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sending, vbl. n.|ˈsɛndɪŋ|
[f. send v.1 + -ing1.]
1. a. The action of the verb send.
c1400Laud Troy Bk. 15293 He wolde neuere of sendyng blyn, Til he of me answere myȝt wyn. 1450Rolls of Parlt. V. 178/2 By cause of his fals messages, sendynges and writynges. 1627Abp. Abbot in Rushw. Hist. Coll. (1659) I. 461 Thus..to quicken my remembrance, I have laid down the Cause and the Proceedings of my sending into Kent, where I remain. 1793Burke Corr. (1844) IV. 153 The sending of the troops..to extirpate our friends in Poitou. 1882E. R. Lankester in Linn. Soc. Jrnl. XVI. Zool. 460 For repeated sendings of a large number of Italian Scorpions..I am indebted to [etc.].
b. With adverbs, expressing the action of the verbal combinations: see send v. Also attrib.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xii. (Mathias) 301 Be-twene þe ascencione of criste & þe spryte sendynge-done, all þe apostolis semblyt vare. 1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 142 At the sending for of the Pape. 1540Palsgr. Acolastus ii. i. H iv, After we shall haue assembled our felowshyp togyther (by the sendynge aboute of oure bedyll). 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxv. 173 There is little intermission..betweene the drawing in and sending forth of their breath. 1748Anson's Voy. ii. xiii. 278 The sending away our prisoners was our last transaction. 1858Chamb. Jrnl. 2 Oct. 209/1 Sending-in Day [Royal Academy]. 1938Times 17 Feb. 15/6 The great expense of the traditional sending-off parties for soldiers called to the colours. 1978Rugby World Apr. 7/3 The laws..make no provision for a foul committed before a try—unless it be sending off. 1982‘W. Haggard’ Mischief-Makers vi. 65 The referee, white, had sent off a black... There was a code which governed sendings-off, particularly in amateur [football] matches.
2. The transmission of a telegraphic or telephonic message. Also attrib.
c1865Wylde's Circ. Sci. I. 271/2 One..ribbon may be carried..over any number of sending machines. 1876Preece Telegraphy 115 The sending of a clerk after a time loses clearness and legibility. 1906Kennelly Wireless Telegr. 110 A wireless-telegraph sending station.
3. Something sent.
1599Shakes. Much Ado ii. i. 25 Too curst is more then curst, I shall lessen Gods sending that way. 1842Mrs. Carlyle Lett. I. 138 You ask me how I like your last sendings? 1896Kipling Seven Seas 117 For I send east and I send west,..And syne my Sendings return to me. They come wi' news [etc.].
4. [ON., in same sense.] An unpleasant or evil thing supposed to be sent by a wizard, or through a wizard at the request of another party, as a punishment or act of revenge.
1864Powell & Magnusson Icel. Legends 238 If he did not return to them by Christmas-day next, they would despatch a Sending to him who should kill him. 1888Kipling In Black & White 68 A Sending..is a Thing sent by a wizard. 1915Hastings's Encycl. Relig. & Ethics VIII. 218 A phenomenon analogous to that of the werwolf is that of the ‘sending’—a thing or animal, sometimes animated or even created by the sorcerer, or some part of the sorcerer himself (his soul, etc.) and sent out by him to annoy or injure people. 1980G. Household Sending v. 68 What your Norse shamans and the sagas called a ‘sending’..a sort of portable ghost. |