† hellingn.1
Obsolete. rare.
The action or process of burnishing.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > polishing > [noun] > polishing metal
burnishing1552
coloration1617
helling1738
colouring1875
1738 G. Smith tr. Laboratory i. 17 It undergoes several Operations, and is raised to its Beauty by Gilding Wax, Colouring, and Helling.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
hellingn.2
/ˈhɛlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈhɛlɪŋ/ helling around the action of causing trouble or messing around; hell-raising.
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society > society and the community > dissent > lack of peacefulness > [noun] > making trouble
helling around1899
trouble-making1920
aggro1969
1899 Waterloo (Iowa) Daily Courier 23 June 3/3 What is the upshot of it all? Why, such accomplishments as hazing, helling around, a glee club travelling to bore the natives, [etc.].
1969 ‘E. Lathen’ Come to Dust xvii. 172 ‘If he did any helling around, it wasn't here,’ the janitor continued.
1993 Washington Post (Nexis) 21 Mar. x4 In 1954,..[Hunter S.] Thompson,..interrupted his alcohol-sodden helling around to wax philosophical.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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