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▪ I. arresting, vbl. n.|əˈrɛstɪŋ|
[f. arrest v. + -ing1.]
The action of stopping or checking; of seizing or apprehending by legal authority.
1424Act Jas. I (1597) §7 Gif sik persones takis ony skaith in the arreisting of them. c1440Promp. Parv. 14/1 A⁓reste or a-restynge, arestacio. 1628Earle Microcosm. lxix. 148 If they escape arresting. 1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Wks. ii. 131/2 Writs, Warrants, and Attachments, Arestings. 1849Ruskin Sev. Lamps iv. §34. 125 It is but the arresting upon the stone-work of a stem or two of the living flowers.
▪ II. aˈrresting, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
a. That arrests; that takes hold of the attention; striking.
1792S. Rogers Pleas. Memory ii. 104 He, whose arresting hand divinely wrought Each bold conception. 1843J. H. Newman Mirac. 152 This most solemn and arresting occurrence. 1883R. Noel in Contemp. Rev. Nov. 714 One of Browning's most..arresting poems.
b. Aeronaut. That stops or checks aircraft. Cf. arrester 1 d.
1936M. W. Burgess Warships To-day ii. 48 A touch on the arresting wires..and slowly the aeroplane comes to rest. 1951Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) iii. 25 Arresting gear, a device, usually installed in aircraft carriers, for bringing an aircraft to rest. |