subs. and adj. (old: now recognised).—Bullying; blustering.
1677. WYCHERLEY, The Plain Dealer, ii., 1. Thou art soe debauched, drunken, lewd, HECTORING, gaming companion. Ibid., ii., 1. Every idle, young, HECTORING, roaring companion, with a pair of turned red breeches, and a broad back, thinks to carry away any widow of the best degree.
1893. St. James’s Gazette, xxvii., 4074, p. 3. Mr. Sexton with much unnecessary outlay of HECTORING bluster, repudiates guilty knowledge.
