1466 in T. Thomson Acts Lords Auditors (1839) 6/1 To the producing of the quhilk prufe the lordis assignis him [etc.].

1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 114 The commons..thought it..muche lighter in tongue to saie ‘Englande’, Then with their mouth,..By long producyng, to call it ‘Engistislande’.

1587 J. Bridges Def. Govt. Church of Eng. i. 161 Let vs now returne..to the producing of these foure Tetrarkes, what their offices are, how necessarie and important they be.

1627 W. Rawley in Bacon's Sylva To Rdr. The producing of many noble works and effects.

1692 J. Locke Some Considerations Lowering Interest 16 Trade then is necessary to the producing of Riches, and Money necessary to the carrying on of Trade.

1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 35 Generation is but the Producing and Manifestation of an Animal..form'd a few days after the Creation of the Sun.

1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. xl. 236 Wherever any such power is conferred, the end or purpose for which it was conferred..must have been the producing of a benefit to somebody.

1816 Old Mortality in W. Scott Waverley Novels I. v. 309 The producing of some provision a little better than ordinary.

1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. xv. 280 Here ensued a pause, filled up by the producing and lighting of a cigar.

1936 Times 19 May 15/3 He drew a distinction between the producing of coal and the regulation of its production.

1996 Raygun Nov. 55 David does most of the producing, but we both analyze each and every song.

1603 T. Lodge Treat. Plague ii. B3^v The Plague then hath his originall & producing causes.

1666 Duchess of Newcastle Descr. New World i. 39 That heat and cold were not the primary producing causes of either Vegetables or Minerals, or other sorts of Creatures, but onely effects.

1776 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 66 472 The effect would not correspond with its producing cause.

1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. iv. 55 Can any distinction be assigned..between the producing watch, and the producing plant?

1884 U.S. Tenth Census X. 13 ‘Shale oil’ was found at a depth of 751 feet, and in November, 1871, producing sand was struck at 1,110 feet.

1907 Q. Rev. July 208 Hordes of mendicants live upon the producing classes.

1920 Stage Year Bk. 51 One or two of the bigger and better producing firms had begun to look higher.

1976 Daily Tel. 3 Dec. 5/5 So far..most of Mexico's producing wells have been on land or in the relatively calm and shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

2004 New Yorker 1 Mar. 97/2 The show calls into question the M. T. C. as a producing entity.