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The act of moving in any manner; traveling; as, the going is bad.

Going before; foregoing.

In motion; in the act of going; as, to set a mill agoing.

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

Summoning to church. The sound of the churchgoing bell. Cowper.

Moving easily; hence, mild-tempered; ease-loving; inactive.

A going forth; an utterance. A. Chalmers.

The act of going in; entrance.

The act of going forward; progress; (pl.) affairs; business; current events. The common ongoings of this our commonplace world, and everyday life. Prof. Wilson.

The act or the state of going out. The outgoings of the morning and evening. Ps. lxv. 8.

Frequenting playhouses; as, the playgoing public. -- n.

Going upon the sea; especially, sailing upon the deep sea; -- used in distinction from coasting or river, as applied to vessels.

Going through, or to the end or bottom; very thorough; complete.

Going away; departing; of or pertaining to one who goes away. Way-going crop (Law of Leases), a crop of grain to which tenants for years are sometimes entitled by custom; grain sown in the fall to be reaped at the next harvest; a crop which will not ripen until after the termination of the lease. Burrill.…

aring of woolen clothes next the skin as a matter of penance. [Obs.] Their . . . woolward-going, and rising at midnight. Tyndale.

On the point or verge of; going; in act of. Paul was now aboutto open his mouth. Acts xviii. 14.

Earlier in order; higher in the same page; hence, in a foregoing page. "That was said above." Dryden.

Any one of the active processes going on in an organism; the performance of a function; as, the action of the heart, the muscles, or the gastric juice.

On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing. [Obs.] [I] used no ambition to commend my deeds. Milton.