† lengthingn.
Obsolete.
= lengthening n.
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the world > time > duration > [noun] > long duration or lasting through time > lengthening in duration or prolonging
continuancec1374
prorogationc1400
prolongation?a1425
training1440
lengthingc1480
enlonging1509
prolonging1528
protraction1535
protract of time1536
productionc1540
trait1545
lengthening1574
continuation1587
prolongment1593
conserving1610
extensiona1631
wire-drawing1640
continuing1643
spinning1644
permansion1646
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [noun] > making long or longer
prolongation?a1425
lengthingc1480
longation1598
extendure1610
production1658
elongation1676
lengthening1748
extension1796
c1480 (a1400) St. John Baptist 223 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 229 Þat tyme of þe ȝere..quhene þat þe dais takis linthynge.
1493 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 85 All the resydew of mony..I wyll jt be bestowyd vpon the lengthyng of the north yle.
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 34 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 96 Bot all yar names to nevyn as now It nocht neid Is It war prolixt and lang & lenthing of space.
1543 Privy Purse Expenses Princess Mary (1831) 114 Payed to Mabell the goldesmyth for the lenghtyng of a girdle of goldesmyth worke, and a pomandur lxixs.
1595 in Norf. Antiq. Miscell. (1883) II. 330 Pd for the Lengthing of owle bares ijs.
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