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ˈnilling, vbl. n. Now arch.
[f. nill v. + -ing1.]
The fact of not willing (something); rejection, aversion.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. iii. pr. xi. (1868) 97 Þe beestes þat han any manere nature of willynge or of nillynge. 1586Bright Melanch. xv. 79 Embraceth the same, impelled by the mindes willing, or reiecteth it..according to her nilling. 1654Owen Doctr. Saints' Persev. Wks. 1853 XI. 528 The nilling of Sin was antecedent to the Sin. 1710Norris Chr. Prud. v. 218 Our nilling of good has always a mixture of willing, tho' the nilling side be that which carries it. Ibid. vii. 323 More vehement or impetuous sorts of Willings or Nillings. 1865Neale Hymns Paradise 10 One in willing, one in nilling, Unity their spirits show.
So ˈnilling ppl. a., that nills or can nill.
1620T. Granger Div. Logike 37 Nilling with willing minde or willing with nilling mynd. 1710[see prec.]. |