suing
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
suing
- present participle and gerund of sue
Etymology 2 edit
Compare French suer (“to sweat”).
Noun edit
suing (countable and uncountable, plural suings)
- The act of one who sues for something.
- 1834, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Pilgrims of the Rhine:
- […] her husband's increased and more frequent storms of passion, unfollowed by any halcyon and honeymoon suings for forgiveness […]
- (obsolete) The process of soaking through anything.
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- In this instance, there is, upon the by, to be noted, the percolation or suing of the verjuice through the wood; for verjuice of itself would never have passed through the wood: so as, it seemeth, it must be first in a kind of vapour, before it pass.
References edit
- “suing”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Verb edit
suing
- (Northern) Alternative form of swyngen