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▪ I. losing, vbl. n.|ˈluːzɪŋ|
[f. lose v.1 + -ing1.]
1. The action of lose v.1
†a. Perdition, destruction; the being lost or destroyed (obs.).
b. Used, chiefly gerundially, in various senses of the vb. † to be on losing: to be in process of being lost.
a.c950Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. vii. 13 Weᵹ ðiu lædas to losing. 13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 1031 He most ay lyue in þat loȝe in losyng euer-more. 1530Palsgr. 241/1 Losyng, perdition. 1597Beard Theatre God's Judgem. (1631) 234 The citie beeing besieged, and in some danger of losing. c1660Wriothesley Chron. I. 136 An armye of Gelderland..was in great daunger of loosinge.
b.1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) IV. 295 As a goldene fischhook, þe loosynge þerof may be i-quytte by non wynnynge of taking of fische. c1470Henry Wallace ii. 221 Compleyne his payne in dolour thus that duellis; In langour lyis, for losyng of thar luff. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 241 How shorte they be in duryng: how feerfull in kepyng: how sorowful in losynge. 1639Fuller Holy War (1647) 218 At his arrivall, the last stake of the Christians was on losing. 1668Pepys Diary 1 Jan., To see how differently one man took his losing from another. 1725J. Glanvill Poems 63 France shall meet with no Repair From Losings here, by healing Winnings there. 1847Tennyson Princess i. 140 Odes About this losing of the child. 1900F. T. Bullen With Christ at Sea iii. 53 We arrived..without..adventure except the losing of an anchor. 1901Q. Rev. July 178 It was the scene of Charles Fox's chief losings at the faro table.
2. attrib. in losing-money, a payment allowed to the loser in certain competitions.
1880Daily Tel. 7 Sept., There is a pound per win to each man.., and there is losing money at half rates every time your boat answers the starting gun.
▪ II. ˈlosing, ppl. a.
[f. lose v.1 + -ing2.]
That loses, or that results in loss. losing game, (a) a game played with ill-success; (b) a game in which the loser of the game wins the stakes. losing hazard, loadum, see the ns.
1519W. Horman Vulg. 280 b, A sengle ace is a losynge caste. 1596Shakes. Merch. V. iv. i. 62, I follow thus A loosing suite against him. 1601― Jul. C. v. v. 36, I shall have glory by this loosing day. 1668Lady Chaworth in 12th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. v. 10 [He] deserves a better fate than to be ever of the loosing side. 1708Pope Let. to H. Cromwell 1 Nov., You are return'd by this time..to the old Diversions of a losing Game at Picquet with the Ladies, and half a Play..at the Theatre. 1720De Foe Capt. Singleton xv. (1840) 265 This was a losing voyage. 1755N. Magens Insurances I. 60 They came to a losing Market. 1763Hoyle Whist 23 Do not trump it, but throw away a losing Card. 1893F. Adams New Egypt 26, I think we're playing a loosing game in Egypt.
Hence ˈlosingly adv., in a losing manner.
1864in Craig, Suppl.
▪ III. losing(e
obs. form of lozenge. |