childing
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of childing
A Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; child, -ing 2
Example Sentences
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During the set I witnessed, there was a setlist, but he’d dispensed with it quickly, gently childing himself for calling a bunch of audibles, and that’s when he’d done that inventory of what he had already played.
From Salon
Childing, wounded, winded, wise, sure.
From New York Times
Travail and pain I sing— The bride on the childing bed, The dark man labouring at his rhymes, The ewe in the lambing shed.
From Project Gutenberg
The variety of daisy which children now call “Hen and Chickens” was known as the “childing daisy” in Gerard’s time.
From Project Gutenberg
The Daisy not only produces double flowers, but also the curious proliferous flower called Hen and Chickens, or Childing Daisies, or Jackanapes on Horseback.
From Project Gutenberg
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