† healthingn.
1. The furthering or imparting of health. rare.
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1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xlv. 303 The helping, and healthing of all studentes.
2. The drinking of healths; toasting.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking intoxicating liquor > drinking to each other or toasting
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1628 Bp. J. Hall Serm. Publike Fast 52 What bouzing, and quaffing, and whiffing, and healthing is there.
1654 J. Trapp Comm. Esther i 8 This detestable healthing and carousing too too common in all parts of Christendom.
1696 O. Heywood Let. in R. Thoresby Corr. (Hunter) I. 229 I prefer this exercise to ranting, railing, healthing.
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