bandying

English

Etymology

From bandy +‎ -ing.

Noun

bandying (plural bandyings)

1. gerund of bandy (“the act of one who bandies”)
   • a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “[The V. [Supposition] that the Bishops of Rome (According to God’s Institution and by Original Right Derived thence) should have an Universal Supremacy and Jurisdiction over the Christian Church]”, in J[ohn] Tillotson, editor, A Treatise of the Pope’s Supremacy. […], London: […] Miles Flesher, for Brabazon Aylmer, […], published 1680, →OCLC, page 149:

     [B]y ambitious prenſations, by Simoniacal corruptions, by political bandyings, by popular factions, by all kinds of ſiniſter vvays, men crept into the place, doth appear by thoſe many diſmal Schiſms, […]

   • 1768 August 9, Benjamin Franklin, “Original Letter from Dr. Franklin to John Alleyne, Eſq.”, in The Gentleman's Magazine‎^[1], volume LIX, number 5, published 1789, page 385, column 1:

     Never uſe a ſlighting expreſſion to her, even in jeſt; for ſlights in jeſt, after frequent bandyings, are apt to end in angry earneſt.

Verb

bandying

1. present participle and gerund of bandy