▪ I. encircling, vbl. n.
(ɛnˈsɜːklɪŋ)
[f. encircle v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. encircle.
| 1632 Lithgow Totall Discourse 265 About it [this chapel], I meane without the vtter sides of it, and the inward incirclings of the compassing Quiere, there are alwayes burning about fifty Lampes. 1836 Arnold Lett. (1844) II. viii. 48 An image..of the encircling of the everlasting arms. |
▪ II. encircling, ppl. a.
(ɛnˈsɜːklɪŋ)
Also incircling.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That encircles.
| 1632 Lithgow Totall Disc. 265 Within incircling bandes of pure Gold. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Isl. v. (R.), The third..is like a grape Which all entwines with his encircling side. 1725 Pope Odyss. i. 526 A realm defended with incircling seas. 1832 J. H. Newman Hymn, ‘Lead, kindly Light’, Amidst the encircling gloom Lead thou me on. 1871 Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) IV. xviii. 236 The minster looks down on the encircling stream of the Wear. 1873 W. Black Pr. Thule ix. 138 The blinding white of the incircling hills. |