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1340 Ayenbite (1866) 36 Þe time-zettere ontrewe... Vor hire time-zettinge, hi destrueþ and makeþ beggeres þe knyȝtes.

?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 130 Sich a creature..may wiþ sich good vse of his tyme-spendynge come fro þe dreede of bondage vnto þe drede of fredom.

1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. B^v A sommers day..wasted in such time-beguiling sport. View more context for this quotation

1601 W. Cornwallis Ess. II. xxxvi. sig. X8 After comes the torture of the time breaking wheele.

1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 109 My Time-noting lines ayme not at thee.

1628 W. Prynne Vnlouelinesse of Louelockes To Rdr. sig. a3 These bewitching, and time-deuouring Vanities, which steale away their Hearts, and Liues from God.

1742 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 198 Accustomed to the many hurries and time-devouring accidents of this huge place.

1789 Loiterer 21 Feb. 7 Those time destroying amusements, which are so much in use among..warlike youths.

1834 T. Flint tr. Bachelor Reclaimed xxxiii. 238 I am one of those time-economizing persons for whom the days begin early.

1874 Jrnl. Mental Sci. 19 532 These observations would induce a belief in the existence of a time-perceiving and time-regulating power.

1914 Cent. Mag. Dec. 199/2 Time-squandering activities designed only to advance his own popularity.

1951 S. Spender World within World 288 Edith Sitwell..had something of the time-defeating quality of Yeats.

2004 J. R. Page Blessed Event xv. 154 I didn't want to do it [sc. the job] for years on end, but as a time-biding fill-in, it was pretty good.

2007 J. Kinard Artillery v. 186 Raised marks on the face of the fuse were graduated up to 5.5 seconds, allowing for accurate time setting.