† misdietingn.
Obsolete.
Improper feeding or eating.
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1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. cviijv The leest mysdyeting and mysentendyng sleth h[ir].
1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) i. xxi. 56/2 By mysdyetynge of the moder whyle she is with childe.
1589 R. Hakluyt Let. 20 Mar. in Writings & Corr. (1935) 383 These oxen..grewe to be of lesse value..by reason of the long jorneye, and..by the underfeeding and misdieting of the cattel by the wey.
1646 Bp. J. Hall Balme of Gilead 172 This great body, by mis-dieting and wilfull disorder contracted these spirituall diseases.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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