[f. as prec. + -ING2.] Softly flattering, soothing, coaxing.
c. 1374. Chaucer, Boeth., II. i. 30. Þe see … calme and blaundyshing wiþ smoþe water.
1483. Caxton, Gold. Leg., 117/2. The blaundissyng wordes of wymen.
1566. Studley, Seneca’s Medea (1581), 135. With countnaunce bright and blandishing.
1840. Dickens, Humphrey’s Clock, 48. Would the blandishing enchanter still weave his spells around me.
