golding
See also: Golding
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, UK) enPR: gōlʹdĭng, IPA(key): /ˈɡəʊldɪŋ/
Etymology 1
First attested circa 1580; formed as gold + -ing.
Noun
golding (plurals include the standard and regularly formed goldings, as well as the obsolete goldinges)
- (obsolete) A gold coin.
- (obsolete) A kind of apple; a goldling.
- (Britain, North Midlands dialectal) The corn marigold (Glebionis segetum).
- (in the Kent dialectal) The ladybird (family Coccinellidae).
References
- “† Go·lding” listed on page 282 of volume IV (F and G), § ii (G) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1901]
† Go·lding. Obs. [f. Gold¹ + -ing³. [¶] The form still occurs in north midland dialects as a name of the marigold, in Kent of the ladybird.] [¶] 1. A gold coin. [¶] c 1580 Jefferie Bugbears i. i. 77 in Archiv Stud. d. neu. Spr. (1897) XCVIII. 306 His goldinges that he kepes in prison. [¶] 2. A kind of apple. (See Goldling.) [¶] 1589 Rider Eng.–Lat. Dict. s.v. Apple, Summer Goldings..Winter Goldings. 1648–60 Hexham Dutch Dict., Guldelingh, A Golding, an apple so called. - “†ˈgolding¹” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
Etymology 2
First attested in 1798; from the surname (Golding) of the man who developed the sub-variety (in 1790).
Noun
golding (plural goldings)
- A kind of red hop, a sub-variety of the Canterbury hop.
Synonyms
- (hop): golding hop, golding vine
References
- “ˈgolding²” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
Etymology 3
gold (“pyrolyse food to a golden brown”) + -ing
Verb
golding
- present participle of gold
Anagrams
- dogling, godling, lodging