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▪ I. letting, vbl. n.1|ˈlɛtɪŋ|
[f. let v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of let v.1 in various senses.
1. The action of allowing the movement or passage of, giving loose or vent to; chiefly with adverbs, as down, in, off. Also letting blood, letting go.
1423Jas. I Kingis Q. xli, Onely throu latting of myn eyen fall. 1482Monk of Evesham (Arb.) 107 The lyftyngys vppe of the crosse and the lettyngys done ageyne. 1530Palsgr. 239/1 Lettyng of blode, seignee. 1662Stillingfl. Orig. Sacr. iii. i. §16 Man is formed with a mouth..for receiving and letting forth of air. 1665Manley Grotius' Low C. Warres 149 The letting in of the Waters, and other things..were hindred. 1668Wilkins Real Char. ii. i. §5. 38 Letting go. 1839Bailey Festus (1854) 219 The good we do is of His own good will,—The ill, of His own letting. a1849H. Coleridge Ess. (1851) I. 97 Some wise⁓acres..would think it a woful letting-down. 1852Mrs. Stowe Uncle Tom's C. ix, She couldn't wear one of your gowns, could she, by any letting down? a1861Clough Mari Magno 692, I..knew the letting-off of steam, and rose. 1861Trench Sev. Ch. Asia 78 Such a letting go of first love. 1864Mrs. Gatty Parables fr. Nat. Ser. iv. 109 He thought his father's argument a letting down of principle. 1917J. Agate Buzz, Buzz! 9, I hold such statement of the actual and practical scope of current criticism not to be a letting-down of the art we hold dear. 1940Chambers's Techn. Dict. 496/1 Letting-down, the process of tempering hardened steel by heating it until the desired colour is reached and then quenching. 1958Ibid. 990/1 Letting down, the reduction of altitude from cruising height to that required for the approach to landing. 1966J. & R. Godden Two under Indian Sun iii. 68 The letting down of hems or takings in, as dresses were handed down.
2. The action of allowing the use of (houses, lands, etc.) on payment of rent, etc.; leasing. Also with out.
1538Lichfield Gild Ord. (E.E.T.S.) 8 All men which haue or hold ony tenement of the lettyng of the master and the wardens. 1656H. Phillips Purch. Patt. (1676) 1 The letting and taking of Leases. 1669Woodhead St. Teresa ii. xxii. 139 Not the Season for letting of houses. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. Wks. V. 252 Where the letting of their land was by rent [etc.]. 1833H. Martineau Cinnamon & Pearls ii. 20 The letting of the Pearl banks had been accomplished. 1883R. Ritchie Bk. Sibyls ii. 83 He..reorganized the letting out of the estate. 1885Act 48 & 49 Vict. c. 77 §7 If any land is comprised in a lease for..lives, or in a letting for a term of years. 1894Times 5 Feb. 4/3 The Irish grass lettings are making high prices.
▪ II. letting, vbl. n.2 arch.|ˈlɛtɪŋ|
[f. let v.2 + -ing1.]
The action of let v.2; delaying, hindering, an instance of this; also quasi-concr., a hindrance, an obstacle; frequent in † but, without letting, without hindrance, without delay.
c1020Rule St. Benet (Logeman) 87 Oðer lettincge þæt he na þoliᵹe. a1122O.E. Chron. an. 1101 (Laud MS.) Se cyng syððan scipa ut on sæ sende his broðer..to lættinge. a1240Ureisun in Cott. Hom. 187 Þe bitternesse of mine sunnen attri is þe lettunge. c1250Gen. & Ex. 3204 Non man on hem letting dede. c1290S. Eng. Leg. I. 263/76 With-oute lettingue In heo ȝeode. a1300Cursor M. 3199 O þis letting was he ful glad. Ibid. 4914 For drightin dos vs na letting. 1375Barbour Bruce ii. 12 The lord the bruce, but mar letting, Gert priuely bryng Stedys twa. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints iii. (St. Andrew) 974 Þat mycht be hendringe to myn fame, and lattinge als to ȝore gud name. c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 425 Seynt Poule biddes men preye wiþouten lettynge. c1400Melayne 1503 Go we to your company..Late ther be no Lettynge. c1470Henry Wallace ix. 1183 And our he swam; for lattyng fand he nocht. 1486Marg. C'tess Oxford in Four C. Eng. Lett. 7 To the letting of his seid purpose. 1502Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) i. i. 8 He maye be in the waye of saluacyon if he haue none other lettynge. 1657Divine Lover 299 The waye is..full of..theiues, and many other greate lettings.
†b. Wasting (of time). Obs.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. xx. (1495) 616 Whiche were ouer noyouse and gretly lettynge of tyme to reherse theym here al arowe. 1494Fabyan Chron. v. cxvii. 92 To shewe here the vayne and dissymulyd sorowe that Fredegunde made for the Kynge, it were but lettynge of tyme.
▪ III. † ˈletting, ppl. a. Obs. rare.
[f. let v.2 + -ing2.]
That lets or hinders; hindering.
c1450tr. De Imitatione i. xxi. 26 Blisfull is he þat may putte awey euery letting distraccion. |