supping
English edit
Verb edit
supping
- present participle and gerund of sup
Noun edit
supping (plural suppings)
- The act of one who sups; the act of taking supper.
- (obsolete) That which is supped; broth.
- 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XXII.]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, published 1635, →OCLC:
- Wax taken inwardly in a supping or broth.
References edit
- “supping”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.