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▪ I. panting, vbl. n.|ˈpæntɪŋ|
[f. pant v. + -ing1.]
a. The action of the verb pant, in various senses.
c1440Promp. Parv. 381/2 Pantynge, anelacio, vel anelatus. 1580Sidney Ps. xlii. i, My soul in panting plaieth, Thirsting on my God to looke. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. i. §35 The Prince's Journey into Spain, which..had begot such a terrible panting in the hearts of all good English-men. 1715–20Pope Iliad xvi. 134 His breath, in quick, short pantings, comes and goes. 1837Hawthorne Twice-told T. (1851) I. xvi. 251 The horses..heave their glistening sides in short quick pantings.
b. spec. In Shipbuilding: the movement of the plates of the ship's hull under stress, esp. occurring at the fore and aft ends of the ship. Also attrib., often in names of structures designed to prevent such movement.
1885H. Paasch From Keel to Truck 24/1 Panting (of a ship). 1899E. L. Attwood Text-bk. Theoret. Naval Archit. 212 Panting beams and stringers to be fitted at the after end. 1904A. C. Holms Pract. Shipbuilding I. ix. 105 At the stern, panting stresses are usually unimportant. 1922C. M. Swainston Reed's Seamanship (ed. 23) i. 187 The principal methods to resist panting are:—Closer spacing of frames, double frames, an extra tier of beams called panting beams, broadening of the stringers called panting stringers, [etc.]. 1927G. Bradford Gloss. Sea Terms 124 Panting strains, those produced by..the pressing in and out of a ship's plates due to the pressure of the waves. Ibid. 125 The panting stringers reinforce the plates against these stresses, along the sides, and panting beams and frames at the bow. 1961F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 156 Panting, the vibrations of the forward plates caused by the variable resistance of the water. Ibid., Panting beam, a strengthened beam fitted forward to decrease vibration.
▪ II. ˈpanting, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That pants, in various senses: see pant v.
1572Gascoigne Dan Bartholomew Wks. (1587) 91, I feele my panting heart begins to rest. 1616Chapman Musæus, Hero & L. 368 She hugg'd her panting husband. 1718Prior Power 172 Frequent for breath his panting bosom heaves. 1828Lights & Shades II. 73 One poor panting girl. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 83 The respirations are short and panting.
Hence ˈpantingly adv., in a panting manner; with short quick breaths.
1605Shakes. Lear iv. iii. 28 (Qo.) Once or twice she heau'd the name of father Pantingly foorth, as if it prest her heart. 1744Armstrong Preserv. Health iii. 559 Thick and pantingly The breath was fetch'd. 1892Harper's Mag. July 190/2, ‘I came—on the first—train’, answered Lois, pantingly. |