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▪ I. lulling, vbl. n.|ˈlʌlɪŋ|
[f. lull v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of lull v.1
c1394P. Pl. Crede 77 And at þe lulling of oure Ladye þe wymmen to lyken. c1440Promp. Parv. 317/1 Lullynge of yonge chylder.., neniacio. 1575R. B. Apius & Virginia B 1 b, What culling: what lulling: what stur haue wee here? 1633G. Herbert Temple, Pearl iii, I know the wayes of pleasure, the sweet strains, the lullings and relishes of it. 1865Cornh. Mag. Sept. 269 The mother..began to soothe it..interspersing her lulling with thanks to Molly.
†b. concr. A soothing song. Obs.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vi. v. (Tollem. MS.), Þey [nurses] use to singe lullynges and oþer cradel songis to plese þe wittis of þe childe.
▪ II. lulling, ppl. a.|ˈlʌlɪŋ|
[f. lull v.1 + -ing2.]
That lulls.
c1440Promp. Parv. 317/1 Lullynge songe, nenia. 1672Chaucer's Ghoast 26 He sang him such a lulling Song, that he the Giant brought asleep. 1711Addison Spect. No. 29 ⁋8 An English Composer should not follow the Italian Recitative too servilely..He may copy out of it all the lulling Softness. 1748Lady M. W. Montagu Fashion 76 in Dodsley Coll. Poems III. 277 Let Italy give mimick canvass fire, Carve rock to life, or tune the lulling lyre. 1821Shelley Prometh. Unb. i. i. 225 My wings are folded o'er mine ears:..Yet..through their lulling plumes arise, A Shape, a throng of sounds. 1847Disraeli Tancred iii. iv, Its lulling influence is proverbial. |