▪ I. biding, vbl. n.
(ˈbaɪdɪŋ)
[f. bide v. + -ing1.]
1. Awaiting, expectation; remaining, tarrying.
| 1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 4708 And men sal wax dry..for lang bydyng þar-in. 1483 Cath. Angl. 31 A Bydynge, expectacio, perseuerancia. a 1657 Sir J. Balfour Ann. Scot. (1825) II. 315 His longe delay and bydinng out. 1862 Barnes Rhymes Dorset Dial. II. 182 But bidin up till dead o'night..do soon consume The feäce's bloom. |
† b. concr. The object of expectation. Obs.
| 1382 Wyclif Jer. xiv. 8 Thou biding [Vulg. expectatio] of Irael, his saueour in tyme of tribulacioun. |
2. Stay, residence, dwelling.
| c 1400 Cov. Myst. 22 In erthliche paradys withowtyn wo I graunt the bydyng. 1653 Milton Ps. v. 11 Evil with thee no biding makes. 1713 Rowe J. Shore i. ii, At Antwerp has my constant biding been. 1866 [see 3]. |
† b. concr. An abode, dwelling, habitation. Obs.
| 1600 Hakluyt Voy. III. 809 (R.) They brought us to their bidings about two miles from the harborough. 1605 Shakes. Lear iv. vi. 228 I'll lead you to some biding. a 1687 Cotton Voy. Irel. i. 66 Three miles ere we met with a biding. |
3. attrib., as biding-place, place of abode.
| 1557 Paynell Barclay's Jugurth 17 b, They had no certayne bydinge place. 1626 Milton Death Fair Inf. 21 He..Unhoused thy virgin soul from her fair biding-place. 1866 Mrs. Whitney L. Goldthwaite i, How many different little biding-places there are in the world. |
▪ II. ˈbiding, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
Lasting, continuing, enduring. (Now usually abiding.)
| 1430 Lydg. Chron. Troy i. ii, And though the ginning be but casuell The biding frete is passingly cruell. 1536 Lyndesay Answ. Kyngis Flyting 38 Beleif richt weill, it is ane bydand gam. 1633 W. Struther True Happ. 5 We have need of some biding substance to supply these losses. |