leaningn.
/ˈliːnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈlinɪŋ/ 1.
a. The action of lean v.1; inclination; reclining.
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the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > fact of being supported or leaning on
leaningc1440
staying1648
innitency1658
innixion1709
the world > space > relative position > inclination > [noun] > leaning over
leaningc1440
lean1776
list1793
careen1880
lean-over1969
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) xx. 46 Þa forman hlininga [L. primos discubitus].
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 295/1 Le(y)nynge, appodiacio.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 238/2 Leaning to, adhesion.
1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. i. 5 According to the leaning of the Chaps of your Vice.
1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 277. ¶17 The various Leanings and Bendings of the Head.
1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 241 If the bricks..had all a certain leaning or bias in one direction out of the perpendicular.
1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xxvii. 321 Inexplicable leanings and movements were seen about the shoulders.
b. Something to lean upon; †spec. the flat horizontal surface formed by the thickness of the wall on the inner and lower side of a window.
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the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > something to lean on
leaning-place1530
leaning-stock1530
leaning?1533
lean-over1936
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of windows > [noun] > window-sill
sill1428
leaning-place1530
leaning-board1533
window-sole1570
leaning1663
stool1663
window ledge1679
window stoola1684
windowsill1703
window board1722
window shelf1795
window-bottom1820
window stone1822
?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Aii v Lenyng, appuis.
1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 20 Persons, who..affect low leanings, to make use either to sit on..or to shew themselves..to passengers.
2. figurative. Inclination, bias; tendency, ‘penchant’.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > [noun]
willeOE
hearteOE
i-willc888
self-willeOE
intent?c1225
device1303
couragec1320
talentc1325
greec1330
voluntyc1330
fantasyc1374
likinga1375
disposingc1380
pleasancea1382
affectionc1390
wish1390
disposition1393
affecta1398
likea1400
lista1400
pleasingc1400
emplesance1424
pleasurec1425
well-willingc1443
notiona1450
mindc1450
fancy1465
empleseur1473
hest?a1513
plighta1535
inclination1541
cue1567
month's mind1580
disposedness1583
leaning1587
humour1595
wouldings1613
beneplacit1643
wouldingness1645
vergency1649
bene-placiture1662
good liking1690
draught1758
tida1774
inkling1787
the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [noun]
kinda1200
disposingc1380
disposition1393
aptc1400
hieldc1400
remotiona1425
inclination?a1439
incliningc1450
taste1477
intendment1509
benta1535
swing1538
approclivity1546
aptness1548
swinge1548
drift1549
set1567
addiction1570
disposedness1583
swaya1586
leaning1587
intention1594
inflection1597
inclinableness1608
appetite1626
vogue1626
tendency1628
tendence1632
aptitude1633
gravitation1644
propension1644
biasing1645
conducement1646
flexure1652
propendency1660
tend1663
vergencya1665
pend1674
to have a way of1748
polarity1767
appetency1802
drive1885
overleaning1896
1587 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. v. i. 130 [An ‘Italianate’ Englishman says:] He is a foole that..will come in trouble for constant leaning to anie [religion].
a1797 E. Burke Thoughts on Scarcity (1800) 46 To these, great politicians may give a leaning, but they cannot give a law.
1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe IV. ii. 151 The latter..was as little suspected of an heterodox leaning as Petavius himself.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 231 The king was suspected by many of a leaning towards Rome.
1871 S. Smiles Character x. 290 Frederick the Great..manifested his strong French leanings in his choice of books.
Compounds
C1. General attributive. (For leaning upon or against for rest or support.)
leaning-board n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of windows > [noun] > window-sill
sill1428
leaning-place1530
leaning-board1533
window-sole1570
leaning1663
stool1663
window ledge1679
window stoola1684
windowsill1703
window board1722
window shelf1795
window-bottom1820
window stone1822
1533 in J. Bayley Hist. Tower London (1821) i. p. xx It'm a lenyng borde laide in ye same chambre wyndow.
leaning-carpet n.
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a1641 J. Finett Philoxenis (1656) 53 A leaning Carpet laid before them, and Seats to sit on.
leaning-chair n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > easy chair
leaning-chair1601
easy chair1707
indulgent1825
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 485 Leaning chairs, wherein a man or woman may gently take a nap, sitting at ease and repose most sweetly.
leaning-cushion n.
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1586 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 129 In the greate chambre..ij long leaninge cushins.
leaning-place n.
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the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > something to lean on
leaning-place1530
leaning-stock1530
leaning?1533
lean-over1936
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of windows > [noun] > window-sill
sill1428
leaning-place1530
leaning-board1533
window-sole1570
leaning1663
stool1663
window ledge1679
window stoola1684
windowsill1703
window board1722
window shelf1795
window-bottom1820
window stone1822
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 238/2 Leanyng place, apuy.
1533 in J. Bayley Hist. Tower London i. (1821) p. xix A great carrall wyndow..and lenyng places made new to the same.
1861 D. G. Rossetti tr. Dante Vita Nuova in Early Ital. Poets ii. 249 My face shows my heart's colour, verily, Which, fainting, seeks for any leaning-place.
leaning-post n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > parts of chairs > arm
leaning-post1535
stay1560
elbow1611
arm1652
armrest1852
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Chron. ix. 18 It had two leanynge postes vpon both the sydes of the seate.
leaning-staff n.
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the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > something to lean on > staff to lean on
leaning-staffc1440
staying staff1571
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 295/2 Le(y)nynge staffe, calopodium, podium.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Lenynge staffe, podium.
leaning-support n.
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1875 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Harmony (ed. 2) xviii. 206 Appoggiaturas..are supposed to be a kind of buttress or leaning support to the note before which they are placed.
C2. † leaning-height n. Obsolete the height of the ‘leaning’ (see 1b spec.) of a window from the floor; also used adj. = leaning-high adj.† leaning-high adj. Obsolete of a height to lean upon.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adjective] > specific > of the height of the leaning (of building)
leaning-height1663
leaning-high1663
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of windows > [noun] > window-sill > height of from floor
leaning-height1663
1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 19 The leaning height of the Windowes, ought to be three Foot and a half.
1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 124 They serv'd for Podia or posaries of a leaning-height for which they had a slight Cornice assign'd them.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adjective] > specific > of the height of the leaning (of building)
leaning-height1663
leaning-high1663
1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 49 As for the foundation of their building, it ought to be raised at first leaning hight; and then to let it rest to settle, for if only brought..a foot high above ground, it will be pusht down again, but being leaning high, it will be preserved.
leaning-note n. Music = appoggiatura n.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > ornament > [noun] > grace > grace-note > specific
elevation1659
port de voix1729
appoggiatura1753
leaning-note1811
warbler1875
Nachschlag1879
1811 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Appogiature or Leaning Note.
leaning-stock n. (a) a support (literal and figurative); (b) in an organ, the ledge on which a pipe rests.
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the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > something to lean on
leaning-place1530
leaning-stock1530
leaning?1533
lean-over1936
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 238/2 Leanyng stoke, apuial.
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie lvi. 335 They will be a sure and steadie leaning stocke to rest vppon.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 8 To worship Rimmon himself, and be his Masters leaning stock in that worship.
1852 tr. J. J. Seidel Organ & its Constr. 56 Sometimes this ledge, or leaning-stock of the pipe, has a semi-circular cut, into which the pipe leans back.
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leaningadj.
/ˈliːnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈlinɪŋ/ That leans or inclines; †inclining towards a person in devotion or affection.
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the mind > emotion > love > affection > [adjective] > inclining towards (a person) in affection
leaning1587
the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > leaning over
leaning1697
overleaning1763
toppling1804
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 919/1 [Wolsey] in whome the king receiued such a leaning fantasie, for that he [etc.].
1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres iv. xxix. sig. V The wel-known right of the Earle of March alurd A leaning loue, whose cause he did pretend.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis viii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 443 The leaning Head hung threat'ning o're the Flood: And nodded to the left.
1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §114 The..leaning tower of Pisa.
1835 N. P. Willis Melanie 165 Hidden by yon leaning tree.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xii. 89 In front of us was a second leaning mass.
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ˈleaning
ˈleaning n. also with up.
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1887 J. T. Brown in G. B. Goode Fisheries U.S.: Hist. & Methods II. 278 The pieces of flesh and muscles or ‘lean’..are removed..with sharp knives... This process is called ‘leaning’.
1887 J. T. Brown in G. B. Goode Fisheries U.S.: Hist. & Methods II. 281 To sever the muscles or pieces of flesh that persist in binding the fat to the body... The..process is called..‘leaning up’.
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