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▪ I. threating, vbl. n. Obs. or arch.|ˈθrɛtɪŋ|
[f. threat v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of the verb threat; threatening; a threat.
1046O.E. Chron. (MS. D), On þam ᵹeare ᵹegaderade Eadward cyng mycele scypferde on Sandwic þurh Magnus þreatunge on Norwegon. a1225Ancr. R. 156 Vre Louerd hefde ifuld him of his þreatunge. 1382[see quot. 1388 s.v. threatening vbl. n.]. 1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 152 Seneca..wriet the hede atte the t[h]retyngis of the Swerde. 1482Monk of Evesham (Arb.) 96 Whenne he herde..this thretyng he was sore aferd. 1562J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 129 Not to wag their beardes in brawlyng and threatyng. 1643Bp. H. Leslie Serm. St. Mary's, Oxford 9 Feb. 4 None of his threatings could fall to the ground.
▪ II. ˈthreating, ppl. a. Obs. or arch.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That threats; threatening, menacing.
13..K. Alis. 930 (Bodl. MS.) Wiþ cryeyng & þretyng wordes. 1483Cath. Angl. 385/2 Threthynge, minans, minax. 1510Sel. Cas. Crt. Star Chamber (Selden) 205 With thretyng wordes [they] Caused the Carpynders to leve ther werke. 1641A. Scott Journ. in Sc. Hist. Soc. Misc. (1904) 278 The threating danger of the Scottish mist. |