▪ I. † ˈstutting, vbl. n. Obs.
[f. stut v.1 + -ing1.]
= stuttering vbl. n.
| c 1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode iii. xxxii. (1869) 153 Swich manere of langwetynge and of stutinge and turnynge vpsodoun þe wrong in to þe riht. 1483 Cath. Angl. 370/2 A Stuttynge, balbicies. 1547 Boorde Brev. Health xli. 21 As stuttynge that doth come by nature it can not be holpen except it be reformed in youth by some discrete tutor. 1571 Golding Calvin on Ps. v. 3 Under the first sort he betokeneth a confused stutting [L. confusum strepitum]. 1621 Burton Anat. Mel. i. iii. i. i. 231 Stutting, or tripping in speech, &c. hollow eyes, grosse veines, and broad lippes. 1626 Bacon Sylva §386 marg., Experiment Solitary, touching Stutting. 1661 Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 359 Stutting and stammering from humidity. |
▪ II. † ˈstutting, ppl. a.1 Obs.
[f. stut v.1 + -ing2.]
= stuttering ppl. a.
| 1388 Wyclif Isa. xxxii. 4 The tunge of stuttynge men schal speke swiftli. 1575 T. Vautrollier Luther on Ep. Gal. iv. 3, 173 Banish this stutting and stammering Moises farre from thee, with his lawe. 1591 Sylvester Du Bartas i. vii. 68 If my dull, stutting, frozen eloquence May dare conjecture of his high intents. a 1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhem. N.T. (1618) 650 The stutting tongue of the lisping babe deserueth more favour then the gracious speech of the eloquent man. |
Hence † ˈstuttingly adv.
| 1548 Cooper Elyot's Dict., Titubanter, stameryngly, stuttyngly, vnconstantly. |
▪ III. stutting ppl. a.2
see stut v.2