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▪ I. † ˈstying, vbl. n.1 Obs. [f. sty v.1 + -ing1.] The action of ascending; an ascent.
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 167 Salomon þe wise..sehȝ þese wunderliche stienge [sc. the three ascents of the Virgin Mary] alse suterliche alse he þis dai were. a1340Hampole Psalter cxix [cxx]. 1 Sang of degres, that is, ioy of thoght in gastly steghynge. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 448 Aftir his steying to heuene. 1382― Ps. lxxxiii [lxxxiv]. 6 Steȝingus vp [1388 stiyngis, Vulg. ascensiones] in his herte he disposide. c1440Promp. Parv. 473/2 Steyynge, scansio, ascensus. 1493Dives & Pauper (W. de W. 1496) i. lvi. 97/1 Prayer is a styeng up of a mannes herte to god. b. concr.
1382Wyclif Cant. iii. 10 His pileris he made siluerene,..the steȝing vp [1388 a stiyng, Vulg. ascensum] purpur. c1440Promp. Parv. 473/2 Steyle, or steyynge vp, ascensus, scansile. ▪ II. stying, vbl. n.2|ˈstaɪɪŋ| [f. sty v.2 + -ing1.] The placing of swine in sties.
1905A. T. Sheppard Red Cravat ii. ix. 149 The farmyard, where..I once assisted in the stying of a refractory pig. ▪ III. † ˈstying, ppl. a. Obs. [f. sty v.1 + -ing2.] That ascends.
1593G. Harvey Pierces Super. 8, I, that sought the winges of a mounting Pegasus, or a stying Phenix. |