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A heap or pile; as, a bing of wood. "Potato bings." Burns. "A bing of corn." Surrey. [Obs. or Dial. Eng. & Scot.]

Swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit. -- Ab*sorb"ing, adv.

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.

or pickled. The juice is used as a remedy for skin diseases. [Written also blimbi and blimbing.]

See Bilimbi, etc.

p. pr. & vb. n. of Climb. Climbing fern. See under Fern. -- Climbing perch. (Zoöl.) See Anabas, and Labyrinthici.

Haughty; purse-proud. See Cob, n., 2. [Obs.] Withals (1608).

The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs; as, the combing of one's hair; the combing of wool.

The act or art of catching crabs.

The act of inclosing or confining in a crib or in close quarters.

In currying, a mixture of fish oil and tallow worked into leather; -- called also dubbing. Knight.

The act of dubbing, as a knight, etc.

In a gibing manner; scornfully.

The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal. It is called also gob stuff. Brande & C.

A forerunner; a precursor; a messenger. I knew by these harbingers who were coming. Landor.

Depriving of thought; ecstatic. "Heart-robbing gladness." Spenser.

Doing chance work or add jobs; as, a jobbing carpenter.

Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections.

The art of casting and working in lead, and applying it to building purposes; especially, the business of furnishing, fitting, and repairing pipes for conducting water, sewage, etc. Gwilt.

An assemblage or arrangement of ribs, as the timberwork for the support of an arch or coved ceiling, the veins in the leaves of some plants, ridges in the fabric of cloth, or the like.