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In a state of swinging.

e or nobleman; esp., the heir apparent or a prince of the royal family. [Written also Adeling and Ætheling.]

To touch lightly. [Obs.] Coles.

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

Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn. -- A*wak"en*ing*ly, adv.

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

Sown during the last years of a tenancy, but not ripe until after its expiration; -- said of crops. Wharton.

On the wing; flying; fluttering. Wallace.

A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.

Furnished with an awning.

At work; in action. [Archaic or Colloq.] Spenser.

The bleating of a sheep. Marryat.

A mineral occurring in triclinic crystals approaching pyroxene in angle, and of a greenish black color. It is a silicate of iron, manganese, and lime.

The business of keeping a baby farm.

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

The act of moving backward, or of putting or moving anything backward.

Slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning. Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord. Jer. iii. 14.

The practice of buying wheat and other kinds of food in one place and selling them in another for a profit. [Prov. Eng.]

Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting; as, baffling currents, winds, tasks. -- Bafflingly, adv. -- Bafflingness, n.

The act of putting anything into, or as into, a bag.