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▪ I. ˈbickering, vbl. n.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
1. Skirmishing, a skirmish.
1297R. Glouc. 540 Ther was ofte bituene hom gret bikering. 1494Fabyan vii. 373 Atwene theym were had many bykeringes and skyrmysshes. 1530Palsgr. 197 Beckeryng, scrimysshe. 1622Heylin Cosmogr. ii. (1682) 198 The first bickering between the Soldiers of Cæsar and Pompey. 1670Milton Hist. Eng. ii. Wks. (1851) 55 Then was the Warr shiverd..into small frayes and bickerings. a1763Byrom 3 Black Crows 19 Disputes of ev'ry size..from bick'ring, up to battle. 1867Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) I. iv. 229 Smaller wars and bickerings still went on.
2. Wordy sparring, wrangling, altercation.
1573G. Harvey Letter-bk. (1884) 5 Ful oft hath he bene at gud whot bickerings with sum others. 1593Shakes. 2 Hen. VI, i. i. 144 If I longer stay, We shall begin our ancient bickerings. 1742Richardson Pamela IV. 54 The Tears a poor Wife might shed in matrimonial Bickerings. 1821Syd. Smith Wks. (1867) I. 349 The parchment bickerings of Doe and Roe. 1882E. Gosse Gray iv. 81 The..bickering which went on in the combination-room.
▪ II. ˈbickering, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
1. That bickers; wrangling, contentious.
1808J. Barlow Columb. x. 60 With bickering strife inflame their furious bands. 1811Scott Don Roderick i. xxxv, From court intrigue, from bickering faction far. 1843Carlyle Past & Pr. (1858) 80 Such waste-bickering Saxondom.
2. That makes a bickering sound.
1789D. Davidson Seasons 156 (Jam.) The once bick'ring stream..low-growling, runs. 1821J. Baillie Elder Tree xvii. 3 Rattle the windows with bickering hail.
3. Coruscating, flashing, quivering.
1667Milton P.L. vi. 767 Smoak and bickering flame, and sparkles dire. 1786tr. Beckford's Vathek (1868) 112 Their bickering sabres. 1825Scott Talism. (1854) 475 Spread not the flax before a bickering torch. 1876Farrar Marlb. Serm. xxxiv. 343 Who..played with the red fire and the bickering flames. |