[f. LAVISH v. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. LAVISH.
1573. Baret, Alv., L 127. Lauishing or wastfull ryot.
1581. Savile, Tacitus, Hist., II. lxxxii. (1591), 101. A man … firme against these lauishings to souldiers.
1812. Examiner, 28 Sept., 620/1. These … sacrifices, and lavishings of money, are … to be attempted for not one single good.
1850. McCosh, Div. Govt., III. i. (1874), 317. Love without justice is the mere lavishing of a weak affection.
