dightingn.
/ˈdʌɪtɪŋ/ 1. The action of dight v., in various senses: putting in order, arraying, dressing, preparing, repairing; winnowing (of corn); wiping.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > preparation or putting in order
dighting1340
fettling1847
society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > mending or repairing > [noun]
dighting1340
repairinga1387
mending1402
reparellingc1410
reparation?a1425
beeting1517
reparationing1536
remending1537
righting1615–16
fixing up1769
servicing1918
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > winnowing
winnowing?c1225
windinga1500
vanning1552
fanning1577
eventilation1658
ventilation1658
exaceration1676
dightinga1774
wimming1825
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 24 Þe diȝtinge of his house.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 47 Levedi of uaire diȝtinge.
c1410 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ (Gibbs MS.) xv. 38 Þere is no bodyly mete so lykynge to me as þat is of hyre dyghtynge.
1450 in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 188 For dityng of the belles.
1458 Churchwardens' Accts. St. Andrew's, Eastcheap in Brit. Mag. 31 249 Item, paied to a laborer for dightyng of the Churchawe, iijd.
1464 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 274 To Wyllyam Hore for dytynge of a gowne of my ladyis, xxiij.d.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xxi. 11 He hath put his swearde to ye dightinge.
1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest Pref. sig. Avj Things..of Natures tempering and dighting.
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Accóncio, a dighting, a making fit or readie.
a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 160 When..lusty lasses at the dighting tire.
2. concrete (plural).† a. That with which something is dighted; fittings. Obsolete.
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the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > that which is supplied > that with which anything is equipped > equipment or accoutrements
ornament?c1225
i-wendea1250
atil1297
tacklea1325
apparel1330
conreyc1330
farec1330
tirec1330
apparementc1340
apparelmentc1374
graithc1375
appurtenancec1386
geara1400
warnementa1400
stuff1406
parelling?a1440
farrements1440
stuffurec1440
skippeson1444
harnessa1450
parela1450
implements1454
reparel1466
ordinance1475
habiliments1483
ornation1483
muniments1485
mountures1489
outred1489
accomplement?c1525
trinketc1525
garnishing1530
garniture1532
accoutrementsc1550
furniments1553
tackling1558
instrument1563
ordinara1578
appointment?1578
outreiking1584
appoint1592
dighting1598
outreik1598
apparate?c1600
accomplishment1605
attirail1611
coutrement1621
apparatusa1628
equipage1648
thing1662
equipment1717
paraphernalia1736
tack1777
outfit1787
fittinga1817
fixing1820
set-out1831
rigging1837
fixture1854
parapherna1876
clobber1890
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > equipment for any action or undertaking
ornament?c1225
i-wendea1250
atil1297
tacklea1325
apparel1330
conreyc1330
farec1330
tirec1330
apparementc1340
apparelmentc1374
graithc1375
appurtenancec1386
geara1400
warnementa1400
stuff1406
parelling?a1440
farrements1440
stuffurec1440
skippeson1444
harnessa1450
parela1450
implements1454
reparel1466
ordinance1475
habiliments1483
ornation1483
muniments1485
outred1489
trinketc1525
garnishing1530
garniture1532
accoutrementsc1550
furniments1553
tackling1558
instrument1563
ordinara1578
appointment?1578
outreiking1584
supellectile1584
appoint1592
dighting1598
outreik1598
materialsa1600
apparate?c1600
attirail1611
coutrement1621
apparatusa1628
outrig1639
equipage1648
thing1662
equipment1717
paraphernalia1736
fixture1767
tack1777
outfit1787
fittinga1817
fixing1820
matériel1821
set-out1831
rigging1837
parapherna1876
clobber1890
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Corrédi, ornaments, equipage..furnitures, or dightings.
b. The winnowings or siftings of corn; refuse in general. dialect.
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1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 35 Had my father sought the warld round, Till he the very dightings o't had found.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) 1. Refuse, of whatever kind. 2. The refuse of corn, after sifting, given to horses or cattle.
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