salutingn.
/səˈl(j)uːtɪŋ/ a. The action of salute v.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > greeting or salutation
greetingc900
salus?c1225
hailingc1275
saluingc1374
salutationc1384
halsing1387
callinga1400
hailsinga1400
salutea1400
saluec1430
saluting1533
greeta1592
regreets1600
salvo1653
salvediction1668
hello1854
mihi1869
tumble1921
big-up1992
1533 Mystik Rosary A j b The saluting of the wounde of the right fote of our Lorde.
a1617 Coryat in Purchas Pilgrims ii. 1824 The Turke doth neuer at the saluting of his friend..put off his Turbant (as wee Christians doe our Hats one to another).
1811 W. R. Spencer Poems 139 One day, Good-bye met How-d'y-do, Too close to shun saluting.
b. attributive as saluting-base, saluting-colour, saluting-ground, saluting-point.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > ceremonial > [adjective] > saluting > relating to salute
saluting-base1894
society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun] > encamping > art of laying out camp > marking flag
camp-colour1785
saluting-colour1894
marking flag1901
1894 Times 19 May 10/1 The Queen then quitted the saluting-point.
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Saluting-color, Mil., a camp-flag, distinguished by a transverse cross.
1902 Westm. Gaz. 11 Aug. 7/2 The saluting-ground.
1905 Westm. Gaz. 13 Sept. 3/2 The grim guns are disclosed as the artillery rattle past the saluting-point.
1961 John o' London's 19 Oct. 447/2 All the Queen's horses..gallop right past the saluting-base.
1976 C. Egleton State Visit ix. 88 The Queen had climbed on to the saluting base... The Queen left the dais to inspect the Guard of Honour.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
salutingadj.
/səˈl(j)uːtɪŋ/ That salutes.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > ceremonial > [adjective] > saluting
saluting1801
1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Chron. 46/2 His suite arrived at this Presidency, under a salute of thirteen guns from the saluting battery.
1885 Athenæum 11 July 44/3 The English pilgrim passed to the palace between bewildered boys and saluting soldiers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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