allaying

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Verb

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allaying

  1. present participle and gerund of allay

Noun

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allaying (plural allayings)

  1. An allayment.
    • 1802, Charles Lamb, John Woodvil:
      These high and gusty relishes of life, sure,
      Have no allayings of mortality in them.