† vailingn.
Obsolete. rare.
The action of the verb; a descent.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun]
avalingc1380
descendinga1382
downcominga1398
lowinga1398
descenta1413
descencec1425
descensionc1425
degression1486
downcomea1522
downstroke1551
decourse1585
vailinga1593
nod1597
delapsion1603
delapse1625
down1647
fall1647
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > [noun] > removing specific garments > headgear
capping1592
vailinga1593
off-cap1606
unbonnetingc1844
a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. B v And happie is the man, whom he vouchsafes For vailing of his bonnet one good looke.
1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 64 The Beholder descending many steps was afterwards conveyed again by several mountings and valings to various entertainments of his sent and sight.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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ˈvailing
ˈvailing adj.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [adjective]
descendantc1429
downwith1488
downward1552
vailinga1639
down1642
descending1700
dipping1817
downcoming1922
a1639 H. Wotton Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 386 Where surging flouds and valing ebbs can tell That none beyond thy marks must sink or swell.
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n.a1593as lemmas
- cineliteracy
- cineliterate
- cinema
- cinema actor
- cinema audience
- cinema camera
- cinema complex
- cinema film
- cinema hall
- cinema history
- cinema house
- cinema industry
- cinema novo
- cinema organ
- cinema organist
- cinema palace
- cinema play
- cinema projector
- cinema release
- cinema rights
- cinema screen
- cinema show
- cinema star
- cinema still
- cinema theatre