casingn.¹

Forms: 1500s casen, 1600s–1800s casing, 1600s 1800s casson, 1800s casin, 1800s cazon, 1800s cazzan, 1800s cazzon, 1800s kasing.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from early Scandinavian.

Etymology: Probably the reflex of a borrowing < early Scandinavian (compare Danish regional (Jutland) kassen , kasing the dried dung of farm animals, used as fuel (19th cent.) < kase (also kasse ) pile, heap, especially of something worthless or dirty, specifically cow dung (c1700; cognate with Old Icelandic kǫs pile, heap: see cast v.) + -ing -ing suffix³). Compare slightly earlier casard n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcasing.

English regional (northern) in later use.

(See quots.)Usu. in plural.

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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > other organic fuels > [noun] > dung

casard1499

casing1516

sharny-peat1808

dung cake1824

buffalo-chips1840

mist1852

argol1856

prairie coal1889

cattle chips1903

squaw wood1914

1516 Promptorium Parvulorum (W. de W.) Casen [1499 casard, netes donge], bozetum.

1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 323 Casings or Cowblakes, Cow-dung dryed and used for fewel as it is in many places where other fewel is scarce.

1734 D. Waterland Scripture Vindicated iii. 94 (T.) Dried casings, to bake his bread with.

1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh II. 105 Stackin' peats and cassons aback o' th' laithe.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Cazzons, cattle-dung.

1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness Cazzan, a dried cow's dung, formerly used for fuel.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

casingn.²

Brit.

/ˈkeɪsɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈkeɪsɪŋ/

Etymology: < case v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

a. The action of the verb to case v.¹

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [noun] > stripping or uncovering so as to leave bare > stripping of skin

hildinga1387

flayingc1440

casing1575

scoriation1582

excoriation1607

skinning1697

1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxxix. 239 Turne his skinne ouer his eares all alongst the bodie..this is called casing.

1734 Builder's Dict. Casing of Timber-Work, is the Plaistering a House all over on the Outside with Mortar, and then striking it wet by a Ruler, with the Corner of a Trowel..to make it resemble the Joints of Freestone.

1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. viii. 249 By skilful reproduction of earlier forms or by no less skilful casing of an earlier shell.

b. The action of case v.¹ 9; inspection, planning, etc., esp. in preparation for a robbery (see quots.). slang (originally U.S.).

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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [noun]

inspection1390

search1415

probationc1422

ensearchingc1430

surview1432

enserchise1436

overseeingc1449

sight1452

hearkeninga1483

discuting1483

ensearcha1509

inquiry1512

upsightc1515

perusing1556

perpending1558

overlooking1565

interview1567

trial1575

peruse1578

visitation1583

perspective?a1586

overviewing1590

looking over1599

sounding1599

perusal1604

supervise1604

disquisition1605

expiscation1605

prospect1625

ravellinga1626

disquiry1628

disquisitive1660

perpendment1667

inspecting1788

sleuthing1900

casing1928

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > pre- or post-examination > [noun] > previous examination

pre-examination1638

preview1882

casing1928

prescreening1956

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > [noun] > inspection before

casing1928

1928 Amer. Mercury May 80/2 Laying out the route of escape before consummating a robbery comes under casing.

1942 Amer. Speech 17 91/1 Casing, looking over the prospective customers [by street vendors], so that they will be able to judge to some extent the amount of business they will be able to do.

1946 Amer. Speech 21 70/1 Casing and ‘planning a crime’ can..hardly be synonymous, for the casing of an individual, a place of business, the movements of payrolls or registered mail, etc., only supplies certain information which enables the mob to plan the crime.

1960 Argosy May 53 The casing will be done by the Thomases. They can go anywhere.

2. concrete.

a. Something that encases.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] > encasing or sheathing > that which

hosea1450

enclosure1551

clausure1564

casement1594

hull1718

encasement1741

sheath1774

casing1839

casework1842

cleading1849

sheathing1859

1839 R. S. Robinson Naut. Steam Engine Explained 49 The valve is enclosed in a valve casing of cast iron.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. vi. 70 Allow the winds to break up its iron casing [of ice].

1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling vi. 167 The fly throws off another complete casing.

b. Building. (cf. case v.¹ 3a.)

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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > [noun] > a surfacing or cladding

casing1791

surfacing1846

cladding1939

1791 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse §47 We must suppose that the outside casing had been then begun from the rock.

c1854 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine (1858) i. 99 Wells..deeply built with marble casings round their mouths.

c. in various technical uses, esp. U.S. Mining (see quots.).

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1869 J. R. Browne Adventures Apache Country 525 They are all true fissure veins, with well-defined casings.

1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It (1882) xl. 218 It's a blind lead..!—hanging wall—foot wall—clay casings—everything complete!

1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Casing (Metal-working), the middle wall of a blast-furnace..(Shipbuilding.) The cylindrical curb around a steamboat funnel, protecting the deck from the heat..(Blasting) A wooden tunnel for powder hose in blasting.

1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 116 Casing (Cornwall) 1. A partition or brattice, made of casing-plank, in a shaft. 2. (Pacific slope) Casings are zones of material altered by vein-action, and lying between the unaltered country rock and the vein.

d. The framing round a door or window. Originally U.S.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > [noun] > framing

architrave1663

subframe1866

casing1873

1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xxii. 449 Grasping the casing I got in at the door.

1887 A. W. Tourgée Button's Inn 203 A hand touched the casing, and a footstep..fell upon the floor.

1910 Atlantic Monthly Jan. 36 Ellen leaned her head against the casing.

1913 G. Stratton-Porter Laddie ii. 65 All the casings were oiled wood, and the walls had just a little yellow.

1913 G. Stratton-Porter Laddie xviii. 584 He carefully loaded his gun, and leaned it against the front casing.

1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 140/2 Casing, the frame enclosing the sash-weights... The frame within which a door hangs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	casing
释义	casingn.¹ Forms: 1500s casen, 1600s–1800s casing, 1600s 1800s casson, 1800s casin, 1800s cazon, 1800s cazzan, 1800s cazzon, 1800s kasing. Origin: Probably a borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymology: Probably the reflex of a borrowing < early Scandinavian (compare Danish regional (Jutland) kassen , kasing the dried dung of farm animals, used as fuel (19th cent.) < kase (also kasse ) pile, heap, especially of something worthless or dirty, specifically cow dung (c1700; cognate with Old Icelandic kǫs pile, heap: see cast v.) + -ing -ing suffix³). Compare slightly earlier casard n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcasing. English regional (northern) in later use. (See quots.)Usu. in plural. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > other organic fuels > [noun] > dung casard1499 casing1516 sharny-peat1808 dung cake1824 buffalo-chips1840 mist1852 argol1856 prairie coal1889 cattle chips1903 squaw wood1914 1516 Promptorium Parvulorum (W. de W.) Casen [1499 casard, netes donge], bozetum. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 323 Casings or Cowblakes, Cow-dung dryed and used for fewel as it is in many places where other fewel is scarce. 1734 D. Waterland Scripture Vindicated iii. 94 (T.) Dried casings, to bake his bread with. 1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh II. 105 Stackin' peats and cassons aback o' th' laithe. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Cazzons, cattle-dung. 1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness Cazzan, a dried cow's dung, formerly used for fuel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020). casingn.² Brit. /ˈkeɪsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkeɪsɪŋ/ Etymology: < case v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. 1. a. The action of the verb to case v.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [noun] > stripping or uncovering so as to leave bare > stripping of skin hildinga1387 flayingc1440 casing1575 scoriation1582 excoriation1607 skinning1697 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxxix. 239 Turne his skinne ouer his eares all alongst the bodie..this is called casing. 1734 Builder's Dict. Casing of Timber-Work, is the Plaistering a House all over on the Outside with Mortar, and then striking it wet by a Ruler, with the Corner of a Trowel..to make it resemble the Joints of Freestone. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. viii. 249 By skilful reproduction of earlier forms or by no less skilful casing of an earlier shell. b. The action of case v.¹ 9; inspection, planning, etc., esp. in preparation for a robbery (see quots.). slang (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [noun] inspection1390 search1415 probationc1422 ensearchingc1430 surview1432 enserchise1436 overseeingc1449 sight1452 hearkeninga1483 discuting1483 ensearcha1509 inquiry1512 upsightc1515 perusing1556 perpending1558 overlooking1565 interview1567 trial1575 peruse1578 visitation1583 perspective?a1586 overviewing1590 looking over1599 sounding1599 perusal1604 supervise1604 disquisition1605 expiscation1605 prospect1625 ravellinga1626 disquiry1628 disquisitive1660 perpendment1667 inspecting1788 sleuthing1900 casing1928 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > pre- or post-examination > [noun] > previous examination pre-examination1638 preview1882 casing1928 prescreening1956 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > [noun] > inspection before casing1928 1928 Amer. Mercury May 80/2 Laying out the route of escape before consummating a robbery comes under casing. 1942 Amer. Speech 17 91/1 Casing, looking over the prospective customers [by street vendors], so that they will be able to judge to some extent the amount of business they will be able to do. 1946 Amer. Speech 21 70/1 Casing and ‘planning a crime’ can..hardly be synonymous, for the casing of an individual, a place of business, the movements of payrolls or registered mail, etc., only supplies certain information which enables the mob to plan the crime. 1960 Argosy May 53 The casing will be done by the Thomases. They can go anywhere. 2. concrete. a. Something that encases. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] > encasing or sheathing > that which hosea1450 enclosure1551 clausure1564 casement1594 hull1718 encasement1741 sheath1774 casing1839 casework1842 cleading1849 sheathing1859 1839 R. S. Robinson Naut. Steam Engine Explained 49 The valve is enclosed in a valve casing of cast iron. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. vi. 70 Allow the winds to break up its iron casing [of ice]. 1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling vi. 167 The fly throws off another complete casing. b. Building. (cf. case v.¹ 3a.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > [noun] > a surfacing or cladding casing1791 surfacing1846 cladding1939 1791 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse §47 We must suppose that the outside casing had been then begun from the rock. c1854 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine (1858) i. 99 Wells..deeply built with marble casings round their mouths. c. in various technical uses, esp. U.S. Mining (see quots.). ΚΠ 1869 J. R. Browne Adventures Apache Country 525 They are all true fissure veins, with well-defined casings. 1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It (1882) xl. 218 It's a blind lead..!—hanging wall—foot wall—clay casings—everything complete! 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Casing (Metal-working), the middle wall of a blast-furnace..(Shipbuilding.) The cylindrical curb around a steamboat funnel, protecting the deck from the heat..(Blasting) A wooden tunnel for powder hose in blasting. 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 116 Casing (Cornwall) 1. A partition or brattice, made of casing-plank, in a shaft. 2. (Pacific slope) Casings are zones of material altered by vein-action, and lying between the unaltered country rock and the vein. d. The framing round a door or window. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > [noun] > framing architrave1663 subframe1866 casing1873 1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xxii. 449 Grasping the casing I got in at the door. 1887 A. W. Tourgée Button's Inn 203 A hand touched the casing, and a footstep..fell upon the floor. 1910 Atlantic Monthly Jan. 36 Ellen leaned her head against the casing. 1913 G. Stratton-Porter Laddie ii. 65 All the casings were oiled wood, and the walls had just a little yellow. 1913 G. Stratton-Porter Laddie xviii. 584 He carefully loaded his gun, and leaned it against the front casing. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 140/2 Casing, the frame enclosing the sash-weights... The frame within which a door hangs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). casingadj. Etymology: Formed as case v.¹ + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcasing. That encases or encloses. casing rock= casing n.² 2c. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [adjective] pent1610 casinga1616 closinga1616 palingc1630 bosominga1851 enclosing1856 including1899 a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. iv. 22 As broad, and generall, as the casing Ayre. View more context for this quotation 1810 S. Rogers Voy. Columbus iv. 18 High-hung in forests to the casing snows. 1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It (1882) xxix. 160 The wall or ledge of rock..was perfectly distinct from the casing rock on each side of it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.¹1516n.²1575adj.a1616
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