† beeting, vbl. n. Obs.
[f. beet v. + -ing1.]
The action of making good; mending, repair; making (a fire), kindling.
| 1517 Churchw. Acc., Heybridge, Essex (Nichols 1797), 168 Half of betynge lyght ageynst the feste of the Natyvyte of oure Blessed Lady. 1594 Act Jas. VI (1814) IV. 80 (Jam.) The beiting and reparatioun of thair wallis, streittis, havynnis and portis. a 1615 Brieue Cron. Erlis of Ross. (1850) 20 The miln decayed in default of beiting and holding up of the same. 1808 [see beet v. 1.] |