Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): -ing

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): -ing


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(1):

A suffix used to from present participles; as, singing, playing.

(2):

A suffix used to form nouns from verbs, and signifying the act of; the result of the act; as, riding, dying, feeling. It has also a secondary collective force; as, shipping, clothing.

(3):

A suffix formerly used to form diminutives; as, lording, farthing.