| 单词 |
dagging |
| 释义 |
dagging, vbl. n. Now dial.|ˈdægɪŋ|
[f. dag v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of the verb dag; clogging with dirt, esp. of the wool about the hinder parts of a sheep; spec. in Austral. and N.Z., the operation of cutting off the ‘dags’ or locks of dirty wool from (sheep); in pl. (concr.) = dag-locks.
1547Salesbury Welsh Dict., Dibyl, daggyng. 1587L. Mascall Govt. Cattle (1627) 197 Keeping them from cold in Winter, dagging in Summer. 1890F. T. Elworthy (in letter), In Kent these clots of dung which are apt to..stick to the wool around the tails of sheep, with the wool attached, are called ‘daggings’. 1898H. B. Vogel Maori Maid xix. 147 When the docking, and dagging, and cutting comes. 1915J. R. Macdonald N.Z. Sheepfarming xl. 120 Cleanliness, by way of proper dipping, dagging, and crutching are good preventive aids [against blowfly]. 1934T. Wood Cobbers viii. 99 Dagging, in polite terms, is the removal, by shears, of wool which is matted on the thighs by excreta. |
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