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dighting, vbl. n.|ˈdaɪtɪŋ|
[f. dight v.]
1. The action of the verb dight, in various senses: putting in order, arraying, dressing, preparing, repairing; winnowing (of corn); wiping.
1340Ayenb. 24 Þe diȝtinge of his house. Ibid. 47 Levedi of uaire diȝtinge. c1410Love Bonavent. Mirr. xv. (Gibbs MS.) 38 Þere is no bodyly mete so lykynge to me as þat is of hyre dyghtynge. 1450Churchw. Acc. Walberswick, Suffolk (Nichols 1797) 188 For dityng of the belles. 1458Churchw. Acc. St. Andrew's, East Cheap in Brit. Mag. XXXI. 249 Item, paied to a laborer for dightyng of the Churchawe, iijd. 1464Mann. & Househ. Exp. Eng. 274 To Wyllyam Hore for dytynge of a gowne of my ladyis, xxiij.d. 1535Coverdale Ezek. xxi. 11 He hath put his swearde to y⊇ dightinge. 1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest Introd., Things..of Natures tempering and dighting. 1611Florio, Accóncio, a dighting, a making fit or readie. a1774Fergusson Farmer's Ingle Poems (1845) 35 When..lusty lassies at the dightin tire.
2. concr. (pl.)
†a. That with which something is dighted; fittings. Obs.
b. The winnowings or siftings of corn; refuse in general. dial.
1598Florio, Corrédi, ornaments, equipage..furnitures, or dightings. 1768Ross Helenore 35 Had my father sought the warld round, Till he the very dightings o't had found. 1808Jamieson s.v., 1. Refuse, of whatever kind. 2. The refuse of corn, after sifting, given to horses or cattle. |