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mistressing, vbl. n.|ˈmɪstrɪsɪŋ| [f. mistress n. + -ing1.] Paying court to, or dallying with, a mistress.
a1631Donne To Mr. Tilman Poems (1654) 350 As if their day were onely to be spent In dressing, Mistressing, and complement. 1633G. Herbert Temple, Ch. Porch xiv, Flie idlenesse, which yet thou canst not flie By dressing, mistressing, and complement. 1683Tryon Way to Health 461 No Mistrissing, nor Revelling. 1783Wesley Wks. (1872) XI. 525 Drinking, and dressing, and mistressing. |