on-dingn.
/ˈɒndɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɑnˌdɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈɔndɪŋ/ Scottish and English regional (northern).
1. A heavy fall of rain or snow, a downpour; persistent heavy rain or snow.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > a or the fall of rain > downpour
floodc1275
spate1513
spout1554
gourder1565
squata1640
downpouring1669
deluge1720
pash1722
plout1740
on-ding1776
pelt1785
soaker1789
pelter1791
teem1793
pour1794
oncome1808
downpour1811
plash1820
slashing1829
plungec1841
dispunging1876
steeper1878
splurge1879
soak1891
drencher1892
toad-strangler1938
1776 C. Keith Farmer's Ha' xix. 9 Rain we'll hae, Or on-ding o' some kind at least.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 197 ‘Look out, Jock; what kind o' night is't?’ ‘Onding o' snaw, father.’
1896 J. M. Barrie Margaret Ogilvy ii. 31 I have seen many weary on-dings of snow.
1958 Aberdeen Evening Express 2 Aug. 8/4 The ‘on-ding’ of last week-end and the floods that followed.
1980 D. K. Cameron Willie Gavin viii. 69 He might look out from the kitchen window to watch McCaskill foraging..for his stirks in a steady on-ding of snow.
1997 Independent (Nexis) 24 Sept. (Features section) 10 Oncome..persistent heavy rain or snow (also known as on-ding).
2. figurative. An onslaught, an onset; a noisy outburst.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > attack by hostile measures or words
bruntc1425
assaultc1449
battery1562
onset1566
brash1573
breach1578
onslaught1613
onfall1646
attack1653
assay?1705
to return to the charge1752
arietation1797
set-to1808
set1829
dead set1835
go-in1858
on-ding1871
hatchet work1938
blitzkrieg1939
blitz1940
carpet bombing1956
bowling1959
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [noun] > uproar or tumult
brack?c1200
ludea1275
ludingc1275
grede13..
to-doc1330
stevenc1385
ruitc1390
shoutingc1405
rumourc1425
dirdumc1440
shout1487
rippit?1507
glamer?a1513
rangat?a1513
reird?a1513
larumc1515
reirdour1535
uproar1544
clamouring1548
racket1565
baldare1582
rack jack1582
rufflery1582
pother1603
rut1607
clamorousnessa1617
hurricane1639
clutter1656
flaw1676
splutter1677
rout1684
hirdum-dirdum1724
fracas1727
collieshangie1737
racketing1760
hullabaloo1762
hurly1806
bobbery1816
trevally1819
pandemonium1827
hurly-burly1830
outroar1845
on-ding1871
tow-row1877
ruckus1885
molrowing1892
rookus1892
rux1918
1871 P. H. Waddell Psalms frae Hebrew lxxxiii. 15 I hae thol'd yer on-dings an' kenna nae langer how till dree.
1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders iv. 41 To think that she should hear all the on-ding (turmoil) of their ill tongues.
1916 T. W. Paterson Wyse-sayin's xvi. 14 The anger of a king is like the on-ding o' daith itsel.
1932 A. McCormick Galloway 77 As he cam' forrit he cried, ‘What's a' that dreadfu' ondin' in the lum?’
1995 Scotsman (Nexis) 20 Jan. 12 Amaist two hunder year efter the daith o Burns an in spite o an unco onding agin oor language an cultur ower thae years, we hae seen the furst student takin a universitie degree in Scots Language.
2000 M. Fitt But n Ben A-go-go xxii. 182 He had forgotten hou sair a ful-scale onding o pish an patter fae his faither could be.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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