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dwelling, vbl. n.|ˈdwɛlɪŋ|
[f. dwell v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb dwell.
†1. Delaying, delay; tarrying. Obs.
c1330Havelok 1352 Loke that thou dwellen nouth: Dwelling haueth ofte scathe wrouth. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 4965 Bot com, & make no dwellynge. c1374Chaucer Boeth. i. metr. i. 1 (Camb. MS.) Myn vnpietous lyf draweth a long vnagreable dwellynges [ingratas moras] in me. c1475Rauf Coilȝear 239 For my dwelling to nicht, I dreid me for blame.
b. With on, upon: see dwell v. 5.
1832Baroness Bunsen in Hare Life I. ix. 380 It will not bear dwelling upon.
2. Continued, esp. habitual, residence; abode. Also fig.
1382Wyclif Dan. v. 21 With feeld assis his dwellynge was. c1400Rom. Rose 6208 Ne no wight may, by my clothing, Wite with what folk is my dwellyng. 1586A. Day Eng. Secretary ii. (1625) 51 My dwelling with Master L. continued..even to this present day. 1648Gage West Ind. xviii. 124 The healthiest and pleasantest place of dwelling that ever I came into.
†b. ‘Residence’, accommodation. Obs.
c1460Fortescue Abs. & Lim. Mon. xvii. (1885) 151 He hath be þe yere iij. li. xd, be sydes his dwellynge in þe logge. 1535Coverdale 2 Kings ii. 19 There is good dwellynge in this cite..but the water is euell.
3. concr. A place of residence; a dwelling-place, habitation, house.
1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 1368 Na syker duellyng fynde we here. 1382Wyclif John xiv. 2 In the hous of my fadir ben manye dwellingis. 14..Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 594/41 Mansio, a dwellynge. 1535Coverdale 1 Esdras ix. 37 The children of Israel were in their dwellynges. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 749 They have no dwelling but their boats. 1667Milton P.L. vii. 183 Good will To future men, and in thir dwellings peace. 1726Adv. Capt. R. Boyle 43, I went back to my Dwelling. 1863Geo. Eliot Romola i. xx, A street of high silent-looking dwellings.
fig.1655Stanley Hist. Philos. i. (1701) 40/1 Enclosed in the narrow dwelling of the Mind. 1713Berkeley Guardian No. 3 ⁋1 That bosom which ought to be the dwelling of sanctity and devotion.
4. attrib. and Comb., as dwelling cave, dwelling chamber, dwelling cottage, dwelling space, † dwelling stead, dwelling tent, etc.; dwelling action (see dwell v. 4 d). Also dwelling-house, -place.
a1300Cursor M. 14709 (Gött.) His duelling stede sal last in hell. a1340Hampole Psalter xxxviii. 17 Na duellynge stede haf i here. 1607Topsell Serpents (1658) 793 The Sea-tortoises of India are so big, that with one of them they cover a dwelling Cottage. 1718Berkeley Tour in Italy Wks. 1871 IV. 593 The dwelling-seat of the Prince of Caserta. 1780Coxe Russ. Disc. 132 One of the dwelling-caves of the savages. 1836Specif. Stansfeld's Patent No. 7130. 2 Producing a gradual pressure and dwelling action of the lay or slay. 1891Month LXXIII. 25 Freight-cars..turned into dwelling-caves for the ballast-men.
Hence ˈdwellingless a., without a dwelling; possessing or containing no dwelling.
1882Blackw. Mag. Feb. 244 A melancholy expanse—treeless, dwellingless, manless. 1894Month May 68 Whether they be styled dwellers in waggons, or be dwellingless. |