dwellingn.
/ˈdwɛlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdwɛlɪŋ/ The action of dwell v.† 1. figurative.1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 80 Enclosed in the narrow dwelling of the mind.1713 R. Steele in Guardian 14 Mar. 1/1 That Bosom, which ought to be the Dwelling of Sanctity and Devotion.
a. Delaying, delay; tarrying. Obsolete.
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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun]
longingeOE
bideOE
abodec1225
bodea1300
demura1300
dwella1300
litinga1300
delayc1300
delayingc1300
demurrancec1300
but honec1325
without ensoignec1325
abidec1330
dretchingc1330
dwellingc1330
essoinc1330
tarrying1340
litea1350
delaymenta1393
respitea1393
oversettinga1398
delayancea1400
delitea1400
lingeringa1400
stounding?a1400
sunyiea1400
targea1400
train?a1400
deferring14..
dilation14..
dayc1405
prolongingc1425
spacec1430
adjourningc1436
retardationc1437
prolongation?a1439
training1440
adjournment1445
sleuthingc1450
tarry1451
tarriance1460
prorogation1476
oversetc1485
tarriage1488
debaid1489
supersedement1492
superseding1494
off-putting1496
postponing1496
tract1503
dilating1509
sparinga1513
hafting1519
sufferance1523
tracking1524
sticking1525
stay1530
pause1532
protraction1535
tracting1535
protract of time1536
protracting1540
postposition1546
staying1546
procrastination1548
difference1559
surceasing1560
tardation1568
detract1570
detracting1572
tarryment1575
rejourning1578
detraction1579
longness1579
rejournment1579
holding1581
reprieving1583
cunctation1585
retarding1585
retardance1586
temporizing1587
by and by1591
suspensea1592
procrastinatinga1594
tardance1595
linger1597
forslacking1600
morrowing1602
recess1603
deferment1612
attendance1614
put-off1623
adjournal1627
fristing1637
hanging-up1638
retardment1640
dilatoriness1642
suspension1645
stickagea1647
tardidation1647
transtemporation1651
demurragea1656
prolatation1656
prolation1656
moration1658
perendination1658
offput1730
retardure1751
postponement1757
retard1781
traverse1799
tarrowing1832
mañana1845
temporization1888
procrastinativeness1893
deferral1895
traa dy liooar1897
stalling1927
heel-tapping1949
off-put1970
c1330 Havelok 1352 Loke that thou dwellen nouth: Dwelling haueth ofte scathe wrouth.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 4965 Bot com, & make no dwellynge.
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) i. metr. i. 1 Myn vnpietous lyf draweth a long vnagreable dwellynges [L. ingratas moras] in me.
1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 239 For my dwelling to nicht, I dreid me for blame.
b. With on, upon: see dwell v. 5.
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1832 Baroness Bunsen in A. J. C. Hare Life & Lett. Baroness Bunsen (1879) I. ix. 380 It will not bear dwelling upon.
2. † b. ‘Residence’, accommodation. Obsolete.
a. Continued, esp. habitual, residence; abode. Also figurative.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > [noun]
wonningc960
bewistc1200
livingc1350
lodging1362
habitationc1374
indwellinga1382
dwellingc1384
inhabitinga1400
bidingc1400
inhabitationc1400
residencec1405
mansiona1425
winningc1425
demur1444
abodec1450
resianty1467
demurrance1509
resiance1566
place-being1567
residency1579
resiancy1580
commorancy1586
residing1587
inhabitance1588
abodement1592
commorance1594
habit1603
commoration1623
inwoning1647
inhabitancy1681
habitancy1792
domicile1835
occupying1849
abidal1850
tenancy1856
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Dan. v. 21 With feeld assis his dwellynge was.
c1400 Rom. Rose 6208 Ne no wight may, by my clothing, Wite with what folk is my dwellyng.
1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. H4, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) My dwelling with master L. continued..euen to this present day.
1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xviii. 124 The healthiest and pleasantest place of dwelling that ever I came into.
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c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1885) xvii. 151 He hath be þe yere iij. li. xd, be sydes his dwellynge in þe logge.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Kings ii. 19 There is good dwellynge in this cite..but the water is euell.
3. concrete. A place of residence; a dwelling-place, habitation, house.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > [noun]
earneOE
wickc900
bottleeOE
innOE
boldOE
wonningc1000
wanea1225
wonea1250
bidea1300
dwelling1340
habitaculec1374
habitaclec1384
habitationc1384
mansionc1385
placea1387
manantie?a1400
dungeonc1460
longhousec1460
folda1500
residencea1522
abode1549
bield1570
lodgement1598
bidinga1600
sit-house1743
location1795
wigwam1817
address1855
yard1865
res1882
nivas1914
multifamily1952
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 1368 Na syker duellyng fynde we here.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John xiv. 2 In the hous of my fadir ben many dwellingis.
14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 594/41 Mansio, a dwellynge.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Esdras ix. 37 The children of Israel were in their dwellynges.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 749 They have no dwelling but their boats.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 183 Good will To future men, and in thir dwellings peace. View more context for this quotation
1726 W. R. Chetwood Voy. & Adventures Capt. R. Boyle 43 I went back to my Dwelling.
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. xx. 326 A street of high silent-looking dwellings.
Compounds
attributive and in other combinations, as dwelling cave, dwelling chamber, dwelling cottage, dwelling-room (local U.S.), dwelling space, †dwelling stead, dwelling tent, etc.; dwelling action (see dwell v. 4d). Also dwelling-house n., dwelling-place n.
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a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxxviii. 17 Na duellynge stede haf i here.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 14709 His duelling stede sal last in hell.
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 282 The Sea-Torteyses of India are so bigge, that with one of them they couer a dwelling Cottage.
1718 G. Berkeley Jrnls. Trav. Italy 13 Apr. in Wks. (1955) VII. 332 The dwelling seat of the Prince of Caserta.
1780 W. Coxe Acct. Russ. Discov. 132 One of the dwelling-caves of the savages.
1836 Stansfeld Specif. Patent 7130 2 Producing a gradual pressure and dwelling action of the lay or slay.
1837 Knickerbocker Mag. 10 432 The coffin was placed in the centre of the largest apartment, in country phrase, the ‘dwelling-room’.
1891 Month Sept. 25 Freight-cars..turned into dwelling-caves for the ballast-men.
Derivatives
ˈdwellingless adj. without a dwelling; possessing or containing no dwelling.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > [adjective] > homeless
homelessOE
harbourlessc1175
innlessa1325
houseless1357
placelessa1387
on the pavéc1450
unharbouredc1450
roomless1548
dishousedc1595
dislodged1602
unhouseda1616
unlodged1634
bedless1707
on the pavement1743
roofless1797
on (also upon) the street(s)1832
unhomed1839
dishomed1880
dwellingless1882
homesteadless1885
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > country as opposed to town > [adjective] > without buildings, houses, etc.
rooflessOE
unbuilded1519
unbigged1555
unhoused1582
unbuilt1631
dwellingless1882
1882 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 244 A melancholy expanse—treeless, dwellingless, manless.
1894 Month May 68 Whether they be styled dwellers in waggons, or be dwellingless.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
> as lemmas
dwelling
dwelling adj. remaining, lasting, abiding.
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the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring
longeOE
longsomeeOE
long of lifeOE
lastinga1225
cleaving1340
continualc1340
dwellingc1380
long-livinga1382
everlastingc1384
long-duringa1387
long-lasting?a1400
long-liveda1400
broadc1400
permanable?c1422
perseverant?a1425
permanentc1425
perdurable?a1439
continuedc1440
abiding1448
unremoved1455
eternalc1460
long-continued1464
continuing1526
long-enduring1527
enduring1532
immortal1538
diuturn?1541
veterated1547
resiant?1567
stayinga1568
well-wearinga1568
substantive1575
pertinacious1578
extant1581
ceaseless1590
marble1596
of length1597
longeval1598
diuturnal1599
nine-lived1600
chronic1601
unexhausted1602
chronical1604
endurable1607
continuant1610
indeflourishing1610
aged1611
indurant1611
continuatea1616
perennious1628
seculara1631
undiscontinueda1631
continuated1632
untransitory1632
long-spun1633
momently1641
stative1643
outliving1645
constant1653
long-descended1660
voluminousa1661
perduring1664
perdurant1671
livelong1673
perennial1676
longeve1678
consequential1681
unquenched1703
lifelong1746
momentary1755
inveterate1780
stabile1797
persistent1826
unpassing1831
all-time1846
year-long1846
teak-built1847
lengthful1855
long-term1867
long haul1873
sticky1879
week-to-week1879
perenduring1883
long-range1885
longish1889
long-time1902
long run1904
long-life1915
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 293 Apostlis chosen preestis..and maden hem dwellinge curatis.
1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Lev. xix. 17) 151 The neglect of this dutie breed's dwelling suspicions.
1872 A. Shadwell in J. E. Morgan University Oars (1873) 316 The blade long enough in the water to secure a dwelling stroke.
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n.c1330as lemmas
- to be bricking oneself
- to be brief
- to be broiling
- to be brought into love's dance
- to be buddies with
- to be buddy-buddies with
- to be buddybuddies with
- to be buds with
- to be built for comfort, not for speed
- to be built like
- to be bumping along the bottom
- to be buried in woollen
- to be burnt out
- to be bursting
- to be busting
- to be busy enough
- to be busy to do
- to be busy with
- to be butt-fucked
- to be buttfucked
- to be by the ears
- to be by the lugs
- to be by way of
- to be by with it
- to be called to one's reward