[f. CROWD v.1 + -ING1.] The action of the verb CROWD q.v., in various senses.

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c. 1384.  Chaucer, H. Fame, III. 269. Ful moche prees of folke ther nas Ne crowdyng.

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c. 1440.  Promp. Parv., 105. Crowdynge, caryynge wythe a barowe, cenivectura.

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1665.  Sir T. Herbert, Trav. (1677), 139. We saw a dozen Persians ride up a breast without crowding.

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1814.  Scott, Wav., xx. The company numerous even to crowding.

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