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ˈpublishing, vbl. n.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. publish, in various senses.
1. = publication 1.
c1425Wyntoun Cron. v. 3828 Þat fully thretty dayis Sentens of ded or banyssynge Be haldyn in wryt but publissynge. c1450Godstow Reg. 401 Longe afore þe publisshyng or openyng of the statute aforsaid. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. viii. §5. 17 In the very publishing of the law his face did shine. 1660Providence (R.I.) Rec. (1893) II. 126 It being the first tyme of publishing [of banns]. 1752Foote Taste ii. Wks. 1799 I. 24 Will not the publishing of our crimes trumpet forth your folly?
2. spec. The action or business of issuing a book or books, etc.: see publisher 2 b; = publication 2. Also attrib.
1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Publication de livres, a publishing, or setting forth of bookes. 1667Phil. Trans. II. 535 This Author..promises the publishing of a Treatise about Insects. 1706License Q. Anne to Tonson, He hath..humbly besought Us to grant him Our Royal Privilege and Licence for the sole Printing and Publishing thereof for the Term of Fourteen Years. 1828Scott Let. to Mrs. Lockhart 24 Oct. in Life, In book shops and publishing houses. 1862R. H. Newell Orpheus C. Kerr Papers 1st Ser. 380, I'm agent for the great American publishing house of Rushem & Jinks. 1881‘Mark Twain’ Lett. to Publishers (1967) 143 A few days before Canadian publishing-date. 1885Athenæum 26 Sept. 407/1 One of the mysteries which surround current French publishing. 1929H. Crane Let. 26 Feb. (1965) 339 A marvelous de luxe publishing establishment here. 1937Discovery Mar. 80/1 A book recently published in Moscow by the Biological-Medical Publishing House. 1958New Statesman 1 Feb. 136/3 Within a matter of months every single Yiddish theatre, publishing-house, magazine..etc was closed down. 1978Maledicta I. ii. 327 By ‘year’ we mean the ‘publishing year’ which is not identical with the ‘calendar year’. |