c1450 in F. J. Furnivall Hymns to Virgin & Christ (1867) 4 Heil þat alle wommen on doon calle in temynge whanne þei ben hard bistadde!

?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman ii. ix. sig. i.ij To haue enui at other for their beautie, & their welfare, or plentous teming.

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Rom. iv. f. x^v Thoughe hymself was feble, and his wyfe lykewyse passed temyng.

1607 G. Markham Cavelarice i. 50 The onely time of danger is at the first conception, and at the time of teaming.

1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 148 Mr. Bayes in the Preface of his Defence to excuse his long teeming before it were brought forth.

?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. vi. 58 They were Twins,..and if old Eve had miscarryed of them at her first Teeming, I think it had been no great loss.

1764 R. Griffith Triumvirate II. clxxxii. 271 I would have one, two, or..three women, past their teemings, established in every parish.

1964 Antioch Rev. 24 119 The void spilled forth figures... I was frightened by this teeming of my fancy;..there was not a space between all those cornices, corbels, thrones, and spandrels that did not breed more figures.

1599 L. Barker Christs Checke to Peter sig. G6 Shee had indeede by Adam, Abel and Cain..but by the diuell she conceiued & brought forth Curiositie: indeede the former, but the worser teeming.

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 429 The Suns..that shined with gladding Influences, on worthy Teemings of a fruitfull Brain.

1673 Raillerie a la Mode Consider'd 54 The Teemings of every Term, which deserves a much severer Tax upon every Sheet then there is imposed upon the Law.

1701 J. Gill Serm. before Soc. for Reformation of Manners Ded. sig. B 'Tis Good to be found in God's Way,..that we may be ready for all the Teemings of his Providence.

1779 G. B. People of Ireland 5 They look with contempt on the teemings of the press.

1831 New Monthly Mag. 31 102 The teemings of his brain destroy each other like the children of Cadmus.

1845 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 14 Jan. Never aspiring to men's share in the teemings of their native soil.

1938 Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner 1 May a4/2 Many writers have attempted to deal with the unconscious, with its wild teemings of unexpressed desires.

1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith v. i. §2. 279 The prolific teeming of the everbearing World.

1879 Times 6 Sept. The rushing of water from the..rills keeps pace with the teeming of the earth and with the ripening of its fruits.

1964 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 85 379 The verb.., though used especially of the swelling and teeming of plant life, cannot in the strict sense be called a metaphor.

1998 Salmagundi No. 118/119 45 They are glimpses of the teeming of the speaker's brain, elements in his life that still pull him strongly even when they contradict his compassion.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. ii. 91 Is not my teeming date drunke vp with time? View more context for this quotation

1609 W. Rowley Search for Money 9 Shee cast many colts, and that was with his vnmercifull backing of her so neere her teeming time.

1655 Young-mans Tryal (single sheet) She loses her teeming time, as other fair Maidens do.

1736 H. Fielding Tumble-down Dick 14 What shall I do to get another Son, For now, alas! my Teeming-time is done?

in S. Bentley Excerpta Hist. (1833) 239 (MED) And evyn in mediately the trompe sownyng..the speres broken, the temyng of sadelis, the hewyng on bassynettes wt blont swerdes..for the Jugez that satte, nor the Pryncesse..tooke nott upp the sportt.

a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 39 Wee usually leade to one place till such time as it beginne to bee troublesome teaminge, and then goe wee to another.

1799 G. S. Carey Balnea (ed. 2) 232 Offensive smells occasioned by the teemings of the poor inhabitants of the latter place, who..empty their filth adown its sides.

1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 391/2 The wagons when teamed retaining a third of their contents plastered to the sides and bottom, and so requiring double the time for teaming.

1909 Electrochem. & Metall. Industry May 216/1 The workmen at the silo can arrange for the automatic teeming of the contents of each car into any of the hoppers.

1949 Timber Trades Jrnl. 17 Sept. 1727/2 Yard work in the pitprop storage ground continues to be mainly teeming of cargoes recently arrived.

1857 J. Scoffern et al. Useful Metals 354 All being ready for ‘teeming’, the foreman says which pots are to be taken out first.

1874 W. H. Greenwood Man. Metall. I. ix. 162 The teeming holes are rectangular holes..in which the ingot moulds are placed.

1926 Iron Age 117 1778 The central metal continues fluid and in active motion for some minutes after teeming.

1970 R. W. Thomas Iron & Steel iv. 30/1 The production of high quality ingots is by no means as simple as it sounds. Even the teeming process requires careful consideration.

2009 G. S. Kumar et al. in Waste Treatm. Metal Manufacturing, Forming, Coating & Finishing Industries ii. 58 Particulate emissions are produced during the teeming of molten steel into ingot molds.

1651 T. Powell tr. V. Malvezzi Stoa Triumphans 65 The waters..sweetly kissing the enamell'd herbs, do make them teemingly fertile.

1895 Clarion 2 Nov. 1/4 Our cause spreads teemingly.

2017 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 29 Apr. 18 Looking back at his drawings—ebullient, chaotic, teemingly detailed—I felt a little sad.

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 120 The hand giving a kind of teemingness to the spring.

1737 S. Whatley tr. K. L. von Pöllnitz Mem. I. xi. 214 He had been married fourteen or fifteen Years, and his Lady never given the least Sign of Teemingness.

1957 Sunday Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 10 Feb. 10/4 The film's strongest point..is the way in which it got across the teemingness of India.

2007 Washington Post (Nexis) (Arts section) 19 Nov. g7 Chant Avedissian of Cairo yearns to show us Egypt now—the teemingness, the dust, how much he dearly loves the place.

1627 M. Drayton Quest of Cynthia in Battaile Agincourt 127 Those Frosts..Renew vs like the Teeming Springs, and wee thus fresh are seene.

1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Of Consol. Philos. i. 2 The weeping Muse..whose teeming Eyes Keep time with her's.

1782 J. Jackson Eldred iii. 59 I rose and listen'd to the teeming rain.

1880 A. B. Todd Circling Year 76 The streams, swoln by the teeming rain.

1955 Times 14 May 4/1 Teeming rain ushered in the evening session, but stopped before the arrival of the Queen.

2011 K. White Beach Trees xxix. 373 Grabbing a raincoat and umbrella, I ran out to my car in the teeming rain and headed toward the highway.