ing : Idioms & Phrases

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-ing

-ing
Definitions
  1. For OE. -and, -end, -ind, AS. -ende; akin to Goth. -and-, L. -ant-, -ent-, Gr. . A suffix used to from present participles; as, singing, playing.
  2. OE. -ing, AS. -ing, -ung. 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. AS. -ing. A suffix formerly used to form diminutives; as, lording, farthing.
Webster 1913

harvest-ing

Har"vest-ing adjective & noun
Definitions
  1. , from Harvest, v. t. ✍ The species found in Southern Europe and Palestine are Aphenogaster structor and A. barbara; that of Texas, called agricultural ant, is Pogonomyrmex barbatus or Myrmica molifaciens; that of Florida is P. crudelis. See Agricultural ant, under Agricultural.
Webster 1913