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† ˈlengthing, vbl. n. Obs.
[f. length v. + -ing1.]
= lengthening vbl. n.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxxvi. (Baptista) 223 Þat tyme of þe ȝere..quhene þat þe dais takis linthynge. c1450Holland Howlat 34 Bot all thar names to nevyn as now it nocht neid is, It war prolixt and lang, and lenthing of space. 1493Bury Wills (Camden) 85 All the resydew of mony..I wyll jt be bestowyd vpon the lengthyng of the north yle. 1543Privy Purse Exp. P'cess Mary (1831) 114 Payed to Mabell the goldesmyth for the lenghtyng of a girdle of goldesmyth worke, and a pomandur lxixs. 1595in Norf. Antiq. Miscell. (1883) II. 330 Pd for the Lengthing of owle bares ijs. |