bandying

English

Etymology tree

English bandy

Proto-Germanic *-ungō

Old English -ung

Middle English -ynge

English -ing

English bandying

From bandy + -ing.

bandying (plural bandyings)

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.

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