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▪ I. ˈsiking, vbl. n. Now dial. [f. sike v. + -ing1.] = sighing vbl. n. 1.
a1300Havelok 234 Þer was sobbing, siking, and sor. 1340Ayenb. 171 Vorþenchinge acseþ grat zorȝe and greate zykinges of herte. c1400Laud. Troy Bk. 662 Loue..trauayles here wondir strong With thought and sykyng euere among. c1420Chron. Vilod. 1865 He with sore sykyng and snobbyng bothe Vnswered þe monke. 1482Monk of Evesham (Arb.) 24 Amonge his lamentacions and sykynges..he asayde..to opene his yes. 1886Brierley Cast upon World xviii, I hate to yer [= hear] that soikin' an' meeonin'. attrib.13..E.E. Psalter vi. 6 (Egerton MS.), I swank in mi sikinge-stede. ▪ II. siking, ppl. a. rare—1. [f. sike v. + -ing2.] That sighs; sighing. Hence † ˈsikingness.
13..[see sighingness]. c1616Fletcher Thierry & Theod. v. i, Thou hast a bonny countenance and a blithe, promising mickle good to a siking wemb. |