different between handing vs sanding

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hænd??/
• Rhymes: -ænd??

Verb

handing

1. present participle of hand

Noun

handing (plural handings)

1. The act by which something is handed to somebody.
   • 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers

     Silently and patiently did the doctor bear all this, and all the handings of negus, and watching for glasses, and darting for biscuits, and coquetting, that ensued […]

English

Etymology 1

From sand +? -ing.

Verb

sanding

1. present participle of sand

Etymology 2

From Middle English sanding, sandyng, equivalent to sand +? -ing.

Noun

sanding (countable and uncountable, plural sandings)

1. The act or process by which something is sanded; the application of sandpaper, etc.
2. A type of dancing where the floor is covered in sand. See Sanding (dance).
3. The process of testing the surface of gilding, after it has been fired, with fine sand and water.
4. The process of burying oysters in sand.
5. The process of applying sand to rails in railway track to aid adhesion.

Derived terms

• sanding gear

Anagrams

• Andings, Nadings