▪ I. † deading, vbl. n. Obs.
(ˈdɛdɪŋ)
[f. dead v.]
The action of the verb dead; deadening.
| c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 293 Cancrene..comeþ of dedinge of þe skyn. 1607 Hieron Wks. I. 219 To the deading of their hearts, like Nabals. 1645 Ussher Body Div. (1647) 430 A further deading of the old man. |
▪ II. † ˈdeading, ppl. a. Obs.
[-ing2.]
Deadening.
| 1647 H. More Song of Soul iii. i. ii, Deading liquor. |