ˈwonting, vbl. n.
[f. wont v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb wont. a. The accustoming (of a person to something).
| 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables Pref. A 2, The Wonting of us to the Use and Liking of these Levities, Leads..us to a Mis-understanding of Things. |
b. Custom, wont.
| 1667 Cotton Scarron. iv. 78 æneas and the Queen have made..A match to go, after her wonting, Into the Woods a Squirrel hunting. |
c. attrib.: † wonting penny, wages paid to a cattle-herd for keeping beasts in a place until they are accustomed to it (cf. wonted pa. pple. 2 b).
| 1641 Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 120 The nowt heard hath for everie beast one pennie, which is called a wontinge pennie; hee..keepeth them..till they bee wonted and hanted togeather. |