2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
-ing \-ing\
1. [For OE -and, -end, -ind, AS -ende; akin to Goth. -and-,
L. -ant-, -ent-, Gr ?.] A suffix used to from present
participles; as singing, playing.
2. [OE. -ing, AS -ing, -ung.] A suffix used to form nouns
from verbs, and signifying the act of the result of the
act as riding, dying, feeling. It has also a secondary
collective force; as shipping, clothing.
Note: The Old English ending of the present participle and
verbal noun became confused, both becoming -ing.
3. [AS. -ing.] A suffix formerly used to form diminutives;
as lording, farthing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ing \Ing\, n. [AS. ing.]
A pasture or meadow; generally one lying low near a river.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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