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▪ I. biding, vbl. n.|ˈbaɪdɪŋ|
[f. bide v. + -ing1.]
1. Awaiting, expectation; remaining, tarrying.
1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 4708 And men sal wax dry..for lang bydyng þar-in. 1483Cath. Angl. 31 A Bydynge, expectacio, perseuerancia. a1657Sir J. Balfour Ann. Scot. (1825) II. 315 His longe delay and bydinng out. 1862Barnes Rhymes Dorset Dial. II. 182 But bidin up till dead o'night..do soon consume The feäce's bloom.
†b. concr. The object of expectation. Obs.
1382Wyclif Jer. xiv. 8 Thou biding [Vulg. expectatio] of Irael, his saueour in tyme of tribulacioun.
2. Stay, residence, dwelling.
c1400Cov. Myst. 22 In erthliche paradys withowtyn wo I graunt the bydyng. 1653Milton Ps. v. 11 Evil with thee no biding makes. 1713Rowe J. Shore i. ii, At Antwerp has my constant biding been. 1866[see 3].
†b. concr. An abode, dwelling, habitation. Obs.
1600Hakluyt Voy. III. 809 (R.) They brought us to their bidings about two miles from the harborough. 1605Shakes. Lear iv. vi. 228 I'll lead you to some biding. a1687Cotton Voy. Irel. i. 66 Three miles ere we met with a biding.
3. attrib., as biding-place, place of abode.
1557Paynell Barclay's Jugurth 17 b, They had no certayne bydinge place. 1626Milton Death Fair Inf. 21 He..Unhoused thy virgin soul from her fair biding-place. 1866Mrs. Whitney L. Goldthwaite i, How many different little biding-places there are in the world.
▪ II. ˈbiding, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
Lasting, continuing, enduring. (Now usually abiding.)
1430Lydg. Chron. Troy i. ii, And though the ginning be but casuell The biding frete is passingly cruell. 1536Lyndesay Answ. Kyngis Flyting 38 Beleif richt weill, it is ane bydand gam. 1633W. Struther True Happ. 5 We have need of some biding substance to supply these losses. |