Onding
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Breathing; smelling.
- 2 A heavy, continuous fall of rain or snow; a downpour. UK, dialectal
"... they inform the rest, with inward sorrow, that it is still "a terrible onding." So the circle is once more formed. Some one now proposes a game o' cairts, and the pack is produced."
Example
More examples"... they inform the rest, with inward sorrow, that it is still "a terrible onding." So the circle is once more formed. Some one now proposes a game o' cairts, and the pack is produced."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English ondyng, equivalent to onde (“to breathe, breathe on”) + -ing.
Etymology 2
From on- + ding (“to beat, strike”).
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