onding

Breathing; smelling.

Noun

  1. Breathing; smelling.

Origin

From Middle English ondyng, equivalent to onde (“to breathe, breathe on”) + -ing.

Forms

ondings

Noun UK, dialectal

  1. A heavy, continuous fall of rain or snow; a downpour.
    • ... they inform the rest, with inward sorrow, that it is still "a terrible onding." So the circle is once more formed. Some one now proposes a game o' cairts, and the pack is produced. - 1891, Alexander Gordon, The...

Origin

From on- + ding (“to beat, strike”).

Forms

ondings