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▪ I. ˈnewing, vbl. n. [f. new v. + -ing1.] †1. The action of renewing or making new. Obs.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxxvii. (Vincent) 81 He wald nocht þai de suld sa, but newing of gret payne. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) III. 117 He sigh visiouns and siȝtes of þe newynge of þe temple. 1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 3 To mak some newing of thing till enforme ȝour ȝouthede of mony syndry knaulagis. a1500in Arnolde Chron. (1811) 42 The grauntis yeftis confirmacions newyng and ordinauncis aboue sayd. †b. A new growth or product. Obs. rare.
1547Boorde Introd. Knowl. ii. (1870) 127 They wyl sell there lams..and theyr corne the whyche is not sowen, and all other newynges, a yere before that they be sure of any newynge. 2. A new thing, a novelty; pl. news, something new. Now dial. Chiefly surviving in the N. of Ireland in the pl. form, also written newins, newans, and newance.
c1410Sir Cleges 372 He seyd, ‘I thanke Cryst Iesu; Thys is a fayre neweynge.’ 1562Q. Kennedy Ressoning w. J. Knox {cross} iij b, That was na newingis in this cuntrie. Ibid. D ij, Apperanlie that sould be na newingis to yow. 1633Rutherford Lett. xxix. (1862) I. 104 Strokes were not newings to Him, and neither are they to you. 1875Knox Hist. Down 49 Newance. 1880Antrim & Down Gloss. s.v. New-ans, It's new-ans to see you down so early. ▪ II. ˈnewing, n. dial. (See quot. and neaving.)
1674Ray S. & E.C. Words 73 Newing, yeast or Barm. Ess[ex]. [Hence in Coles (1676), Bailey (1721), Ainsworth (1736), etc.]1863Jephson in Trans. Arch. Soc. Essex II. 186 Newin, yeast. |