Obs. or arch. [f. as prec. + -ING2.] That threats; threatening, menacing.
13[?]. K. Alis., 930 (Bodl. MS.). Wiþ cryeyng & þretyng wordes.
1483. Cath. Angl., 385/2. Threthynge, minans, minax.
1510. Sel. Cas. Crt. Star Chamber (Selden), 205. With thretyng wordes [they] Caused the Carpynders to leve ther werke.
1641. A. Scott, Journ., in Sc. Hist. Soc. Misc. (1904), 278. The threating danger of the Scottish mist.
