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▪ I. dinning, vbl. n.|ˈdɪnɪŋ| [f. din v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb din; the making of a din or noise of any kind; † wailing, etc.
13..Cursor M. 18630 (Gött.) Was adam bidan in his bale, Thoru dome into þat dinning dale. 1375Barbour Bruce xiii. 153 Gret dynnyng ther wes of dyntis As wapnys apon armor styntis. c1400Destr. Troy 9618 With dynnyng & dole for dethe of hor lord. c1489Caxton Blanchardyn xliii. 162 The stour dynnyng and noyse that their horses made. 1683E. Hooker Pref. Ep. Pordage's Mystic Div. 15 What shal wee sai then, or think of..Scurrilities, Huffings and Dinnings? 1814Cary Dante, Paradise xiv. 111 The chime Of minstrel music..a pleasant dinning makes. 1859Smiles Self-Help vi. 150 After four years dinning of his project into the ears of the great. ▪ II. ˈdinning, ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ing2.] Making a din, disturbing with din or noise.
1813L. Hunt in Examiner 1 Mar. 129/1 The noise of these dinning fetters. 1832Tennyson Eleänore 131 With dinning sound my ears are rife. |