vbl. sb. [f. WONT v. + -ING1.] The action of the verb WONT. a. The accustoming (of a person to something).
1692. R. L’Estrange, Fables, Pref. A 2. The Wonting of us to the Use and Liking of these Levities, Leads … us to a Mis-understanding of Things.
b. Custom, wont.
1667. Cotton, Scarron., IV. 78. Æneas and the Queen have made … A match to go, after her wonting, Into the Woods a Squirrel hunting.
c. attrib.: † wonting penny, wages paid to a cattle-herd for keeping beasts in a place until they are accustomed to it (cf. WONTED pa. pple. 2 b).
1641. Best, Farm. Bks. (Surtees), 120. The nowt heard hath for everie beast one pennie, which is called a wontinge pennie; hee … keepeth them … till they bee wonted and hanted togeather.
