Obs. [f. as prec. + -ING1.]
1. Swelling, state of being swollen; concr. a swelling, a tumor.
a. 1340. Hampole, Psalter, lxxxvii[i]. 17. Grete bolnynge of water.
c. 1430. Lydg., Bochas, II. xxviii. (1554), 64 a. Agayn such bolnyng, auaileth no triacle.
1483. Cath. Angl., 36. A Bolnynge, tumor, inflacio.
1530. Palsgr., 200/2. Boulnyng, swelling.
1610. Barrough, Meth. Physick, I. xii. (1639), 15. Distension and bolning in the head.
2. fig. (with pride, anger, etc.)
a. 1300. Cursor M., 12083. Þe bolning of his hert.
a. 1340. Hampole, Psalter, I. 8. It [mekenes] purges him fro bolnynge of pride.
a. 1400. Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. (1867), 12. Wrethe … es a wykkede stirrynge or bollenynge of herte.
