| 单词 |
whetting |
| 释义 |
whetting, vbl. n.|ˈhwɛtɪŋ|
[f. whet v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb whet.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvi. xxiii. (Bodl. MS.), Þe whestone haþ þre propretees þt it serueþ anoþre þinge in whettinge and wasteþ hym silfe some and some. c1440Promp. Parv. 524/1 Whettynge, or scharpynge, acucio. 1574W. Bourne Regim. Sea vi. (1577) 28 b, I would not wish them to meddle with..whettyng of the side of the needle. 1616T. Draxe Bibl. Scholast. 176 Whetting (viz. of kniues and sithes) is no letting. [Cf. quot. a 1628 s.v. whet n. 1.] 1633Bp. Hall Occas. Medit. (ed. 2) §131 Recreation is intended to the minde, as whetting is to the sithe. 1667Decay Chr. Piety xiv. 344 That we should sacrifice the one [sc. the Churches peace]..to the whetting and inflaming of the other [sc. curiosity]. 1774G. White Selborne, To Pennant 2 Sept., The titmouse..early in February begins to make two quaint notes, like the whetting of a saw. 1852M. Arnold Empedocles ii. 164 With one arm over his head, Watching how the whetting sped.
attrib.
1678Moxon Mech. Exerc., Join. v. ⁋26 They wedge the blade of the Saw hard into the *Whetting Block.
1825Hone Every-day Bk. I. 1081 It..furnishes shoemakers with..*whetting-boards to smooth the edges of their knives upon.
1706Farquhar Twin Rivals i. i, I have brought you a *Whetting-Glass, the best Old Hock in Europe; I know 'tis your drink in a Morning.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 417 A *qwettenge-ston. |
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