▪ I. biasing, vbl. n.
(ˈbaɪəsɪŋ)
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
1. Inclination towards one side; propension.
| 1646 J. Hall Horæ Vac. 7 The best course to keepe his judgement from biasing. 1865 Carlyle Fredk. Gt. V. xiii. vii. 74 The question is intricate, and there are many secret biassings concerned in the solution of it. |
2. In needlework: A kind of work resembling ‘gathering.’
| 1838 Workwoman's Guide i. i. 7. |
3. See bias v. 5.
▪ II. ˈbiasing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
a. That gives a bias. † b. That moves obliquely, oblique.
| 1658 Ussher Ann. vi. 98 The Loxodromie, or biassing motions of the stars, in the Zodiac. 1861 H. Macmillan Footn. Page Nat. 242 [These] operate as biassing influences. |
c. See bias v. 5.