different between riding vs ricing
riding
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??a?d??/
- Rhymes: -a?d??
- Hyphenation: rid?ing
Etymology 1
From Middle English rydyng; equivalent to ride +? -ing.
Verb
riding
- present participle of ride
Noun
riding (countable and uncountable, plural ridings)
- A path cut through woodland.
- The act of one who rides; a mounted excursion.
- 1853, Charlotte Mary Yonge, The Heir of Redclyffe (volume 1, page 95)
- I like nothing better than to hear of your ridings, and shootings, and boatings.
- 1853, Charlotte Mary Yonge, The Heir of Redclyffe (volume 1, page 95)
- (obsolete) A festival procession.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
Derived terms
- horseriding
Etymology 2
From trithing, from Middle English trithing, tridinge, from Old English *þriðing, from Old Norse þriðjungr (“third part”). The folk etymology that connects the term to the area a horse-rider could cover in a single day is incorrect, but may have influenced the spelling and pronunciation. Cognate with English trithing.
Noun
riding (plural ridings)
- (historical) Any of the three administrative divisions of Yorkshire and some other northern counties of England.
- (Canada) Electoral district or constituency.
Derived terms
- East Riding, East Riding of Yorkshire
- North Riding, North Riding of Yorkshire
- (Canada) riding association
- West Riding, West Riding of Yorkshire
Translations
See also
- wapentake
Anagrams
- Ingrid, grid-in
Middle English
Noun
riding
- Alternative form of rydyng
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ricing
English
Verb
ricing
- present participle of rice
Noun
ricing (uncountable)
- (soap-making) (Development of) undesirable, hard white granules in soap.
- 2012, Alicia Grosso, The Everything Soapmaking Book (Simon and Schuster, ?ISBN):
- Fragrances can mutate; seizure and ricing are more common; and the soap batter traces rapidly.
- 2016, Anne-Marie Faiola, Pure Soapmaking (Storey Publishing, ?ISBN), page 14:
- Sometimes accompanied by acceleration, ricing is different in that it creates small individual clumps of soap that look like rice granules.
- 2012, Alicia Grosso, The Everything Soapmaking Book (Simon and Schuster, ?ISBN):
See also
- figging (dated)
Anagrams
- IRCing
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- what is ricing potatoes
- what is ricing cauliflower
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- which car is best for racing
- is car racing dangerous
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