lotting, vbl. n.
(ˈlɒtɪŋ)
[f. lot v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb lot.
| c 1449 Pecock Repr. iii. i. 278 The firste departing, soorting, and lotting of the al hool land. 1579 Fenton Guicciard. xiv. (1599) 668 At last they fell to the custome of lotting of voyces in the Conclaue. 1770 A. Hall Gospel Worship (1829) II. xxii. 305 Directions concerning the lawful use of lotting must be suggested. 1825 J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 755 In the lotting of the ores, care should be taken to have small portions from different specimens. |
| attrib. 1514 Will of J. Kirkby (Somerset Ho.), My Lotting tables. |