† collingn.1
Obsolete.
Embracing, hugging.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [noun] > action of embracing
clippingc1230
embracingc1386
halsing1387
collinga1425
amplection1474
embracement1485
culling1490
bracingc1540
clasping1562
embrace1599
embrasure1609
hugging1616
bosoming1624
amplexation1634
embrassade1830
huddling1869
lapping-
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > [noun] > cutting or shaving
dodding?c1225
shearingc1315
shaving138.
tonsure1390
pollinga1400
clippingc1440
rasure1483
barbing1485
trimmingc1525
colling1575
tonsuring1811
detonsure1819
pogonotomy1896
poodling1907
razor cutting1952
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Prov. vii. 18 Vse we collyngis that ben coueited [1382 the coueited clippingis].
1575 G. Gascoigne Hundred Flowers in Wks. (1587) 94 Kisses caught by stealth; Sweet colings.
1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd xix. 188 Their tongues ake not with talking, nor their armes with colling.
1690 J. Dryden Amphitryon i. ii. 8 You keep such a billing and colling here.
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† collingn.2
Obsolete.
The action of polling, or clipping off.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [noun] > cutting off or away (with an instrument)
shearingc1315
paring1319
concision1382
shaving1390
thwiting1393
forcingc1440
trousing1512
trimmingc1525
circumcision1581
snipping1583
clipping1589
snip-snap1597
trim1608
whittling1614
collinga1628
shripping1635
snippery1639
undercuttinga1652
exscindinga1677
nipping1693
snip-snapping1906
a1628 A. Simson Serm. John in Select Biogr. (1845) I. 120 The colling of excrements of the candle.
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† collingadj.
Obsolete.
That embraces round the neck. (In quot. collingly adv.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [adverb]
collingly1576
embracingly1825
huggingly1891
1576 G. Gascoigne Complaynt of Phylomene in Steele Glas sig. L.iijv And hoong about his necke And collingly him kist.
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> as lemmas
ˈcolling
ˈcolling n.
ΚΠ
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice v. 19 Then you shall take a sharpe payre of colling sheares and colle the inside of both his eares, as close to the skinne as may bee.
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