† littingn.
Obsolete.
The action of colouring, dyeing, or painting. † litting-lead n. Obsolete a dyer's vat.
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the world > matter > colour > colouring > painting > [noun]
litting?c1225
painting1351
paintryc1454
paintment1597
paint1600
the world > matter > colour > colouring > [noun]
staininga1382
colouring?a1425
littingc1440
tincturing1616
colourishing1646
colourization1825
coloration1837
tinting1853
the world > matter > colour > colouring > dyeing > [noun] > equipment used
litting-lead1485–6
vat1548
battery1737
deviling1737
winch1740
shaker1791
pastel-vat1838
wince1839
wincing-machine1839
tin-vat1865
jigger1893
jig1942
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 287 Inschelt beoð þreo þinges þe treo & þe leðer & þe litunge [a1250 Nero peintunge].
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 308/2 Lytynge of clothe (MS. K., P. littinge), tinctura.
1485–6 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 157 Operanti super..et posicione unius lyttynglede.
1543 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 187 Ane gryt litting leid, price twenty poundis, ane litill litting leid, price sax poundis.
1568 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlviii. 31 Seure, be my witting, not brunt in the litting.
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