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Definitions

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  • noun A kind of red hop, a sub-variety of the Canterbury hop.
  • noun obsolete A gold coin.
  • noun obsolete A kind of apple; a goldling.
  • noun The corn marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum).
  • noun The ladybird (familia Coccinellidae).
  • verb Present participle of gold.

Etymologies

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First attested in 1798; from the surname (Golding) of the man who developed the sub-variety (in 1790).

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First attested circa 1580; formed as gold +‎ -ing.

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gold (“pyrolyse food to a golden brown”) +‎ -ing

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Examples

  • And if I look out the window at just the right moment, the garden will be illuminated in the golding hour of the day.

    The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011

  • And if I look out the window at just the right moment, the garden will be illuminated in the golding hour of the day.

    The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011

  • Along the wall, the daffodil foliage is also ripening, but grape hyacinths are still showing blue, the frittilaria Uva Ulpis hardly shows but is still open, the yellow creeping jenny is golding up and coral tulips are open.

    Home Sweet Home « Fairegarden 2008

  • Labels: anthony burgess, d.h. lawrence, falling from fashion, john fowles, william golding posted by bibliobibuli at 5: 50 PM

    When is a Writer Like a Lava Lamp? Sharon Bakar 2006

  • November 2nd, 2005 at 5: 59 pm alesse says: alesse planking recalculations: gallantly golding untidiness pleasures.

    Think Progress » House Speaker Skipped Katrina Relief Vote to Attend Congressional Fundraiser 2005

  • I'll bet he had to attend Oration class as a young golding at Asgard Prep.

    Archive 2006-04-01 David Campbell 2006

  • May 29, 2006, 6: 59 am debt advice says: debt advice golding larger sicknesses Stevie exceeds creature

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Political Ignorance: 2004

  • Mr “Ding” golding from suki and ding really knew what he was doing when he approached ringling bros with this idea.

    A Mechitza Under The Big Top | Jewschool 2004

  • She darted a brief glance at him and nodded, turning her gaze back to golding green tobacco fields.

    The Lancaster Men Janet Dailey 1984

  • She darted a brief glance at him and nodded, turning her gaze back to golding green tobacco fields.

    The Lancaster Men Janet Dailey 1984

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