[f. TRUST v. + -ING1.] The action of the verb TRUST.
c. 1440. Jacob’s Well, 288. Trustynge settyth a mannys herte faste in goodnes.
1526. Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W., 1531), 8. So moche trustynge in the cerimonyes of theyr lawe.
1573. Tusser, Husb. (1878), 106. Ill huswife … Through trusting of others hath this for hir fees.
1607. Hieron, Wks., I. 301. There should be … a trusting to Him, an expecting saluation by His meanes.
a. 1771. Gray, Dante, 17. Betray’d By trusting, and by Treachery slain.
1855. Singleton, Virgil, I. 22. There is no safe trusting to the bank.
