thouingn.

1661 V. Powell Bird in Cage 71 Their [sc. Quakers] chiefest Godliness doth stand in the least things of Religion, (as in thouing, keeping on the hat, &c.) and in outward affliction of the body.

1674 S. Butler Libertines Lampoone (single sheet) Quite from bending and bowing, She is declin'd: To Theeing, and to Thouing.

1697 State Philadelphia Society 2 They were not so silly as to place Religion in Thouing and Theeing.

1702 J. Stillingfleet Seasonable Advice Quakerism i. 5 No Man that is not given up to the Delusions of Quakerism can imagine theeing and thouing to be bearing the Cross.

1772 Monthly Rev. Feb. 164 Our principal objections to this volume, are..3dly, The eternal, ridiculous thee-ing and thou-ing.

1843 J. Cockin Refl. after Reading 210 Their drab dress was Attic simplicity; their theeing and thouing, the pure diction of classical antiquity.

1883 Globe 24 Mar. 1/5 In this country ‘thouing’ is a lost art.

1922 Independent & Weekly Rev. 15 Apr. 374/2 Since a writer is using English, why should he or she not..avoid the thee-ing and thou-ing which we have been brought up to believe is necessary in a novel about the ancient Greeks or Romans or Hebrews?

1982 D. Eddings Pawn of Prophecy 176 Is all this theeing and thouing really necessary?

2009 T. Lundmark Tales of Hi & Bye 189 Thouing and Youing in other tongues.