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▪ I. luring, vbl. n.1|ˈl(j)ʊərɪŋ| [f. lure v. + -ing1.] The action of lure v. in various senses.
1547Boorde Brev. Health cccv. 100 It may come by lewrynge, halowynge, or great cryeng. 1557Tottel's Misc. (Arb.) 269 My luryng is not good, it liketh not thine eare. 1596Willobie Avisa (1880) 137 Trusse vp your lures, your luring is in vaine. 1603Breton Dial. Pith & Pleas. (Grosart) 7/1 Tyring of legges, and tearing of throates, with luring, and hollowing. 1634Heywood Lanc. Witches i. Wks. 1874 IV. 173 Tush let him passe, He is not worth our luring, a meere Coxcombe. ▪ II. ˈluring, vbl. n.2 techn. [f. lure n.4 + -ing1.] The action of smoothing a hat with a lure.
1902Brit. Med. Jrnl. No. 2146. 378 Finishing consists of ‘shaving’ with fine sand-paper and ‘luring’... The ‘luring’ is done with a suitable pad. ▪ III. ˈluring, ppl. a. [f. lure v. + -ing1.] That lures (in senses of the verb); enticing, attractive.
1570Satir. Poems Reform. xxii. 24 Ane luiring bait fond fischis to wirk tene. 1575Turberv. Faulconrie 148 You must put hir on a payre of gret lewring bels. 1583Leg. Bp. St. Androis 8 Ane lewrand lawrie licherous. 1592W. Wyrley Armorie, Ld. Chandos 30 Yet near vncaught the luring fruit doth stay. 1842Manning Serm. vii. (1848) I. 101 Some high and luring offer. 1863I. Williams Baptistery i. xiv. (1874) 176 The world with luring glances, Leads them on. 1869Browning Ring & Bk. x. 724 Fowlers..eschew vile practice, nor find sport In torch-light treachery or the luring owl. |