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▪ I. narrowing, vbl. n.|ˈnærəʊɪŋ|
[f. narrow v.]
The action of the vb., in various senses; the result of this; a narrowed place or part.
1611Bible 1 Kings vi. 6 Hee made narrowed rests [marg. Heb. narrowings, or, rebatements] round about. 1664E. Bushnell Compl. Shipwright 13 At the Narrowing of the Floare, or other Circular lines. 1711W. Sutherland Shipbuild. Assist. 80 Narrowings or tapering Parallels of the lower part. 1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1780), Facons, the narrowing of a ship's floor afore and abaft. 1851Mayne Reid Scalp Hunt. xli. 317 We placed ourselves to defend the..second narrowing of the channel. 1871Blackie Four Phases Mor. i. 107 note, Such a narrowing of the idea of religious duty..is most unphilosophical.
▪ II. ˈnarrowing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec.]
That narrows or contracts, in trans. and intr. senses.
1664E. Bushnell Compl. Shipwright 13 The narrowing lines Abaft. 1827Keble Chr. Y. 22nd S. after Trin., Of his narrowing heart each year Heaven less and less will fill. 1843Pusey Holy Euch. 26 It will then seem..too refined and narrowing a distinction. 1879Farrar St. Paul (1883) 259 The narrowing valleys through which the rivers descend.
Hence ˈnarrowingness.
1883‘Vernon Lee’ in Academy 29 Dec. 426 Its tragic and sordid narrowingness. |