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▪ I. loosing, vbl. n.|ˈluːsɪŋ|
[f. loose v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. loose.
†1. Letting go; setting free, release. Obs. or arch.
1415Sir T. Grey in 43 Deputy Keeper's Rep. 587 Ye mon shulde cum agayn on Tiseday to tel ye way of yair lawsyng. 1504Plumpton Corr. (Camden) 186 The letter that come from William Elison, the which I had mynd in for loyssing of Edmund Ward, for I have gotten him forth by the wayes of William Ellyson. 1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Soltura, loosing, deliuering, solutio, dimissio.
†2. The making or rendering loose in a socket or the like; the untying (of a knot). Obs.
1482Monk of Evesham (Arb.) 38 Some were also rasyd with fyry naylys vnto the bonys and to the lowsing of her ioyntys. 1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 249 Rather then I wil tarrie the loosing of them [sc. knottes], I wil cutt them in sunder. 1599Life Sir T. More in Wordsw. Eccl. Biog. (1853) II. 99 The old man's purse was made fast to his girdle, which the thief spying gave it the looseing.
3. A setting free, absolving, or discharging (from guilt, sentence, or obligation); remission of a sin or penance.
c1357Lay Folks Catech. (MS. T.) 345 At thair bother assent for to lyve samen Withouten ony lousyng to thair life lastes. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 226 This power of byndyng & losynge of synne, is deriuyed from y⊇ apostles to y⊇ mynysters of Christes chirche. 1659Pearson Creed (1839) 505 What is the remission [of sins] itself, or the loosing of that obligation? 1686J. Scott Chr. Life (1747) III. 462 The Pardon or Remission of Sins..consists in the loosing of sinful Men from that Obligation to eternal Punishment. 1871Sprott Sc. Liturgies Jas. VI (1901) Notes 151 This has always been regarded as a notable example of binding and loosing by the minister.
†4. The action of weighing anchor or setting free the moorings of a ship; getting under weigh.
1632Lithgow Trav. ii. 54 Vpon the second day after our loosing from Clissa, we arriued at Ragusa.
†5. The action of letting-go the drawn string of a bow. Obs.
c1400Laud Troy-bk. 7797 [He] drow an Arwe vp to the vale; And as he was In his losyng, Diomedes..to him rode, Ar euere arwe fro him glode. 1545R. Ascham Toxoph. (Arb.) 107 What handlyng is proper to the Instrumentes? Standynge, nockyng, drawyng, holdyng, lowsing, wherby commeth fayre shotynge. 1612Selden in Drayton's Poly-olb. xvii. Notes 268 His death by an infortunate loosing at a deer out of one Walter Tirrel's hand.
6. A sum of money paid on the completion of a contract or obligation.
1889W. Marcroft Ups & Downs 10 On my coming to be 21 years of age there must be a loosing paid of one guinea.
7. Sc. Law. A release.
1495Rolls of Parlt. VI. 481/2 If ther shall fortune a resonable consideracion or consideracions to be upon the making of the said Leasses, for lossyng of the same. 1564–65Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 317 Providing alwayis that the lowsing of the said arreistment..sall na wyise be hurtful. 1798Monthly Mag. VI. 176 (Scots Law Phrases) A Loosing of Arrestment, a Writ to discharge such attachment, which issues of course on the debtor giving security for payment of the debt.
8. Comb.: loosing-place Sc. [cf. lossing], a place for unloading vessels (? obs.); loosing-time, the time of release from work (dial.).
1805Forsyth Beauties Scotl. III. 35 The bottom or tail..of this bank..as a loosing place, experienced mariners prefer to any other harbour in the frith. 1824Scott St. Ronan's xv, Looking at their watches..lest they should work for their master half an instant after loosing-time.
▪ II. ˈloosing, ppl. a.
[f. loose v. + -ing2.]
Relaxing; laxative.
1665Sir J. Lauder (Fountainh.) Jrnl. (S.H.S.) 43 In my experience I fand it very loosing, for before I was weill accoustened wt it, if I chanced to sup any tyme any quantity of the pottage, I was sure of 2 or 3 stools afternoon wt it.
▪ III. loosing
obs. form of lozenge. |