▪ I. dazing, vbl. n.
(ˈdeɪzɪŋ)
[-ing1.]
The action of the verb daze; benumbing, stupefaction, as a condition or influence.
| a 1535 More De quat. Noviss. Wks. 101 When the dasyng of death, shall kepe al swete slepe oute of their waterye eyes. 1535 Coverdale Deut. xxviii. 65 The Lorde shal geue the there a fearfull hert and dasynge of eyes. 1577 B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. iv. (1586) 191 It helpeth against the dasing, or giddinesse of the heade. 1877 Holderness Gloss., Deeazins, a severe cold, especially in the head. |
† b. A disease of sheep; = dazy n. Obs.
| 1799 Ess. Highl. Soc. III. 404 (Jam.) Daising or Vanquish. This disease..is..most severe upon young sheep. |
▪ II. ˈdazing, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That dazes; † that is dazed.
| c 1325 E.E. Allit. P. B. 1538 Such a dasande drede dusched to his hert. 1531 Frith Judgment upon Tracy Pref. (1829) 245 Whether of a godly zeal, or of a dasing brain, let other men judge. |