▪ I. reconciling, vbl. n.
(ˈrɛkənsaɪlɪŋ)
[f. reconcile v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. reconcile; reconciliation.
| 1382 Wyclif Isa. lx. 10 In my recounsiling I hadde reuthe of thee. c 1386 Chaucer Melib. ¶725 The dissension bigynneth by another man, and the reconsilyng by-gynneth by thy self. 1535 Coverdale 2 Macc. xii. 46 He thought it to be good & honorable for a reconcylinge, to do the same for those which were slayne. 1667 W. Mountagu in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 316 His business was to desire the completing of your Lordship's reconciling to him,..he desiring so much your reconciling. |
b. The action of smoothing or planing; removal of roughnesses (see reconcile v. 12).
| 1875 T. Laslett Timber 297 Kauri Pine is also employed for the decks of yachts..and does not require the reconciling or planing over, which is frequently found necessary if other woods are worked. |
▪ II. reconciling, ppl. a.
(ˈrɛkənsaɪlɪŋ)
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That reconciles.
| 1594 ? Greene Selimus 1545 Friend, let me see thy letter once again, That I may read these reconciling lines. 1658–9 Burton's Diary (1828) IV. 204 That is agreed to be a very reconciling motion, and may heal all the heats and differences about it. 1717 Pope Eloïsa 145 Thy eyes diffused a reconciling ray. 1801 Southey in Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 378 A man of gentle and reconciling manners. 1878 Seeley Stein II. 475 The peaceful and reconciling revolution to which Stein had shown the way. |
b. spec. Applied to curves or moulds which accommodate lines or surfaces to each other.
| 1793 Smeaton Edystone L. §81 By reconciling Curves, I could adapt every part of the base upon the rock to the regularly turned tapering body. 1849 Weale Dict. Terms, Reconciler, a mould sometimes used to form the hollow in the topside, which is called the reconciling mould. |