▪ I. † ˈnoting, vbl. n.1 Obs.
[f. note v.1]
Using.
| 13.. E.E. Allit. P. B. 1354 In notyng of nwe metes & of nice gettes, Al was þe mynde of þat man. |
▪ II. ˈnoting, vbl. n.2
[f. note v.2]
The action of the vb., in various senses.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 359/2 Notynge, notacio. c 1500 in Antiq. Rep. (1809) IV. 408 Thou maist be judged by a crochet of wronge notynge in thy presumcion. 1570 T. Norton in Udall's Royster D. (1847) p. xli, Partly to shunne publike noting, partely for better hearkening. 1607 Hieron Wks. I. 302 There must be..a diligent noting how the preaching of the word fitteth the particulars of Christs fulnesse to the soules particular wants. 1645 Milton Tetrach. Wks. 1851 IV. 151 Many things..not ordinary, nor unworth the noting. 1817 J. Scott Paris Revis. (ed. 4) 311 A careful noting of indirect and circumstantial evidence. 1860 Merc. Mar. Mag. VII. 157 A coble has been stationed opposite the..Quay, for the hailing and noting of vessels. |
| attrib. 1576 Fleming Panopl. Epist. 257 Take into your handes againe your noting tables. 1591 Percivall Sp. Dict., Cartapacio, a noting booke, a noting paper. |
b. spec. (See quots. and note v.2 6 c.)
| 1843–56 Bouvier Law Dict. (ed. 6) II. 246 The noting is not indispensable, it being only a part of the protest. 1849 C. G. Addison Contracts xxiii. (ed. 2) 1100 Noting is a minute made on the bill by the officer at the time of the refusal to accept and is the preparatory step to protest. |