1552 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Basis,..roundels made to set vnder wyne pottes for raiying of the table.

1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Encenagamiento Raying with durt, oblimatio.

1787 ‘Vicarius’ Sketches of Beauty iv. ii. 102 When all these rayings, centered in His eye, Shall shine eternally on those that love.

1822 J. Neal Logan II. iv. 129 I feel thy raying in my very hair... Thou art very beautiful, star of my idolatry.

1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics I. iii. ii. 87 There is a raying out of all orders of existence.

1921 A. E. Waite Bk. Holy Graal xvii. 165 Some sudden raying of a nimbus-light.

1978 V. Danner tr. Ibn Ata'illah Bk. of Wisdom xii. 75 The raying-out of lights is in accordance with the purity of the innermost being.

1996 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 22 Nov. 30 Paul Stremple's acrylic abstract on board is a softly played raying of lines as though looking at Venetian blinds out of focus.

2003 E. R. Smith Soul's Long Journey 295 The astral body, which manifests through the raying of instincts, desires and passions.

1901 Lancet 16 Nov. 1375/2 I recently have had under observation two cases..in which the adjacent hair has been destroyed by the unprotected action of repeated raying.

1921 Science 23 Sept. 278/1 Eggs which were laid during the first six days after raying and mating.

1936 E. L. Johnson in B. M. Duggar Biol. Effects Radiation II. xxix. 978 Raying of budded plants seems to cause abscission of many buds; those which do bloom..are usually abnormal and the fruits mature with a decreased number of seeds.

1957 Q. Rev. Biol. 32 19/1 When centrifuged after irradiation, beginning about 5 minutes after raying, there was little or no effect.

1625 D. Primrose Scotlands Complaint Ep. Ded. sig. A2^v All the good Kings of the World..were but as small starres compared to this raying Planet.

1640 W. Mure Counter-buff 16 Amid the host Of glory raying angels, doth receave Such joyes as God can give or man can crave.

1660 G. Mackenzie Aretina ii. 83 All those raying faces which shine there.

1854 Christian Examiner & Relig. Misc. Mar. 299 We have before us two figures, one of the Saviour still with the raying glory, the other of the Arch-tempter.

1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors III. vii. 131 Popular artists..have figured in scenes of battle the raying fragments of a man from impact of a cannon-ball on his person.

1905 Westm. Gaz. 25 Apr. 2/3 The day That crowns us royal with the raying sun.

1932 Parnassus 4 49/2 The seated subject..is again an arrangement of arcs and raying lines.

2004 Spectator (Nexis) 23 Sept. 62 There is only one work by Geissler in the show, a delicate raying watercolour entitled ‘Morning Sun’.