† lotingn.
Obsolete.
I. Compounds.
1. loting-place n. a hiding place; a den.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > a secret place, hiding place > [noun]
hidelsc975
hidela1300
bushc1330
hulkc1330
derna1340
tapissinga1340
coverta1375
hiding1382
loting-placea1398
cover14..
hiding placec1440
mewa1450
closetc1450
hole1483
cure1502
secret1530
shrouding place1571
ivy-bush1576
coney burrowa1586
hidlings1597
foxhole1606
shrouding corner1610
recess1611
subterfuge1616
latibule1623
latebra1626
blind1646
privacy1648
hide1649
retreat1697
rathole1770
hidey-hole1817
tod hole1846
hulster1880
hideout1885
cwtch1890
castle1898
lurk1906
stash1927
hideaway1930
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xiv. liii. 722 A derke caue..is propre lotiynge and hidynge place [L. latibulum] of bestes þat wonnen in dennes and dowers.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xxx. 1176 Whan he feleþ himself to fatte þanne he secheþ dennes and lotyng places [L. latebras], for he dredeþ..harme by heuynesse of body.
II. Simple uses.
2. = loting-place n. at sense 1.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > lurking, skulking > [noun]
skulking1297
skulkery?a1400
lotingc1400
lurking1563
mitching1577
lusking1579
latitation1623
latitat1647
skulk1858
c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 6193 He seiȝ þe jkeris woniynge And þe fisshes lotyinge [a1425 Linc. Inn lotynge].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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