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▪ I. ˈcourting, vbl. n.
[f. court v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb court.
†1. Residence at or frequenting of the court; the practice of a courtier. Obs.
1515Barclay Egloges ii. (1570) B. iij/2 All courting I defye, More clenness is kept within some hogges stye. 1556T. Hoby tr. Castiglione's Courtyer (1561) ii. N ij b, To finde oute som what to saie for one nyghte of Courting. 1591Spenser M. Hubberd 784 For he is practiz'd well in policie, And thereto doth his Courting most applie.
2. The paying of courteous attention, in order to win favour or love; paying of addresses, wooing.
1607Heywood Fayre Mayde Wks. 1874 II. 18 A plague on this courting. 1649Bp. Hall Cases Consc. iii. iv. 259 A gainfull courting of so pleasing a mistresse. 1655Sir E. Nicholas in N. Papers (Camden) II. 350 There is danger by too much courting of enemyes to loose frinds. 1908Daily Chron. 2 June 1/2 As courting is a necessity with them [sc. young people], I am determined they shall have opportunities for this innocent amusement.
3. attrib.
1654Gayton Pleas. Notes iv. xvii. 259 It is a drinking day, or a Courting day, and no day of Turnament? 1784J. Potter Virt. Villagers II. 113 Vows of constancy and adoration engage some of our courting hours. 1841G. Catlin N. Amer. Indians I. 243, I often and familiarly heard..the Winnebago courting flute. 1855Knickerbocker XLVI. 217 Observe how naturally the ‘courtin’-room and its accessories are described. 1887Harper's Mag. Feb. 354/1, I have read that the gallants train their little horses to prance and curvet and rear and fidget about, and that these are called ‘courtin' horses’, and are used when a young man goes courting, to impress his mistress with his manly horsemanship. 1911Thomson Biol. Seasons ii. 220 Anything that might be interpreted as love-play or courting-play.
▪ II. ˈcourting, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That courts, or pays court.
1580H. Gifford Gilloflowers (1875) 154 Thou knowest among the courting crew, How little fayth is forced. 1591Spenser Ruins of Time 202 The courting masker louteth lowe. 1784J. Potter Virt. Villagers II. 118 What are the joys of courting lovers to connubial happiness! 1922Joyce Ulysses 525 Did he not pass night after night by loving courting couples to see..how much he could see? |