gain-giving, vbl. n.
[f. gain- prefix 2 + giving vbl. n.]
† 1. A giving in return, making return. Obs.
| 1375 Barbour Bruce i. 115 He ȝe..consideryt his vsage That gryppyt ay, but gayne-gevyng. |
2. A misgiving. Obs. exc. arch.
| 1602 Shakes. Ham. v. ii. 226 It is but foolery; but it is such a kinde of gain-giuing as would perhaps trouble a woman. 1887 S. Coleridge Demetrius 11 There crept over the mother's heart a gaingiving undefined but strong and deep. |