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▪ I. † ˈcolling, vbl. n.1 Obs. [f. coll v.1 + -ing1.] Embracing, hugging.
1388Wyclif Prov. vii. 18 Vse we collyngis that ben coueited [1382 the coueited clippingis]. 1575Gascoigne Flowers Wks. (1587) 94 Kisses caught by stealth; Sweet colings. 1631Celestina xix. 188 Their tongues ake not with talking, nor their armes with colling. 1690Dryden Amphitryon i. ii, You keep such a billing and colling here. ▪ II. † ˈcolling, vbl. n.2 Obs. [f. coll v.2 + -ing1.] The action of polling, or clipping off.
1619A. Simson Serm. in Select Biogr. (1845) I. 120 The Colling of the excrements of the Candle. ▪ III. † ˈcolling, ppl. a. Obs. [f. coll v.1] That embraces round the neck. Hence † ˈcollingly adv.
1576Gascoigne Philomene xxix. (Arb.) 94 And hoong about his necke And collingly him kist. |