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▪ I. champing, vbl. n.1|ˈtʃæmpɪŋ|
[f. champ v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. champ; chewing with vigorous action, mashing.
1592Lyly Mydas iv. iii. 49 Give mee a pastie for a parke..then shalt see a notable champing. 1714Mandeville Fab. Bees (1725) I. 162 This little bit, after much chomping and chewing..goes down with him like chop'd hay. 1857Livingstone Trav. xv. 268 When eating, they [alligators] make a loud champing noise. 1863J. L. W. By-gone Days 9 The beating, or, as it was called, the ‘champin'’, of the potatoes was a work of strength. 188219th Cent. No. 69. 738 He..heard the champing of the bits.
▪ II. † ˈchamping, vbl. n.2 Obs.
= shampooing.
1698Hans Sloane in Phil. Trans. XX. 462 A kind of Instrument, called, in China, a Champing Instrument. Its use is to be rub'd or roul'd over the Muscular Flesh. 1782–3W. F. Martyn Geog. Mag. I. 262 Nor is this operation of champing..only practised after bathing.
▪ III. ˈchamping, ppl. a.
That champs.
1647H. More Song of Soul i. ii. xc, Corvino straight foam'd like his champing jade. |