golding
See also: Golding
English
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation, UK) enPR: gōlʹdĭng, IPA(key): /ˈɡəʊldɪŋ/
Etymology 1
editFirst attested circa 1580; formed as gold + -ing.
Noun
editgolding (plural goldings or (obsolete) goldinges)
- (obsolete) A gold coin.
- (obsolete) A kind of apple; a goldling.
- (UK, North Midlands dialects) The corn marigold (Glebionis segetum).
- (in the Kent dialect) The ladybird (family Coccinellidae).
Related terms
editReferences
edit- “† Go·lding” listed on page 282 of volume IV (F and G), § ii (G) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1901]
† Go·lding. Obs. [f. Gold¹ + -ing³. [¶] The form still occurs in north midland dialects as a name of the marigold, in Kent of the ladybird.] [¶] 1. A gold coin. [¶] c 1580 Jefferie Bugbears i. i. 77 in Archiv Stud. d. neu. Spr. (1897) XCVIII. 306 His goldinges that he kepes in prison. [¶] 2. A kind of apple. (See Goldling.) [¶] 1589 Rider Eng.–Lat. Dict. s.v. Apple, Summer Goldings..Winter Goldings. 1648–60 Hexham Dutch Dict., Guldelingh, A Golding, an apple so called. - “†ˈgolding¹” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
Etymology 2
editFirst attested in 1798; from the surname (Golding) of the man who developed the sub-variety (in 1790).
Noun
editgolding (plural goldings)
- A kind of red hop, a sub-variety of the Canterbury hop.
Synonyms
edit- (hop): golding hop, golding vine
References
edit- “ˈgolding²” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
Etymology 3
editFrom gold (“pyrolyse food to a golden brown”) + -ing.
Verb
editgolding
- present participle and gerund of gold
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