▪ I. containing, vbl. n.
(kənˈteɪnɪŋ)
[f. as container + -ing1.]
† 1. Behaviour, bearing; see contain 15. Obs.
| 1375 Barbour Bruce x. 284 He wes..Curtas at poynt, and debonar, And of richt sekir contenyng. 1530 Palsgr. 208/1 Conteyning, contenement. |
2. Holding, keeping, including, restraining.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 91 Conteynynge, continencia. 1567 Queen Elizabeth in Strype Ann. Ref. I. l. 544 The containing of our subjects in the uniformity of religion. 1677 Hale Prim. Orig. Man. ii. x. 225 The containing of the Generations of Mankind in such an equability and proportion. 1678 Cudworth Intell. Syst. 127 Conteining belongs to the Material Cause. |
† 3. That which is contained; contents, tenor.
| c 1477 Caxton Jason 116 The conteynyng therof was this that foloweth. 1611 Shakes. Cymb. v. v. 430 This Labell..whose containing Is so from sense in hardnesse, that I can Make no Collection of it. |
▪ II. conˈtaining, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That contains, holds, encloses, etc.: see the verb.
| 1541 R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg., .V. conteynyng and .v. sondry [partyes]. 1571 Digges Pantom. (1591) 9 The two containing sides of the angle. 1871 B. Stewart Heat §19 The nature of the containing vessel. |
† b. as n. Something that contains. Obs.
| 1541 R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg., Howe many partes of conteynyges, and of conteyned ben there in the brest. |