[f. as prec. + -ING2.] Lasting, continuing, enduring. (Now usually ABIDING.)
1430. Lydg., Chron. Troy, I. ii. And though the ginning be but casuell The biding frete is passingly cruell.
1536. Lyndesay, Answ. Kyngis Flyting, 38. Beleif richt weill, it is ane bydand gam.
1633. W. Struther, True Happ., 5. We have need of some biding substance to supply these losses.
