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▪ I. corroding, vbl. n.|kəˈrəʊdɪŋ| [f. corrode + -ing1.] The action of the verb corrode; corrosion.
1691T. H[ale] Acc. New Invent. 1 The extraordinary Eating and Corroding of their Rudder-Irons and Bolts. 1703Moxon Mech. Exerc. 265 To preserve them from the corroding of the Morter. b. attrib.
1881Raymond Mining Gloss., Corroding-lead, refined lead, sufficiently pure for the corroding process, by which white lead is manufactured. ▪ II. coˈrroding, ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ing2.] That corrodes, corrosive. a. lit. b. fig. a.1605Timme Quersit. i. vii. 29 A most sharpe oyle..most corroding and fretting. 1632B. Jonson Magn. Lady iv. iii, Envious sir Moth,..Thou shew'st thyself a true corroding vermin. 1768Beattie Minstr. ii. xiv, So gnaw'd the viper the corroding file. b.1619H. Hutton Follies Anat. (Percy Soc.) 12 O subtle tyrant, whose corroding hate, etc. 1725Pope Odyss. viii. 163 Steal from corroding care one transient day. 1876Mozley Univ. Serm. iv. (1877) 92 Unconscious..of a corroding sin within them. |