† morrowingn.
Obsolete. Chiefly literary and poetic.
1. Morning; dawning.
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the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > dawn > [noun]
aristc825
dawingc900
dayeOE
day-rimOE
day-redOE
mornOE
lightOE
lightingOE
dawning1297
day-rowa1300
grekinga1300
uprista1300
dayninga1325
uprisingc1330
sun arisingc1350
springc1380
springingc1380
day-springa1382
morrowingc1384
dayingc1400
daylighta1425
upspring1471
aurora1483
sky1515
orienta1522
breaking of the day1523
daybreak1530
day-peep1530
morrow dayc1530
peep of the morning1530
prick of the day?1533
morning1535
day-breaking1565
creek1567
sunup1572
breach of the day1579
break of day or morn1584
peep of day1587
uprise1594
dawna1616
day-dawn1616
peep of dawn1751
strike of day1790
skreigh1802
sunbreak1822
day-daw1823
screech1829
dayclean1835
sun dawn1835
first light1838
morning-red1843
piccaninny sun1846
piccaninny daylightc1860
gloaming1873
glooming1877
sparrow-fart1886
crack1887
sun-spring1900
piccaninny dawn1936
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) Mark i. 35 In the morewynge ful erly he rysynge, gon out, wente in to desert place and preiede there.
c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) 1483 The morwynge [v.rr. morowyng, morowenyng] attempre was & fayr.
a1450 (c1385) G. Chaucer Complaint of Mars (Tanner 346) (1871) l. 26 Yit will I..synge..of the compleynt..That wofull mars made..in a morowynge [v.rr. morwnyng, morownyng, morenynge].
1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 191 Suete war the vapouris, soft the morowing.
1568 D. Lindsay Wks. (1931) II. 64 Ane kiss of ȝow in to ane morrowing Till his seiknes micht be grit conforting.
a1586 (a1500) Freiris Berwik 28 in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 134 So hapnit it in till ane fair morowing.
2. Postponement ‘till the morrow’. rare.
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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
1602 N. Breton Mothers Blessing lxvi. D 3 b If he importune thee with borrowing,..Or daily put thee off with morrowing, Till want do make thee wearie of thy lending.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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