on-ding Sc.
(ˈɒnˌdɪŋ)
[f. on-1 + ding v.]
The act of ‘dinging on’ (see ding v.1 5 b); esp. a persistent heavy fall (of rain or snow). Also fig.
| 1776 C. Keith Farmer's Ha' xix. 9 Rain we'll hae, Or on-ding o' some kind at least. 1818 Scott Hrt. Midl. viii, ‘Look out, Jock; what kind o' night is't?’ ‘On-ding o' snaw, father’. 1894 Crockett Raiders (ed. 3) 41 To think that she should hear all the on-ding..of their ill tongues. 1896 Barrie Marg. Ogilvy ii. (1897) 31, I have seen many weary on-dings of snow. |