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onding¹

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

noun ondings

  1. Breathing; smelling.

onding²

Where it comes from

From on- + ding (“to beat, strike”).

noun ondings

  1. UK, dialectal 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.

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"onding." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/onding. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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onding. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/onding

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"onding." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/onding.

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@misc{onding_2026,
  title = {onding},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/onding},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}