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† commoning, vbl. n. Obs.|ˈkɒmənɪŋ|
[f. common v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb common.
1. Sharing or participating, communion.
c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 385 Þe comounynge of þe comon goodis..in begynnynge of Cristis Churche. 1382― 1 Cor. x. 16 The comenynge of Cristis blood.
2. Common saying. (Cf. common v. 2 b.)
1494Fabyan vi. cxlix. 135 He was buryed at the Abbey of Gyruy: albe it y⊇ comynyng is, that he restith nowe with Saynt Cutbert of Durham.
3. Intercourse, converse, conference.
c1340Hampole Prose Tr. 16 Comonynge and byhaldynge of aungells and gastely creaturs. 1488Caxton Chast. Goddes Chyld. 31 Uneth ony man shall ouercome hem in commyning ne dysputacion. 1536Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) I. 4 The inhabitants..desirit Gathelus to ane commoning. 1547Homilies i. Swearing (1859) 77 In eating, drinking, playing, commoning, and reasoning.
4. Communion, fellowship (= communing vbl. n. c); concr. a community, a fellowship.
c1340Cursor M. 23115 (Trin.) Fro comynynge of cristen men Þo careful shul be eþ to ken. 1400Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. 3 The Sexte artycle es þat Haly Kirke..es comonynge and felawrede of all cristene folke.
5. Agreement, concord. rare.
c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 395 Þer is no comynynge ne consent to Crist and to Belial.
6. The Communion, the Eucharist; = communing vbl. n. d.
1382[see 1]. 1482Monk of Evesham (Arb.) 27 Had resceyuid the holy comyning of cristen men.
7. Exercise of common rights over pasture, etc.
1549Act 3 & 4 Edw. VI, c. 3 §2 Foreign Tenants have no greater Right of Commoning in the Wood..of any Lord, than the proper Tenants. 1649W. Blithe Eng. Improv. Impr. Ded., Unlimited Commons, or Commoning without stint, upon any Heath, Moor, Forrest, or other Common. 1694Lond. Gaz. No. 2977/4 To be Lett a Farm..with the advantage of Commoning. 1764Harmer Observ. ii. 49 Nor have they any notion of our rights of commoning.
attrib.1704Waterbury (Conn.) Town Rec. 12 Dec., No man shall..baight cattell after y⊇ first of Aprill till commoning time.
b. concr. Land subject to common-rights; common land.
1634Brereton Trav. (Chetham Soc.) 149 Of commoning also, which yields ferron and gorse..there is about 800 acres. 1707Lond. Gaz. No. 4354/4 The Manor of Somerford..with Two Water Corn-Mills..very good Commoning.
8. Eating at a common table; boarding.
1684Charnock Attrib. God (1834) I. 186 Nothing will separate prodigal man from commoning with swine..but an empty trough. |