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Wading vbl. sb. World English Historical Dictionary

Wading vbl. sb. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1928, rev. 2024. Wading vbl. sb. [-ING1.] The action of the verb WADE.

1 c. 1375.  Barbour, Bruce, VII. 56. Bot sum men sais, this eschaping Apon ane other maner fell Than throu the vading.

2 1622.  R. Hawkins, Voy. S. Sea, lii. 124. Wherof more then the one halfe dyed with famine, and continual wading through Rivers and waters.

3 1813.  [Leigh Hunt], in Examiner, 19 April, 242/2. So many creepings in dust and wadings through mire.

4 1870.  Kingsley, in Good Words, 1 June, 380/2. We were glad to cool ourselves [in fancy] by talking over … wadings in icy streams beneath the black pine-woods.

5   b.  attrib. as in wading-place; also in names of waterproof articles of attire for wading, as wading-boots, -brogues, coats, etc.

6 1598.  Florio, Vadetti, narrow wading places or foards.

7 1883.  Fisheries Exhib. Catal., 58. Wading Stockings. Wading Trousers. Wading Brogues. Wading Coats. Wading Boots.

8 1888.  W. E. Norris, Chris, vi. 98. Prawning is not bad fun for those who have taken the precaution to put on wading-boots, but it is a form of sport in which ladies can hardly participate with comfort.

9 1894.  Coconino Weekly Sun, 25 Oct., 6/6. With a good pair of wading boots, you may skirt the strand, stalking the game from behind the screening osiers and alders on the bank.

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