▪ I. ˈredding, n.1
Also 3, 5 redyng(e, 6 redinge.
[f. red a. + -ing3.]
1. Red ochre, ruddle. Now only dial.
| [1292–3 in T. Bond Corfe Castle (1883) 108 Colours called ‘redyng’ and ‘rugeplum’ were brought from Salisbury for ornamenting the walls of the chamber.] c 1440 Promp. Parv. 427/1 Redynge, colowre, rubiculum, rubratura. 1598 Florio, Sinópio..red leade, ruddle, red okre, or redding. 1729 Seasonable Remarks Trade 98 The Goods which they take from these Dominions are Coals,..Clay, Redding [etc.]. 1778 Eng. Gazetteer (ed. 2) s.v. Chew Magna, That red bolus, called Redding, which is used for the marking of sheep. 1878 T. Hardy Ret. Native i. ii, A reddleman—a person whose vocation it was to supply farmers with redding for their sheep. |
b. U.S. A compound used to redden the hearth and sides of a fireplace.
| 1867 Mrs. Whitney L. Goldthwaite vii. 149 The brick hearth and jambs aglow with fresh ‘redding’. |
2. A kind of apple; the ruddock. rare.
| 1611 Cotgr., Rouveau, Pomme de rou, the Ruddocke, Redding, Summer Goulding. 1898 Slosson Dumb Foxglove 55 The little Denison reddings, all crimson and shining outside. |
▪ II. † ˈredding, n.2
var. reading n. Obs.
(The source of Cotgrave's F. redins is obscure.)
| 1611 Cotgr., Redins, redding clothes. |
▪ III. ˈredding, vbl. n.1
[f. red v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of making red.
| 1572 Ludlow Churchw. Acc. (Camden) 149 Payd for xvj li. of rede lede for the redinge of the churche. 1632 Sherwood, A redding, growing or making red, rubrication. |
2. [See red-out.] redding-out: the process of undergoing or experiencing a red-out.
| 1933 Jrnl. R. Aeronaut. Soc. XXXVII. 407 The phenomenon of ‘redding out’ is essentially and solely ocular in origin due to postural congestion of the vascular retina. 1951 Nayler & Ower Flight To-day (ed. 3) i. 24 Accelerations..in the other direction, i.e., upwards towards the pilot's head, of more than 2g [are common] in bunts, which lead to risks of ‘redding out’ in contrast to ‘blacking out’. 1961 R. L. Christy in H. G. Armstrong Aerospace Med. xvi. 250/2 Occasionally there may be a temporary loss of vision and there have been a few scattered reports that objects appear red and produce the phenomenon commonly referred to as ‘redding out’. |
▪ IV. redding, vbl. n.2
(ˈrɛdɪŋ)
[f. redd v.2]
1. The action of separating combatants, or of arranging, tidying, clearing up, etc. Also redding up.
| 1496 Sc. Treas. Acc. 15 Oct., Item, for redding of the werkhous in the Castel to hous the artailȝery, xijd. 1529 Lyndesay Compl. 353 Euerilk lord did stryue for stait, That all the realme mycht mak no reddyng. 1596 in J. Melvill Autobiog., etc. (1842) 381 With whome the King enterit in actioun for redding of merches. 1812 Chalmers Let. in Life (1851) I. 293 My aunt..has been..exercising her peculiar talent for redding-up. 1899 F. T. Bullen Log of Sea-waif 212 In order that the bulk of the ‘redding-up’ may be done before crossing the line. |
2. Comb. a. redding-blow or -stroke, a blow received by a person trying to separate combatants.
| a 1649 in Wodrow Soc. Sel. Biog. (1845) I. 384, I hope Jesus Christ shall give death the redding stroke. 1737 Ramsay Sc. Prov. (1750) 45 He that meddles with toolies comes in for the redding streak. 1802 [see redder n.1 1]. 1815 Scott Guy M. xxvii. note, The redding straik..is proverbially said to be the most dangerous blow a man can receive. |
b. redding-comb, an ordinary hair-comb.
| 1821 Scott Pirate xv, Ye might as weel give it a ritt with the teeth of a redding kame. 1829 Brockett N.C. Words, Redding-comb, a comb for the hair. 1876– in dial. glossaries (Yks., Lancs., Chesh., Shropsh., Antrim). |