brending

noun

brending

noun

Etymology From Middle English brenning, brinninge, equivalent to bren (“to set on fire”) + -ing. Probably influenced in form by the past participle brend, brent (“burnt”), or from brand.

Dialectal, Obsolete The act of burning; burning.

From the building to the brending.1595, William Shakespeare, Locrine:

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