Obs. [f. SWEET a. + -ING1.] Sweet flavoring; sweetness.

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1600.  Breton, Daffodils & Primroses, Wks. (Grosart), I. 17/1. Reasons sence and learninges sweetinge.

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a. 1672.  Baxter, in Lauderdale Papers (Camden), III. App. ii. 238. That all this glory will quickly set in the shaddows of death, & that all this sweeting will turn soure!

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