▪ I. luring, vbl. n.1
(ˈl(j)ʊərɪŋ)
[f. lure v. + -ing1.]
The action of lure v. in various senses.
| 1547 Boorde Brev. Health cccv. 100 It may come by lewrynge, halowynge, or great cryeng. 1557 Tottel's Misc. (Arb.) 269 My luryng is not good, it liketh not thine eare. 1596 Willobie Avisa (1880) 137 Trusse vp your lures, your luring is in vaine. 1603 Breton Dial. Pith & Pleas. (Grosart) 7/1 Tyring of legges, and tearing of throates, with luring, and hollowing. 1634 Heywood Lanc. Witches i. Wks. 1874 IV. 173 Tush let him passe, He is not worth our luring, a meere Coxcombe. |
▪ II. ˈluring, vbl. n.2 techn.
[f. lure n.4 + -ing1.]
The action of smoothing a hat with a lure.
| 1902 Brit. Med. Jrnl. No. 2146. 378 Finishing consists of ‘shaving’ with fine sand-paper and ‘luring’... The ‘luring’ is done with a suitable pad. |
▪ III. ˈluring, ppl. a.
[f. lure v. + -ing1.]
That lures (in senses of the verb); enticing, attractive.
| 1570 Satir. Poems Reform. xxii. 24 Ane luiring bait fond fischis to wirk tene. 1575 Turberv. Faulconrie 148 You must put hir on a payre of gret lewring bels. 1583 Leg. Bp. St. Androis 8 Ane lewrand lawrie licherous. 1592 W. Wyrley Armorie, Ld. Chandos 30 Yet near vncaught the luring fruit doth stay. 1842 Manning Serm. vii. (1848) I. 101 Some high and luring offer. 1863 I. Williams Baptistery i. xiv. (1874) 176 The world with luring glances, Leads them on. 1869 Browning Ring & Bk. x. 724 Fowlers..eschew vile practice, nor find sport In torch-light treachery or the luring owl. |