▪ I. bloating, vbl. n.1
(ˈbləʊtɪŋ)
[f. bloat v.1 + -ing1.]
The process of curing (fish) by smoking for a short time; the preparation of bloaters.
| 1616 Sylvester Tobacco Batt. 499 Herrings, in the Sea, are large and full, But shrink in bloating, and together pull. |
▪ II. ˈbloating, vbl. n.2
[f. bloat v.2 + -ing1.]
‘A puffing up or inflation of the exterior habit of the body, lodged chiefly in the adipose cells.’ Chambers Cycl. Supp. 1753.
▪ III. ˈbloating, ppl. a.
That bloats or (?) blotches.
| 1759 W. Wilkie Epigon. v. (1769) 106 His crooked form he reared With horror pale, with bloating clay besmeared. |