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▪ I. aiming, vbl. n.|ˈeɪmɪŋ|
[f. aim v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb aim: direction, pointing, levelling a gun, etc. (Now mostly gerundial.) aiming point, in Gunnery (see quots.).
1587Golding De Mornay xviii. 282 The true welfare of man consisteth in his true end or..aming point. a1716South Serm. I. xii. (R.) This is always done with forecast and design; with a steady aiming, and a long projecting malice. 1842J. H. Newman Par. Serm. (ed. 2) V. iii. 50 Aim at things, and your words will be right without aiming. 1910Encycl. Brit. I. 692/1 In war, the target, even if visible, is often indistinct, and in this case..an ‘aiming point’..a conspicuous point quite apart and distinct from the target, has to be employed. 1918E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 12 Aiming Point, in gunnery, a stationary object..upon which the panoramic sight is directed after the proper deflection is set off.
▪ II. aiming, ppl. a.|ˈeɪmɪŋ|
[f. aim v. + -ing2.]
Directing oneself, or a missile, towards an object; designing, intending, tending towards, with, or as the result of, calculation or design.
1643Milton Divorce i. vi. (1847) 129/1 Love..having but one eye, being born an archer aiming. c1746Hervey Medit. & Contempl. (1818) 24 The blow came from an aiming, though invisible hand. |