servants.

1851 Art Jrnl. Illustr. Catal. p. v**/1 The carding depends more on the quality of the cards than upon any attention or skill in the operatives.

1932 E. Midgley Techn. Terms Textile Trade II. 81 True ‘knickerbocker’ yarn is obtained by flecking the spotting material during carding.

2010 S. Dixon Carding using Hand Carders in http://handspinner.co.uk 17 May (accessed 23 June 2020) Carding prepares your fibre for spinning a light, airy yarn.

b. A quantity of wool, cotton, etc., which has been carded.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [noun] > carding

carding1600

roll1768

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [noun] > cotton

bombast1572

bombace1592

carding1600

cotton wool1857

nitrocotton1867

batting1875

lint1877

delint1896

viscose1896

linters1903

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. viii. 33 Whitish cloudes, like vnto fleeces or cardings of wooll.

1785 Trial of Cause R. P. Arden 45 For taking off cotton, and making it into rovings from the carding.

1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades (1842) 170 The fibres of the cotton..when sufficiently combed are called cardings.

1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) 106/2 Tummins, rough cardings of wool.

2016 B. Neindorf in www.abc.net.au 18 Feb. (accessed 23 June 2020) Cardings, which are often greasy, short locks, are fetching almost $12 a kilo.

2. The action of torturing or punishing a person with a wool card or similar instrument; an act or instance of this. Cf. card v.¹ 2. Now chiefly historical.

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society > authority > punishment > torture > [noun] > tearing flesh with wool-card

carding?a1556

?a1556 Grey Friars Chron. anno 1552 in R. Howlett Monumenta Franciscana (1882) II. 236 For cardynge of hare mayde with a payer of carddes soche as dothe carde wolle with-alle.

1814 R. Peel Let. 7 July in G. Broeker Rural Disorder & Police Reform in Ireland (2016) iii. 51 The cardings and burnings, and murders, which are committed.

1824 R. Heber Let. Mar. in Narr. Journey Upper Provinces India (1828) II. 380 The work of carding..murder, and robbery, goes on as systematically..as in the worst part of Ireland.

1938 C. R. Post Hist. Spanish Painting VII. i. App. 733 St. Blaise is the subject of the third retable, and his story is unfolded in the scenes of his blessing of the beasts,..and the carding of his body.

2006 Jrnl. Galway Archaeol. & Hist. Soc. 58 44 There was bound to be a retributive justice exacted.., a retributive justice that took the form of threatening notices sent,..and cardings executed.

Compounds

C1. General use as a modifier (in sense 1), as in carding comb, carding stock, etc.

ΚΠ

1662 G. Torriano 2nd Alphabet Proverbial Phrases 144/1 To have more carding-combs than flax, viz. more teeth than meat to eat.

1824 Norfolk Chron. & Norwich Gaz. 22 May (advt.) Spinning jack, three looms complete, havels, carding stocks, etc.

1931 E. Ferber Amer. Beauty vii. 140 The old loom itself, broken now and useless, as were the old hatchel and the carding comb.

1998 Textile Horizons June 30 (advt.) Since graduating, you'll have built solid experience with textiles/non-woven materials—ideally cotton or rayon. A knowledge of the carding process would be beneficial.

2010 L. Rogers tr. S. Oksanen Purge 207 Aliide took hold of the carding combs again.

C2.

carding cylinder n. a cylinder or roller in a carding machine, covered with metal teeth or wire pins that comb out impurities from wool, cotton, etc., and separate and straighten the fibres.

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1785 Trial of Cause R. P. Arden 28 Your Lordship sees, after the feeder and the rollers, the cotton is put on a great carding cylinder.

1867 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 5 July 541/2 A double carding engine is exhibited by M. Giradoni, who places two carding cylinders one above the other instead of side by side.

2007 C. Lawrence in S. Gordon & Y.-L. Hsieh Cotton vii. 217 Zone III: the carding zone; this includes the carding cylinder with its peripheral surface clothed with saw-tooth wire.

carding engine n. now chiefly historical a device used to card (card v.¹ 1a) wool, cotton, etc., consisting of a series of cylinders (typically a large cylinder and several smaller ones) covered with metal teeth or wire pins which comb out impurities and separate and straighten the fibres; cf. carding machine n.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > [noun] > combing > machine

carding engine1776

carding machine1779

towing-mill1789

comber1831

breaker1875

breaking-enginea1877

1776 T. Wood Brit. Patent 1130 (1856) 2 A porcupine roller that receives the cotton..and delivers it to the carding engine.

1887 App. Jrnls. House of Representatives N.Z. (1st Sess. 10th Parl.) H.–4. 29 A young man..had his right arm severely injured in the cog-wheels of a carding engine, which he was working with the wheel guard removed.

1992 C. Giles & I. H. Goodall Yorks. Textile Mills i. 7/2 Carding engines were introduced rapidly into the cotton industry and, together with the similar but coarser scribbling engine, into the woollen industry.

carding machine n. a carding engine (carding engine n.).

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > [noun] > combing > machine

carding engine1776

carding machine1779

towing-mill1789

comber1831

breaker1875

breaking-enginea1877

1779 Gentleman's & London Mag. July 431/1 The English carding machine seems well suited for the purpose.

1856 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. London 19 172 In some factories a carding machine is employed for working up the coarser, shorter, and less valuable fibre.

1999 C. Mendelson Home Comforts xiv. 203/1 Carded fibers have been arranged in parallel fashion by a carding machine.

carding mill n. now chiefly historical a mill in which wool, etc., is carded.

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1800 Leeds Intelligencer 9 June The Two last Lots are convenient for Erecting One or more Scribbling or Carding Mills.

1822 J. Flint Lett. from Amer. 72 A fulling-mill, a carding-mill, and a mill for bruising flax-seed.

2003 Nat. New Eng. Fall 59/2 In combination with the neighboring grist mill and carding mill..these three examples of ‘living history’ create a dynamic learning opportunity for visitors.

carding room n. a room (esp. in a mill or factory) where wool, cotton, etc., is carded.

ΚΠ

1791 Northampton Mercury 2 July Monday se'nnight a fire broke out at a cotton factory..by the carelessness of a servant, who had a candle in the carding-room.

1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South I. xiii. 155 I began to work in a carding room soon after, and the fluff got into my lungs, and poisoned me.

2005 Jrnl. Cotton Sci. 9 98/2 The temperature and humidity of the carding room was measured every 10 min during the processing of all lots.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

cardingn.²

Brit.

/ˈkɑːdɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈkɑrdɪŋ/, Canadian English /ˈkɑrdɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: card n.², -ing suffix¹; card v.², -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: Partly (i) < card n.² + -ing suffix¹. Partly (ii) < card v.² + -ing suffix¹.With sense 3 compare carded adj.¹ 3 and discussion in the etymology at that entry.

†1. The activity or pastime of playing cards. Obsolete.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > [noun] > card-playing

cardsa1450

carding?a1500

card play1528

card playing1528

?a1500 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 224 Exchewe allewey eville company, Caylys, cardyng, and haserdy, And alle unthryfty playes.

1504 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1504 §24. m. 21 Where dysyng, cardyng, tenys playng..shalbe used.

1621 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1621/6/26 The monyfold evillis and inconvenientis whiche ensew upoun carding and dyceing.

1654 J. Trapp Comm. Job xxxi. 22 In Carding and Dicing he had often wished himself hanged if it were not so and so.

1756 W. Romaine Duty of Watchfulness 10 The effects of carding and gaming are felt everywhere.

1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 June 2 The sole..income was derived from the carding.

1919 I. Zangwill Jinny the Carrier vi. 204 Its ministers have been silenced or ejected in numbers almost unparalleled; some indeed merely for tippling, dicing, carding, and womanizing.

2. North American. The action or practice of asking a person to show a form of identification (usually a driving licence), typically to confirm that he or she is above the legal drinking age. Cf. card v.² 5.

ΚΠ

1967 Daily Illini (Univ. Illinois) 19 Sept. 1/1 Students are used to carding during New Freshman Week.

2007 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 2 Apr. a1/4 They were carded, then denied entry to the R-rated film because they were under 17... But managers of area theaters say the carding policy is not new.

2018 Toronto Star (Nexis) 7 Dec. (Editorial section) a18 There needs to be more carding at the grocery stores to stop the inebriated and underage from buying alcohol.

3. Originally Canadian. The provision of government funding to an amateur athlete; the funding so provided. Originally and frequently as a modifier. Cf. carded adj.¹ 3.

ΚΠ

1985 Winnipeg Free Press 16 Jan. 46/5 There are three athletes who have received their national carding status.

2002 Nelson (N.Z.) Mail (Nexis) 11 Mar. (Sport section) The carding system identifies rising talents and covers the costs of improving their athletic abilities, including medical and fitness testing and training, nutritional assessment and psychological profiling.

2018 Times & Transcript (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 20 Feb. a9 In my last year of racing, I lost my carding.

Compounds

† carding house n. Obsolete a building or establishment where card games are played.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > places for gambling

dicing-house1549

carding house1550

gaming house1562

dicing-chamber1571

tabling house1576

game house?1577

macaroni1771

gambling house1772

gambling school1773

gambling club1774

spill-house1778

gambling hall?1781

gambling den1792

gambling booth1804

hell1812

gambling hell1818

Crockford1827

silver hell1835

deadfall1837

casino1851

house1855

tripot1864

skin house1871

bucket-shop1875

gambling joint1885

salle1886

tabling den1886

spoofery1895

salle de jeu1901

strong joint1914

kitchen1924

salle privée1930

spieler1931

1550 R. Hutchinson Image of God Ep. Ded. sig. A.viii^v Diseyng and carding are forbydden, but dyseyng and carding housees are vpholden.

1614 R. Horne Christian Governour sig. T7 And for Carding houses, Dicing-houses, Tipling-houses, Brothell-houses, what Chappels are these to serue God in?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

cardingadj.

Brit.

/ˈkɑːdɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈkɑrdɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: card v.¹, -ing suffix².

Etymology: < card v.¹ + -ing suffix². In carding bee after French abeille cardeuse (1752); on the semantic motivation compare quot. 1781 for carding bee n.

†1. carding bee n. Obsolete a carder bee.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > member of family Bombidae (bumble-bee) > bombus muscorum

carding bee1781

carder1830

moss bee1832

moss carder1853

clothier-bee1864

1781 J. Barbut Les Genres des Insectes de Linné 267/1 The foremost [bee] lays hold of some [moss] with her teeth, clears it bit by bit with her feet (which circumstance has also gotten them the name of carding-bees), then, by the help of her feet, she drives the unravelled moss under her belly.

1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. III. 374 The Carding Bees nearly all perish in the winter.

1920 E. Selous Jack's Other Insects 184 Card first, talk afterwards, that's what we Carding Bees say.

2. That dresses wool, cotton, etc., with cards (card n.¹) or in a carding machine.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > [adjective] > combing equipment

can1795

carding1816

gilled1882

1816 A. Bogle in Rep. Minutes of Evid. Select Comm. Children in Manufactories U.K. 166 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 397) III. 235 At the water-twist mill the average is 5s. the persons there are children, almost exclusively, excepting the carding-workers, who are women, and the spinning-masters.

1873 W. K. Sullivan in E. O'Curry On Manners & Customs Anc. Irish III. Gloss. 593/1 Pes-Bolg, a foot bag in which sorted wool is kept by carding women.

1942 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) 26 June 3/1 C. Saxon, carding worker.

1984 R. Fevre Cheap Labour & Racial Discrim. vi. 88 A future fall in the Asian proportion of scouring and carding workers was expected with changes in wool pulling and card feeding.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

n.¹a1464

n.²?a1500

adj.1781

单词	carding
释义	cardingn.¹ Brit. /ˈkɑːdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkɑrdɪŋ/ Forms: see card v.¹ and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: card v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < card v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. 1. a. The action or process of separating and aligning the fibres of wool, flax, cotton, etc., and removing impurities, with cards (card n.¹) or in a carding machine. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > [noun] > combing cardinga1464 combing1575 gilling1847 a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 9 Noema..fond first spinning, karding, and weving, and swech laboure as longith to making of cloth. 1468 in J. T. Fowler Acts Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1875) 134 Spynnyng et cardyng in festo Sancti Mathi. a1500 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 170 Yet in-to lytyll þei putt owte of purse As mych for gardyng, spynnyng, and weuyng. 1637 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1871) I. 110 To pay to the saids persones for kairding and spynning of ewery stane weycht of wool..fourtie schillings. 1727 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman II. ii. i. 54 The Carding is generally done by hired servants. 1851 Art Jrnl. Illustr. Catal. p. v*/1 The carding depends more on the quality of the cards than upon any attention or skill in the operatives. 1932 E. Midgley Techn. Terms Textile Trade* II. 81 True ‘knickerbocker’ yarn is obtained by flecking the spotting material during carding. 2010 S. Dixon Carding using Hand Carders in http://handspinner.co.uk 17 May (accessed 23 June 2020) Carding prepares your fibre for spinning a light, airy yarn. b. A quantity of wool, cotton, etc., which has been carded. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [noun] > carding carding1600 roll1768 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [noun] > cotton bombast1572 bombace1592 carding1600 cotton wool1857 nitrocotton1867 batting1875 lint1877 delint1896 viscose1896 linters1903 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. viii. 33 Whitish cloudes, like vnto fleeces or cardings of wooll. 1785 Trial of Cause R. P. Arden 45 For taking off cotton, and making it into rovings from the carding. 1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades (1842) 170 The fibres of the cotton..when sufficiently combed are called cardings. 1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) 106/2 Tummins, rough cardings of wool. 2016 B. Neindorf in www.abc.net.au 18 Feb. (accessed 23 June 2020) Cardings, which are often greasy, short locks, are fetching almost $12 a kilo. 2. The action of torturing or punishing a person with a wool card or similar instrument; an act or instance of this. Cf. card v.¹ 2. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > torture > [noun] > tearing flesh with wool-card carding?a1556 ?a1556 Grey Friars Chron. anno 1552 in R. Howlett Monumenta Franciscana (1882) II. 236 For cardynge of hare mayde with a payer of carddes soche as dothe carde wolle with-alle. 1814 R. Peel Let. 7 July in G. Broeker Rural Disorder & Police Reform in Ireland (2016) iii. 51 The cardings and burnings, and murders, which are committed. 1824 R. Heber Let. Mar. in Narr. Journey Upper Provinces India (1828) II. 380 The work of carding..murder, and robbery, goes on as systematically..as in the worst part of Ireland. 1938 C. R. Post Hist. Spanish Painting VII. i. App. 733 St. Blaise is the subject of the third retable, and his story is unfolded in the scenes of his blessing of the beasts,..and the carding of his body. 2006 Jrnl. Galway Archaeol. & Hist. Soc. 58 44 There was bound to be a retributive justice exacted.., a retributive justice that took the form of threatening notices sent,..and cardings executed. Compounds C1. General use as a modifier (in sense 1), as in carding comb, carding stock, etc. ΚΠ 1662 G. Torriano 2nd Alphabet Proverbial Phrases 144/1 To have more carding-combs than flax, viz. more teeth than meat to eat. 1824 Norfolk Chron. & Norwich Gaz. 22 May (advt.) Spinning jack, three looms complete, havels, carding stocks, etc. 1931 E. Ferber Amer. Beauty vii. 140 The old loom itself, broken now and useless, as were the old hatchel and the carding comb. 1998 Textile Horizons June 30 (advt.) Since graduating, you'll have built solid experience with textiles/non-woven materials—ideally cotton or rayon. A knowledge of the carding process would be beneficial. 2010 L. Rogers tr. S. Oksanen Purge 207 Aliide took hold of the carding combs again. C2. carding cylinder n. a cylinder or roller in a carding machine, covered with metal teeth or wire pins that comb out impurities from wool, cotton, etc., and separate and straighten the fibres. ΚΠ 1785 Trial of Cause R. P. Arden 28 Your Lordship sees, after the feeder and the rollers, the cotton is put on a great carding cylinder. 1867 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 5 July 541/2 A double carding engine is exhibited by M. Giradoni, who places two carding cylinders one above the other instead of side by side. 2007 C. Lawrence in S. Gordon & Y.-L. Hsieh Cotton vii. 217 Zone III: the carding zone; this includes the carding cylinder with its peripheral surface clothed with saw-tooth wire. carding engine n. now chiefly historical a device used to card (card v.¹ 1a) wool, cotton, etc., consisting of a series of cylinders (typically a large cylinder and several smaller ones) covered with metal teeth or wire pins which comb out impurities and separate and straighten the fibres; cf. carding machine n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > [noun] > combing > machine carding engine1776 carding machine1779 towing-mill1789 comber1831 breaker1875 breaking-enginea1877 1776 T. Wood Brit. Patent 1130 (1856) 2 A porcupine roller that receives the cotton..and delivers it to the carding engine. 1887 App. Jrnls. House of Representatives N.Z. (1st Sess. 10th Parl.) H.–4. 29 A young man..had his right arm severely injured in the cog-wheels of a carding engine, which he was working with the wheel guard removed. 1992 C. Giles & I. H. Goodall Yorks. Textile Mills i. 7/2 Carding engines were introduced rapidly into the cotton industry and, together with the similar but coarser scribbling engine, into the woollen industry. carding machine n. a carding engine (carding engine n.). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > [noun] > combing > machine carding engine1776 carding machine1779 towing-mill1789 comber1831 breaker1875 breaking-enginea1877 1779 Gentleman's & London Mag. July 431/1 The English carding machine seems well suited for the purpose. 1856 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. London 19 172 In some factories a carding machine is employed for working up the coarser, shorter, and less valuable fibre. 1999 C. Mendelson Home Comforts xiv. 203/1 Carded fibers have been arranged in parallel fashion by a carding machine. carding mill n. now chiefly historical a mill in which wool, etc., is carded. ΚΠ 1800 Leeds Intelligencer 9 June The Two last Lots are convenient for Erecting One or more Scribbling or Carding Mills. 1822 J. Flint Lett. from Amer. 72 A fulling-mill, a carding-mill, and a mill for bruising flax-seed. 2003 Nat. New Eng. Fall 59/2 In combination with the neighboring grist mill and carding mill..these three examples of ‘living history’ create a dynamic learning opportunity for visitors. carding room n. a room (esp. in a mill or factory) where wool, cotton, etc., is carded. ΚΠ 1791 Northampton Mercury 2 July Monday se'nnight a fire broke out at a cotton factory..by the carelessness of a servant, who had a candle in the carding-room. 1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South I. xiii. 155 I began to work in a carding room soon after, and the fluff got into my lungs, and poisoned me. 2005 Jrnl. Cotton Sci. 9 98/2 The temperature and humidity of the carding room was measured every 10 min during the processing of all lots. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). cardingn.² Brit. /ˈkɑːdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkɑrdɪŋ/, Canadian English /ˈkɑrdɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: card n.², -ing suffix¹; card v.², -ing suffix¹. Etymology: Partly (i) < card n.² + -ing suffix¹. Partly (ii) < card v.² + -ing suffix¹.With sense 3 compare carded adj.¹ 3 and discussion in the etymology at that entry. †1. The activity or pastime of playing cards. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > [noun] > card-playing cardsa1450 carding?a1500 card play1528 card playing1528 ?a1500 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 224 Exchewe allewey eville company, Caylys, cardyng, and haserdy, And alle unthryfty playes. 1504 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1504 §24. m. 21 Where dysyng, cardyng, tenys playng..shalbe used. 1621 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1621/6/26 The monyfold evillis and inconvenientis whiche ensew upoun carding and dyceing. 1654 J. Trapp Comm. Job xxxi. 22 In Carding and Dicing he had often wished himself hanged if it were not so and so. 1756 W. Romaine Duty of Watchfulness 10 The effects of carding and gaming are felt everywhere. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 June 2 The sole..income was derived from the carding. 1919 I. Zangwill Jinny the Carrier vi. 204 Its ministers have been silenced or ejected in numbers almost unparalleled; some indeed merely for tippling, dicing, carding, and womanizing. 2. North American. The action or practice of asking a person to show a form of identification (usually a driving licence), typically to confirm that he or she is above the legal drinking age. Cf. card v.² 5. ΚΠ 1967 Daily Illini (Univ. Illinois) 19 Sept. 1/1 Students are used to carding during New Freshman Week. 2007 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 2 Apr. a1/4 They were carded, then denied entry to the R-rated film because they were under 17... But managers of area theaters say the carding policy is not new. 2018 Toronto Star (Nexis) 7 Dec. (Editorial section) a18 There needs to be more carding at the grocery stores to stop the inebriated and underage from buying alcohol. 3. Originally Canadian. The provision of government funding to an amateur athlete; the funding so provided. Originally and frequently as a modifier. Cf. carded adj.¹ 3. ΚΠ 1985 Winnipeg Free Press 16 Jan. 46/5 There are three athletes who have received their national carding status. 2002 Nelson (N.Z.) Mail (Nexis) 11 Mar. (Sport section) The carding system identifies rising talents and covers the costs of improving their athletic abilities, including medical and fitness testing and training, nutritional assessment and psychological profiling. 2018 Times & Transcript (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 20 Feb. a9 In my last year of racing, I lost my carding. Compounds † carding house n. Obsolete a building or establishment where card games are played. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > places for gambling dicing-house1549 carding house1550 gaming house1562 dicing-chamber1571 tabling house1576 game house?1577 macaroni1771 gambling house1772 gambling school1773 gambling club1774 spill-house1778 gambling hall?1781 gambling den1792 gambling booth1804 hell1812 gambling hell1818 Crockford1827 silver hell1835 deadfall1837 casino1851 house1855 tripot1864 skin house1871 bucket-shop1875 gambling joint1885 salle1886 tabling den1886 spoofery1895 salle de jeu1901 strong joint1914 kitchen1924 salle privée1930 spieler1931 1550 R. Hutchinson Image of God Ep. Ded. sig. A.viii^v Diseyng and carding are forbydden, but dyseyng and carding housees are vpholden. 1614 R. Horne Christian Governour sig. T7 And for Carding houses, Dicing-houses, Tipling-houses, Brothell-houses, what Chappels are these to serue God in? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). cardingadj. Brit. /ˈkɑːdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkɑrdɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: card v.¹, -ing suffix². Etymology: < card v.¹ + -ing suffix². In carding bee after French abeille cardeuse (1752); on the semantic motivation compare quot. 1781 for carding bee n. †1. carding bee n. Obsolete a carder bee. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > member of family Bombidae (bumble-bee) > bombus muscorum carding bee1781 carder1830 moss bee1832 moss carder1853 clothier-bee1864 1781 J. Barbut Les Genres des Insectes de Linné 267/1 The foremost [bee] lays hold of some [moss] with her teeth, clears it bit by bit with her feet (which circumstance has also gotten them the name of carding-bees), then, by the help of her feet, she drives the unravelled moss under her belly. 1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. III. 374 The Carding Bees nearly all perish in the winter. 1920 E. Selous Jack's Other Insects 184 Card first, talk afterwards, that's what we Carding Bees say. 2. That dresses wool, cotton, etc., with cards (card n.¹) or in a carding machine. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > [adjective] > combing equipment can1795 carding1816 gilled1882 1816 A. Bogle in Rep. Minutes of Evid. Select Comm. Children in Manufactories U.K. 166 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 397) III. 235 At the water-twist mill the average is 5s. the persons there are children, almost exclusively, excepting the carding-workers, who are women, and the spinning-masters. 1873 W. K. Sullivan in E. O'Curry On Manners & Customs Anc. Irish III. Gloss. 593/1 Pes-Bolg, a foot bag in which sorted wool is kept by carding women. 1942 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) 26 June 3/1 C. Saxon, carding worker. 1984 R. Fevre Cheap Labour & Racial Discrim. vi. 88 A future fall in the Asian proportion of scouring and carding workers was expected with changes in wool pulling and card feeding. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹a1464n.²?a1500adj.1781
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