Crowding ppl. a. World English Historical Dictionary

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[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That crowd, or press closely: see the verb.

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1697.  Dryden, Virg. Past., IV. 64. In crowding Ranks appear.

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1718.  Rowe, trans. Lucan, 151. The Crouding Sails from ev’ry Station press.

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1853.  Kane, Grinnell Exp., xx. (1856), 160. The crowding tenants of the air, the Brent goose [etc.].

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