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ˈtonging
ˈtonging n.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of bell > large bell
knoll1379
toll1452
knolling1480
tollinga1513
tonging1584
thief and reever bell1777
bell-toll1860
donga1882
tong1881
1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xii. xviii. 268 Trusting rather to the tonging of their belles, than to their owne crie vnto God.
ˈtonging
ˈtonging n. 
/ˈtɒŋɪŋ/ the use of tongs; spec. the taking of oysters with tongs.
/ˈtɒŋɪŋ/ the use of tongs; spec. the taking of oysters with tongs.ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing for type of fish > [noun] > for shellfish > for oysters
oystering1662
tonging1869
1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 342 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV Eleven million bushels [of oysters] taken in the legitimate way of dredging and tonging.
1887 G. B. Goode Fisheries U.S.: Hist. & Methods II. 552 The size of the tonging-canoe ranges from 15 or 16 feet to 30 feet or more.
1891 W. K. Brooks Amer. Oyster 2 There were 1000 boats engaged in dredging and 1500 canoes engaged in tonging.
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