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ˈharbouring, vbl. n.
[f. harbour v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb harbour, in various senses.
a1300Cursor M. 14709 His herbering sal last in hell. 1382Wyclif Rom. xii. 13 Kepinge, hospitalite, that is, herboringe of pore men. c1489Caxton Sonnes of Aymon i. 28 Lorde god, that wythin the holy wombe..toke thy herbowrynge. 1576Turberv. Venerie 141 There is not so muche skill to be used in lodgyng of a Bucke as in harboring of a harte. 1600J. Pory tr. Leo's Africa ii. 376 Places for the..docking, and harbouring of his warlike gallies. 1631Star Chamb. Cases (Camden) 56 Here was an harbouring of a popish priest.
b. attrib., as harbouring house, harbouring place.
1535Stewart Cron. Scot. (1858) I. 10 Tha saw evin at thair hand Ane herbering place. 1585Fleetwood in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. i. II. 302 Harboringe Howses for Maisterles Men, and for such as lyve by theifte. 1605Waymouth in Harper's Mag. Apr. (1883) 708/2 The most..secure harboring river that the world affordeth. |