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† ˈlessing, vbl. n. [f. less v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb less; lessening, diminution; abatement.
c1340Hampole Prose Tr. (1866) 4 This es full joye..and if we vse it we sall be fyllyde euer withowttyne lessynge. 1357Lay Folks Catech. 335 In lessyne [Lamb. MS. lessyng] of payne. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xli. (Agnes) 5 As of habundance is na lessing na of his riches ne mynissing. 1438Buke Alex. Great 107 To get lessing of my torment. c1440Jacob's Well 196 A lessyng of blood doth awey þe maladye. 1500–20Dunbar Poems lxvi. 100 Quhilk is ane lessing of my pane. |