[f. ECLIPSE v. + -ING1.] a. The action of causing an eclipse. b. The condition of being in an eclipse. Also fig.
1430. Lydg., Chron. Troy, III. xxv. The name of whom shall … ever yliche without eclipsing shine.
a. 1541. Wyatt, Wks. (1861), 49. He … gives the moon her horns their eclipsing.
1650. Hubbert, Pill Formality, 61. An eclipsing … of the shinings of grace.
