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▪ I. quelling, vbl. n.|ˈkwɛlɪŋ|
[f. quell v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. quell.
1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 5996 Brenningge & robberye & quellinge. 1513Douglas æneis xiii. iii. 116 All the fludis walxyn reid..Of mannis quelling. 1603Owen Pembrokeshire (1891) 91 The fallinge of the earth and the quellinge of the poore people. 1641Hinde J. Bruen xlv. 143 The killing or quelling of many noysome lusts. 1779Hervey Nav. Hist. II. 97 The quelling of Tyrone's rebellion.
▪ II. quelling, ppl. a.|ˈkwɛlɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That quells, in senses of the vb.
1581T. Howell Deuises (1879) 211 Through quelling cares that threat my woful wrack. 1602Carew Cornwall 125 b, The imaginary Prince receiued a quelling wound in his head. 1641Milton Ch. Govt. ii. iii, The heaviest and most quelling tyranny. 1894Mrs. H. Ward Marcella I. 124 Lord Maxwell had written him a quelling letter. |