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▪ I. ˈperishing, vbl. n.
[f. perish v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. perish: a. A going to destruction, suffering death; †b. A destroying, causing destruction (obs.).
a.a1340Hampole Psalter xiii. 4 Ilkan is cause of oþer perischynge. 1382Wyclif Ezek. xxviii. 8 Thou shalt die in the perishynge of slayn men. 1643Milton Divorce xiii. (1851) 54 Who shall answer for the perishing of all those souls? 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) I. 640 Painful perishings by fire. 1864Skeat Uhland's Poems 74 Feuds and traitorous deeds And perishing of precious seeds.
b.c1400Destr. Troy 11986 Haue pytie..of this pure maidon; Put hir in some place fro perisshyng of hondes. 1523Fitzherb. Husb. §62 Se the knyfe go no deper than the thycknes of the bone for perysshynge of the brayne. 1690Locke Govt. ii. v. §46 The exceeding of the bounds of his just property..the perishing of anything uselessly.
c. spec. of rubber.
1913B. D. Porritt Chem. of Rubber i. 12 The oxidation of rubber..is technically known as ‘perishing’. 1935Dawson & Porritt Rubber 602/1 Perishing, the final stage in the ageing of vulcanised rubber which becomes oxidised with the formation of resinous materials, losing its characteristic elastic properties. 1954H. J. Stern Rubber v. 152 The ‘perishing’ of rubber, particularly of manufactured rubber articles, has been a source of trouble to all concerned from the time of Hancock down to the present day. 1961D. W. Huke Introd. Natural & Synthetic Rubbers v. 80 One of the most important problems a rubber compounder has to face is the perishing—usually referred to as the ageing—of rubber.
▪ II. perishing, ppl. a.|ˈpɛrɪʃɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That perishes.
1. That goes to destruction; that passes out of existence, or suffers decay, dissolution, or death.
c1450tr. De Imitatione i. i. 2 To seke perishyng ryches and to truste in hem is vanite. 1663Gerbier Counsel d iv a, The perishing Buildings of Mortalls. 1710Swift Tatler No. 230 ⁋10 All new affected Modes of Speech..are the first perishing Parts in any Language. 1844Willis Psyche 36 The glory of the human form Is but a perishing thing.
2. That causes destruction or death; deadly: said of cold, privation, or the like. Also Austral., with reference to perish n. 2.
1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 246 The colde, and moistnesse, wych is perissynge and contrarie to the lyfe. 1634Rainbow Labour (1635) 22 It cannot be said to be causally perishing. 1813T. Busby tr. Lucretius v. Comm. p. vi, Destroyed by..the perishing power of frost. 1893Earl Dunmore Pamirs II. 138 A night of perishing cold. 1941I. L. Idriess Great Boomerang xvii. 124 Sixty miles to water, along a perishing track on a perishing day.
3. colloq. Applied disparagingly to anything: insignificant; troublesome; also as an intensive and as a filler.
1847E. Brontë Wuthering Heights II. xiii. 266 Do you imagine..that healthy, hearty girl, will tie herself to a little perishing monkey like you? 1903Kipling Five Nations 196 We were sugared about by the old men (Panicky, perishin' old men). 1916‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin iii. 32 A long coaling in the winter is the ‘perishin' limit’, as some one put it. 1918[see Blighty, blighty n. c]. 1930[see flat spin s.v. flat a. 15]. 1952M. Allingham Tiger in Smoke iv. 75 These perishing crooks, who do they think they are all of a sudden?
4. a. as adv. Excessively, perishingly.
1888E. Marshall Bristol Diamonds ix. 106 It is perishing cold to-day. 1906Westm. Gaz. 26 Feb. 4/2 I'm perishing hungry. I feel as if I should drop. 1933M. Lowry Ultramarine ii. 63 You've been a perishing long time with that coffee! 1945G. Millar Maquis i. 21 They all say it's perishing cold in the aircraft.
b. Used as a mere intensive.
1959M. Gilbert Blood & Judgement v. 54 He..turns right at the top, because it's the only way he perishing well can turn.
Hence ˈperishingly adv., so as to cause to perish; deadly.
1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 298 Perishingly cold with frosty Winds. 1876Smiles Sc. Natur. vi. (ed. 4) 97 These sleeping-places were perishingly cold. |