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▪ I. supplying, vbl. n.1|səˈplaɪɪŋ|
[f. supply v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of supply v.1 in various senses; filling of a place or vacancy; substitution; † supplementation; † assistance, reinforcement (Sc.); provision, supply.
c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 453 Hou cristis chirche is disseyued bi suppliyng of vikeris, & þes persouns ben absent þe while. c1470Henry Wallace i. 105 In that castell the erle gert hald thaim in, At to thar men with out thai mycht nocht wyn; Na thai to thaim suppleyng for to ma. 1499Reg. Privy Seal Scot. I. 46/1 The..suppleing and assistance gevin be him to diuers rebellis. 1570T. Norton tr. Nowel's Catech. 73 That thys their confirmation should be taken for a certaine supplying [orig. supplementum] of Baptisme..as though Baptisme els were vnperfect. 1586Acts Privy Council (N.S.) 166 The said summe..to be by him employed for the supplyinge of the store with the same parcells. 1625Donne Serm., Christmas Day (1640) 22 A filling of all former vacuities, a supplying of all emptinesses in our soules. 1625–6in Willis & Clark Cambr. (1886) I. 444 To the Glasier..for y⊇ supplyeinge of paynted glasse. 1626in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. v. 474 The supplieing and refreshing of the needefull exigentes of the poore. 1643Baker Chron., Hen. VIII, 38 The Emperour gave to the Master of Saint Iohns of Hierusalem the Island of Maltas, in supplying of the Island of Rodes, which the Turke..had won from that Order. 1682in Scott. Antiq. (1901) July 3 In the..suppleing of vacant places within the colledge. 1883Athenæum 26 May 661/1 Mysteries..partly solved by the supplying of a date or a name.
So suˈpplying ppl. a.1, that supplies.
1798Hutton Course Math. (1807) II. 273 A..vessel..kept constantly full of water, by a large supplying cock at the top. 1895Daily News 2 Jan. 5/7 The credit system on which the fisheries..are conducted is..perilous to the supplying merchants.
▪ II. † supplying, ppl. a.2
Obs.: see supply v.3 |