[OE. cíding, cídung f. CHIDE v. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. CHIDE.
† 1. Quarrelling with angry words, contention; vehement expression of displeasure. Obs.
1340. Ayenb., 30. Þer is uerst chidinge and þanne wreþe.
1388. Wyclif, Ex. xvii. 7. For the chidyng of the sones of Israel.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 74. Chydynge, contencio, litigacio.
1549. Coverdale, Erasm. Par. 1 Cor. 20. Nor are we … to lyue in sedicion and chyding, but to lyue in peace and concorde.
1656[?]. Bramhall, Replic., v. 199. To take away occasion of chiding from his Disciples.
1719. D’Urfey, Pills (1872), III. 141. There’s no such joy as Chiding.
2. Scolding, reproof, rebuke.
c. 893. K. Ælfred, Oros., IV. xii. § 2. For his cidinge and þurh his lare.
a. 1000. Psalms (Spelman, Trin. MS.), ciii. 8 [civ. 7] (Bosw.). Of cydunge ðinre hi fleoþ.
1377. Langl., P. Pl., B. XI. 415. Shal neuere chalangynge ne chydynge chaste a man So sone As shal shame.
1535. Coverdale, Ps. xvii[i]. 15. The foundacions of the round worlde were discovered at thy chiding (o Lorde).
1697. Bp. Patrick, Comm. Ex. iv. 14. 66–7. No Punishment followed this Anger … but only a Chiding.
1774. Mrs. Chapone, Improv. Mind, II. 74. Nothing so much weakens authority as frequent chiding.
1877. Bryant, Litt. People of Snow, 283. As they came With gentle chidings ready on their lips.
3. Brawling or angry noise: spec. of fox-hounds. Also fig. of wind, waters, etc.
1590. Shaks., Mids. N., IV. i. 120. They bayed the Beare With hounds of Sparta; neuer did I heare Such gallant chiding.
1649. Jer. Taylor, Gt. Exemp., II. xii. 42. The chiding of the winds and waters.
1711. Budgell, Spect., No. 116, ¶ 7. The Chiding of the Hounds.
1818. Kirby & Sp., Entomol., xxi. The angry chidings of the inhabitants of the hive.
1858. O. W. Holmes, Aut. Breakf.-t., 141. The chiding of the sharp-tongued bell.
