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c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 1279 So gode likeing he fand Þat hole he was and fere.

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. l. 46 If contrey men in likyng hele endure.

a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) l. 6760 All pale and wanne, owt of likeng he was.

1539 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes sig. A.vij^v Thys oughte not to seme any maruayle..yf he were in better lykynge than hys horse.

1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health i. 2 These..labours..do make a good state or liking of the body.

1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. H I haue one sheepe in my folde thats quite out of liking.

1592 E. Smyth tr. J. de L'Espine Disc. touching Tranquilitie vi. f. 123^v If a master findeth his horse leane, and in euill liking, he blameth no man but the keeper.

1611 Bible (King James) Job xxxix. 4 Their yong ones are in good liking . View more context for this quotation

1662 L. Mascall Bk. Cattell 16 Which will cause the beast to become lean and of ill liking.

1737 H. Bracken Farriery Improved ii. 14 They have been observed to eat plentifully and not become fatter or in better liking.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 311 It is not enough to consult the present ease..of the child, to keep it plump in good liking.

1826 J. M. Good Bk. Nature III. vii. 213 The listless and idle..may..look fat and in good liking, but this is not happiness.

1848 S. W. Williams Middle Kingdom I. v. 219 The buffalo is used more than the ox.., and the habits of this animal make it cheaper to keep him in good liking.

1917 Living Age 6 Jan. 406/2 I observed that she was richly dressed and in better liking than when she left my house.