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▪ I. retrieving, vbl. n.|rɪˈtriːvɪŋ|
[f. as retriever + -ing1.]
The action of the verb in various senses.
c1410Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) xiii, Se þe good recouerynge and retreuynge and þe maystreys and þe sotiltees þat be in goode houndes. c1645Howell Lett. (1650) I. 348 Take heed you do not lose me, for if you do,..there is no retrieving of me. a1680Butler Rem. (1759) I. 205 All's laid out upon Retrieving of the Curse of Babylon. 1712Addison Spect. No. 440 ⁋2 The Establishment which we have here made for the retrieving of good Manners. 1719W. Wood Surv. Trade p. vii, To this we owe the Retrieving of the lost Condition our Trade..was generally in. 1856‘Stonehenge’ Brit. Rur. Sports 46/2 Nothing requires so much practice as retrieving. 1886C. Scott Sheep-Farming 205 A sheep-dog..that inclines to retrieving is invariably a fool among sheep. 1962Communications Assoc. Computing Machinery V. 11 (heading) Information structures for processing and retrieving.
attrib.1856Emerson Eng. Traits, Literature, I know that a retrieving power lies in the English race. 1972J. S. Hall Sayings from Old Smoky 3 A computer-like retrieving process.
▪ II. reˈtrieving, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That retrieves.
1856‘Stonehenge’ Brit. Rur. Sports 46/1 You must pay about {pstlg}5 a brace more for the retrieving-setters. 1895Q. Rev. Jan. 93 The stalking horse and the Egyptians' retrieving cat. |