▪ I. corroding, vbl. n.
(kəˈrəʊdɪŋ)
[f. corrode + -ing1.]
The action of the verb corrode; corrosion.
| 1691 T. H[ale] Acc. New Invent. 1 The extraordinary Eating and Corroding of their Rudder-Irons and Bolts. 1703 Moxon Mech. Exerc. 265 To preserve them from the corroding of the Morter. |
b. attrib.
| 1881 Raymond Mining Gloss., Corroding-lead, refined lead, sufficiently pure for the corroding process, by which white lead is manufactured. |
▪ II. coˈrroding, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That corrodes, corrosive. a. lit. b. fig.
| a. 1605 Timme Quersit. i. vii. 29 A most sharpe oyle..most corroding and fretting. 1632 B. Jonson Magn. Lady iv. iii, Envious sir Moth,..Thou shew'st thyself a true corroding vermin. 1768 Beattie Minstr. ii. xiv, So gnaw'd the viper the corroding file. |
| b. 1619 H. Hutton Follies Anat. (Percy Soc.) 12 O subtle tyrant, whose corroding hate, etc. 1725 Pope Odyss. viii. 163 Steal from corroding care one transient day. 1876 Mozley Univ. Serm. iv. (1877) 92 Unconscious..of a corroding sin within them. |