-ing
-ing
[For Old English -and, -end, -ind, Anglo-Saxon -ende; akin to Gothic -and-, Latin -ant-, -ent-, Greek {not transcribed}.]
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.
The Old English ending of the present participle and verbal noun became confused, both becoming -ing.
3.
A suffix formerly used to form diminutives; as, lording, farthing.
Ing (ing) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon ing.]
A pasture or meadow; generally one lying low, near a river. [Obsolete or Provincial English]