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▪ I. † ˈsharing, vbl. n.1 Obs. rare. [f. share v.1 + -ing1.] The action of share v.1; concr. that which is shorn or cut off.
1553Respublica i. i. 94 The paringes, The baggage, the trashe, the fragmentes, the sharinges. ▪ II. sharing, vbl. n.2|ˈʃɛərɪŋ| [f. share v.2 + -ing1.] 1. a. The action or an act of share v.2
1625Bacon Ess., Riches (Arb.) 237 Sharings, doe greatly Enrich, if the Hands be well chosen, that are trusted. 1720De Foe Capt. Singleton xiii. (1840) 228 Further sharing of profits. 1879Geo. Eliot Theo. Such 20 Another form of the disloyal attempt to be independent of the common lot, and to live without a sharing of pain. 1903A. J. Butler Arab Conq. Egypt 201 Mohammed answered, ‘Verily the profession of Islâm and the sharing of the Flight cancel all the past.’ b. attrib.
1640Nabbes Bride iii. ii, As if the enterteinment of constables on a sharing day were not chargeable enough, but you must complement away wine and sweet meats. 18712nd Rep. Comm. Friendly Soc. ii. (1872) 37/2 The sharing out clubs..mostly exist from year to year. 1885J. K. Jerome On the Stage 156 He was ready to keep on with us for a week or two longer upon sharing terms. 1910Stage Year Bk. 49 Sharing terms, as understood in England, are rarely arranged for in Australia. 2. spec. The action of share v.2 7.
1932A. J. Russell For Sinners Only ii. 25 They [sc. The Oxford Group] defined Sharing as meaning two distinct things—further definable as Confession and Witness. 1945N. L. McClung Stream runs Fast xxx. 298 They have class meetings, too, but they call them ‘quiet times’, and they tell their spiritual experiences, but they call that ‘sharing’, and they care nothing about money. 1964T. Driberg Mystery of Moral Re-Armament ii. 38 An ill-judged attempt by Buchman to promote, if only vicariously, the practice of Sharing. ▪ III. † ˈsharing, ppl. a. Obs. [f. share v.1 + -ing2.] That ‘shares’ or shears.
1573Tusser Husb. (1878) 37 A skuttle or skreine,..and sharing sheares readie for sheepe to be shorne. |