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golding.

A gold coin.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡəʊldɪŋ/Received-Pronunciation, UK/ˈɡoʊldɪŋ/General-American
  1. A gold coin.

    obsolete
  2. A kind of apple; a goldling.

    obsolete
  3. The corn marigold (Glebionis segetum).

    Midlands · North · UK · dialectal
  4. The ladybird (family Coccinellidae).

Where this word comes from

First attested circa 1580; formed as gold + -ing.

noun/ˈɡəʊldɪŋ/Received-Pronunciation, UK/ˈɡoʊldɪŋ/General-American
  1. A kind of red hop, a sub-variety of the Canterbury hop.

Where this word comes from

First attested in 1798; from the surname (Golding) of the man who developed the sub-variety (in 1790).

verb/ˈɡəʊldɪŋ/Received-Pronunciation, UK/ˈɡoʊldɪŋ/General-American
  1. present participle and gerund of gold

    form-of · gerund · participle · present
Where this word comes from

From gold (“pyrolyse food to a golden brown”) + -ing.

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