[f. ENCLOSE v. + -ING1.]

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  1.  The action of the vb. ENCLOSE in various senses.

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1543–4.  Act 35 Hen. VIII., c. 9. The recoueringe, inclosinge and inninge of … Wappinge marshe.

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1719.  De Foe, Crusoe (ed. 3), I. 173. I began my enclosing of this Piece of Ground.

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1832.  in Picton, L’pool Munic. Rec. (1886), II. 355. The necessity of the gradual inclosing of the strand.

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  † b.  The state of being enclosed. Obs. rare–1.

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c. 1440.  Hylton, Scala Perf. (W. de W., 1494), I. xvi. Þou sholdest … be mispaid with thy enclosyng.

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  † 2.  concr. The setting of a gem. Obs.

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1611.  Bible, Ex. xxviii. 20. They shalbe set in gold in their inclosings.

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