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Giving or implying assent. -- As*sent"ing*ly, adv.

To touch lightly. [Obs.] Coles.

That attracts. -- At*tract"ing*ly, adv.

Missing; wanting. [Prov. Scot. & Eng.] Sir W. Hamilton.

Secret slander; detraction. Backbiting, and bearing of false witness. Piers Plowman.

That which is used for steadying anything; ballast.

ood containing much farinaceous, saccharine, or oily matter; -- so called from William Banting of London.

The upward direction of a vein in a mine; the emergence of a stratum at the surface.

A mode of printing on glazed ware.

With the exception of; excepting. We have little reason to think that they bring many ideas with them, bating some faint ideas of hunger and thirst. Locke.

Cotton in sheets, prepared for use in making quilts, etc.; as, cotton batting.

See Biestings.

Pulsation; throbbing; as, the beating of the heart.

Same as Biestings.

Suitable; proper; becoming; fitting.

In a befitting manner; suitably.

The material of which belts for machinery are made; also, belts, taken collectively.

The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe. Bare benting times . . . may come. Dryden.

Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about; as, a besetting sin.

In a besotting manner.