fattingn.
/ˈfatɪŋ/ 1. The action or process of making (an animal or person) fat.
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [noun] > fattening
frank?a1400
frankingc1440
fatting1577
sagination1607
steaming1943
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [noun] > fattening
frank?a1400
fatting1577
sagination1607
fattening1614
forcing1790
steaming1943
the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [noun] > fat or plump shape or physique > making
fatting1577
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 165v M. Aufidius Lurco, who fyrst began the fatting of this Foule.
1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 668 He is a mere glutton, born for the fatting of his belly.
1792 Trans. Soc. Arts (ed. 2) 3 45 [They] gained the first three weeks of fatting, two pounds and a quarter each per diem.
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [noun] > fat or plump shape or physique > becoming
fatting1597
fattening1614
impinguation1640
pinguefying1655
pinguescence1829
stoutening1853
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iii. 312 Clarence..is well repaid, He is franckt vp to fatting for his paines. View more context for this quotation
1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 242 Three causes..which impede the fatting of Man.
1773 Ann. Reg. 1772 106/1 The fatting in the valuable parts of the body.
3. The process of enriching (land) or making (it) fertile or fruitful.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [noun]
gooding1473
manuring1577
battling1600
fatting1600
fertilage1610
fertilizing1655
laetation1664
mending1707
top-dressing1744
boning1795
caprification1836
manurance1854
management1877
soil amendment1915
side dressing1950
fertigation1967
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xv. 93 The dung put aside for the fatting of the medowes.
a1617 S. Hieron Bargaine of Salt in Wks. (1620) II. 464 Salt..is very good for the fatting of the earth.
Compounds
attributive, as fatting-house n. a place in which to fat animals. fatting-land n. land suitable for fatting animals. fatting-stock n. stock for fatting.
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1574 J. Baret Aluearie F 205 A fatting house. Saginarium.
a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1752) 251 It is best to have the sides of the fatting-house open.
1837 Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) II. 490 The value of fatting land being different.
1861 Times 27 Sept. The requisite fatting stock.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
fattingadj.
/ˈfatɪŋ/ a. That makes fat.
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the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > fattening
fatting1539
impinguating1620
pinguescent1832
fattening1877
the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] > fat or plump > making
fatting1539
pinguefyinga1679
fattening1877
1539 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 88 a The diete of fattinge thinges dothe nourishe abundantly.
1602 T. Dekker Blurt Master-Constable sig. F3v I haue fatting knauerie in hand.
b. That is growing or being made fat.
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] > fat or plump > becoming
larding1612
fattening1697
fatting1767
pinguescent1797
1767 A. Young Farmer's Lett. 86 Fed off..by some fatting sheep.
1826 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 14 Oct. 141 A stout horse will eat much more than a fatting ox.
1865 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2nd Ser. 1 255 We believe in it [the pulper] for the young fatting animal.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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