▪ I. † ˈbolning, vbl. n. Obs.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
1. Swelling, state of being swollen; concr. a swelling, a tumour.
| a 1340 Hampole Psalter lxxxvii[i]. 17 Grete bolnynge of water. c 1430 Lydg. Bochas ii. xxviii. (1554) 64 a, Agayn such bolnyng, auaileth no triacle. 1483 Cath. Angl. 36 A Bolnynge, tumor, inflacio. 1530 Palsgr. 200/2 Boulnyng, swelling. 1610 P. Barrough Meth. Physick i. xii. (1639) 15 Distension and bolning in the head. |
2. fig. (with pride, anger, etc.)
| a 1300 Cursor M. 12083 Þe bolning of his hert. a 1340 Hampole Psalter l. 8 It [mekenes] purges him fro bolnynge of pride. a 1400 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornt. MS. (1867) 12 Wrethe..es a wykkede stirrynge or bollenynge of herte. |
▪ II. † ˈbolning, ppl. a. Obs.
Swelling.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 6011 Bile & blister bolnand sare. c 1325 E.E. Allit. P. B. 179 Bobaunce & bost & bolnande priyde. |