vbl. sb. [f. UTTER v.1 + -ING1.] The action of the verb, in various senses.
c. 1400. Found. St. Bartholomews, 45. For defawtynge of his hert, the vtteryng of his voice begane to breke.
1428. in Surtees Misc. (1890), 3. He gart forge yt in shapp of osmundes for uttering of his iren so into Iseland.
c. 1449. Pecock, Repr., I. xvi. 89. Bi greet kunnyng of preching and bi sauory vttring therof.
1530. Palsgr., 286/1. Uttryng or sellyng of ware, uente.
1579. Spenser, Lett. to Harvey, Wks. (1912), 635/1. I was minded for a while to haue intermitted the vttering of my writings.
a. 1586. Sidney, Arcadia, I. ii. An eloquence as sweete in the uttering, as slowe to come to the uttering.
1616. R. C., Times’ Whistle (1871), 43. Daily each one, in vttering of his wares, Cosens his chapmen.
1633. T. Stafford, Pac. Hib., II. iv. 157. Monies of this new Standard of Ireland, after their first uttering.
1648. in Rushw., Hist. Coll., III. (1692), I. 221. The Proclamation for the sole composition and uttering of Tabaco.
1742. Act 15 Geo. II., c. 28. The uttering of false Money, knowing it to be false, is a Crime.
1777. in Evans, Old Ballads, I. 59. Nor fears [he] the blasting of his iron, Nor uttering of his wares.
1835. Penny Cycl., IV. 401/1. The uttering of any such forged bill or indorsement with a knowledge of the forgery, is a felony.
1887. Pall Mall G., 19 March, 3/2. The coining and the uttering are generally two distinct branches.
