| 单词 |
nimming |
| 释义 |
▪ I. nimming, vbl. n.|ˈnɪmɪŋ|
[f. nim v. + -ing1.]
†1. The action of taking; the fact of being taken. Obs.
c950Lindisf. Gosp. Luke, Int. 5 Soecende of niming hera [L. de vulsione spicarum] in sabatum. a1225Ancr. R. 38 Iðen ilke flesche þet he nom of þe nes neuer sunne, ne i ðine..efter þe ilke nimunge. a1240Lofsong in O.E. Hom. I. 207 Ich bide þe..bi his nimunge and bindunge. 13..K. Alis. 1614 With launceynge and with rydyng, With throwyng, and with nymyng.
2. The action or practice of pilfering.
1607S. Collins Serm. (1608) 66 What they haue done in Schooles for payring and nimming of the Arts. 1618Barnevelt's Apol. F 3 You haue..ten times as much by nimming and iuggling. 1687T. Brown Saints in Uproar Wks. 1730 I. 77 A pack of vermin, bred up to plundering of hedges, nimming of cloaks. a1734North Exam. ii. iv. §49 (1740) 256 His Employments..were forging,..nimming, stealing and all Sorts of Villainy.
▪ II. nimming, ppl. a.|ˈnɪmɪŋ|
[f. nim v. + -ing2.]
†1.
a. Consuming.
b. Taking bribes. Obs.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 97 God is, swa paul cweð, þet niminde fur. c1250in O.E. Misc. 184 King þat is wilful And domesmon niminde [v.r. nymynde].
2. Thieving, pilfering, stealing.
1603T. Millington Narr. Entertainm. Jas. I, E 2, His Majestie, hearing of this nimming gallant, directed a Warrant..to haue him hanged. a1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xxxviii. 316 Nimming and Filching fool. 1727Gay Begg. Op. i. i, 'Twas only Nimming Ned. 1804Collins Scripscrap viii, Those Nimming Neds and Crook-finger'd Jacks of the typographical Tribe. |
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