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▪ I. † ˈmattering, vbl. n. Obs.
[f. matter v. + -ing1.]
1. The formation of matter or pus, suppuration.
1528Paynell Salerne's Regim. X iiij, Nothynge is better to heale matterynge at the eares, than the ieuse of wylowe leaues. 1631Widdowes Nat. Philos. 55 Extraordinary mattering is, when..the humors or parts themselves are made full of corrupt matter. 1749Bracken Farriery (ed. 6) xxx. 258 Mattering of the Yard..in Stoned Horses is often no other than a Gonorrhœa Simplex.
2. Caring, minding.
1693Evelyn De la Quint. Compl. Gard. I. 35 The Cloth as it were, should always be laid in a fine Garden, without mattering to see what passes in the open Fields.
▪ II. † ˈmattering, ppl. a. Obs.
[f. matter v. + -ing2.]
Forming or discharging matter, purulent.
1561Hollybush Hom. Apoth. 20 Scabbes,..mattering sores,..and the canker. 1589Rider Bibl. Schol. s.v., A mattering, or running sore. |