c. 1386. Chaucer, Melib., ¶ 236. In the examynyng of ȝoure counseiloures.
c. 1460. Towneley Myst., 193. I my self shalle make examynyng.
1590. Sir J. Smythe, Disc. Weapons, 20. I will now therefore proceed to the consideration and examining of three most important things.
1612. Brinsley, Lud. Lit., xxii. (1627), 257. This strict examining will be a good meanes to make them attentiue.
1884. Pall Mall Gaz., 2 April, 6/1. Unskilled examining is doing serious damage to the cause of education.
attrib. 1793. Nelson, 14 Feb., in Nicolas, Disp. (1845), I. 300. He must be in London before the 7th of March, as that is the examining day.
¶ Used gerundially with omission of in.
1815. Mrs. M. Pilkington, Celebrity, I. 222. During the time the wound was examining, Augustus worked himself up to a pitch of agony.
