loaning
nounEtymology From loanin, an alternative spelling of the Northern English noun lonnen + -ing.
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Northern England, Scotland, Ulster A lane.
- She moved about the country like a ghost, gathering herbs in dark loanings, lingering in kirkyairds, and casting a blight on innocent bairns.1902 January, John Buchan, “The Outgoing of the Tide”, in The Watcher by the Threshold, and Other Tales, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1902, →OCLC, page 231:
- Derived terms
- free loaning