[f. FRUIT v. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. FRUIT; the process of bearing fruit. † In early use concr.: Offspring.

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a. 1300.  Cursor M., 12257 (Gött.). Þat þe geld þair fruiting find.

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1862.  Ansted, Channel Isl., IV. xxi. (ed. 2), 488. A … white frost, will … check the fruiting of the trees for several years.

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1871–2.  H. Macmillan, True Vine, iii. 115. The period of … fruiting is accelerated … by grafting.

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