vbl. sb. Obs. or dial. [OE. bęðing, f. bęðian (see BEATH v.) + -ING1.] Fomentation; the heating of wood in order to render it flexible.
c. 1000. Sax. Leechd., II. 36. Wiþ pocce on eaʓum, ʓenim wad … wyl on meolce … & wyrc beþinge.
1591. Percivall, Sp. Dict., Borne, the bending of a staffe or timber by beathing in the fire, lentatio. Ibid., Bornear, to bend timber by beathing in the fire, lentare.
