[f. EARTHQUAKE + -ING1; in first quot. f. EARTH sb.1 + QUAKING.]
† a. = EARTHQUAKE (obs.). b. The occurrence of earthquakes. c. attrib.
c. 1400. Maundev., viii. 84. When the Jewes hadden made the Temple, com an Erthe quakeng, and caste it doun.
1883. Pall Mall Gaz., 6 April, 3/2. The constant earthquaking has ceased.
