[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That blights; blasting, withering.

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1796.  Coleridge, ‘Pang more sharp,’ 50. One pang more blighting-keen than hope betrayed.

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1805.  Southey, Madoc in W., ix. Cold winds … and blighting seasons.

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1850.  Prescott, Peru, II. 351. Pining … under the blighting malaria.

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