vbl. sb. Obs. [f. BEET v. + -ING1.] The action of making good; mending, repair; making (a fire), kindling.

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1517.  Churchw. Acc., Heybridge, Essex (Nichols, 1797), 168. Half of betynge lyght ageynst the feste of the Natyvyte of oure Blessed Lady.

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1594.  Act Jas. VI. (1814), IV. 80 (Jam.). The beiting and reparatioun of thair wallis, streittis, havynnis and portis.

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a. 1615.  Brieue Cron. Erlis of Ross. (1850), 20. The miln decayed in default of beiting and holding up of the same.

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1808.  [see BEET v. 1.]

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