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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lord  \Lord\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Lorded};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Lording}.] 
  To  play  the  lord;  to  domineer;  to  rule  with  arbitrary  or 
  despotic  sway;  --  sometimes  with  over  and  sometimes  with  it 
  in  the  manner  of  a  transitive  verb 
 
  The  whiles  she  lordeth  in  licentious  bliss.  --Spenser. 
 
  I  see  them  lording  it  in  London  streets.  --Shak. 
 
  And  lorded  over  them  whom  now  they  serve.  --Milton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lording  \Lord"ing\,  n.  [Lord  +  -ing,  3.] 
  1.  The  son  of  a  lord;  a  person  of  noble  lineage.  [Obs.] 
  --Spenser. 
 
  2.  A  little  lord;  a  lordling;  a  lord,  in  contempt  or 
  ridicule.  [Obs.]  --Swift. 
 
  Note:  In  the  plural,  a  common  ancient  mode  of  address 
  equivalent  to  ``Sirs''  or  ``My  masters.'' 
 
  Therefore,  lordings  all  I  you  beseech. 
  --Chaucer.




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