watercressing
English
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Etymology 1
editFrom watercress + -ing (participle).
Verb
editwatercressing
- present participle and gerund of watercress
- 1911, Benjamin Bickley Rogers, transl., The comedies of Aristophanes, volume 4, page 66:
- What are you watercressing for?
- 1991, Fred Archer, Grain and Chaff Under the Hill, page 94:
- He used to brag that the ladder had four rounds and that he stood on the middle one when he was watercressing.
Etymology 2
editFrom watercress + -ing.
Noun
editwatercressing (plural not attested)
- The act or process of gathering watercress.
- 2016, H. E. Bates, “Oh! Sweeter Than The Berry”, in The Song of the Wren:
- I'll lock up and go watercressing. Or mushrooming. Or some damn thing.