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▪ I. † ˈcreasing, vbl. n.1 Obs.
[f. crease v.1 + -ing1.]
Increasing, increase, growth.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vii. lxiv. (1495) 279 Lepra mesylry..hath the begynnynge of the veynes, and full cresynge without the veynes. 1587Golding De Mornay xiv. (1617) 211. 1629 Mabbe tr. Fonseca's Dev. Contempl. 235 Her [the moon's] ordinarie creasings and wanings.
▪ II. creasing, (vbl.) n.2|ˈkriːsɪŋ|
Also (in sense 2) creesing.
[f. crease v.2 and n.2]
1. a. The action of the verb crease; production of creases or wrinkles; also quasi-concr. = crease n.2
1665Hooke Microgr. 9 The reason of which creasing we shall next examine..the creasings or angular bendings..become the more perspicuous.
b. (See crease v.2 3.) U.S.
1823E. James Exped. Rocky Mts. II. 328 As it was near daylight, we..[hoped] to have an opportunity to prove our skill in the operation of ‘creasing’. 1853‘P. Paxton’ Stray Yankee in Texas 38 The ‘creasing’ of a horse is a feat which..would electrify a northern jockey. 1923J. H. Cook 50 Yrs. on Old Frontier 69 A third method of capture is by ‘creasing’.
2. Arch. (See quots.) Cf. crease n.2 3.
1823P. Nicholson Pract. Builder, Tile-creasing, two rows of tiles fixed horizontally under the coping of a wall, for discharging rain-water. 1874Knight Dict. Mech., Creasing, a layer of tiles forming a corona for a wall. 1876Gwilt Archit. ii. iii. §13. 700 Parapets..finished with double plaintile creesing.
3. attrib.
1874Knight Dict. Mech. s.v. Creaser, Creasing tools..may be set in the jaws of a creasing-swage. Ibid., Creasing Hammer, a narrow, rounded-edge hammer, used for making grooves in sheet-metal. 1883Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 197 Mackerel splitting and reaming or creasing knives.
▪ III. † creasing, ppl. a. Obs.
[f. crease v.1 + -ing2.]
Increasing; yielding increase.
1592W. Wyrley Armorie 116 With thriftie hand the creasing yearth none store. |