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bigging

English

Etymology

From big +? -ing.

Verb

bigging

  1. present participle of big

Noun

bigging (plural biggings)

  1. (obsolete) A home. [13th-18th c.]
  2. (Scotland, Northern England) A building, especially an outbuilding. [from 14th c.]
    • 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 18:
      The back door, that behind the pulpit, led out across the kirkyard to the Manse and its biggings, set up in the time of the Old Queen […]
  3. Alternative form of biggin (coffee pot with strainer)

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ligging

English

Verb

ligging

  1. present participle of lig

Anagrams

  • gigglin'

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ligginge. Equivalent to liggen +? -ing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?l?.???/
  • Hyphenation: lig?ging

Noun

ligging f (plural liggingen)

  1. geographical position, stressing in particular the relation to the surroundings or the orientation of an object; location, lie, situation
  2. the position of an unborn mammal in the womb
  3. (now uncommon) the act or state of lying, reclination

Derived terms

  • achterhoofdligging
  • buikligging
  • dwarsligging
  • kruinligging
  • liggingsafwijking
  • rugligging
  • stuitligging
  • zijligging

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: ligging

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