Lexicographical Neighbors of Gressings
Literary usage of Gressings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Magazine by John Scott, John Taylor (1822)
"I shall not, however, write again till I return to town, when I hope to be able
to give a better account of the world and its pro- gressings, and continue ..."
2. The Vocabulary of East Anglia: An Attempt to Record the Vulgar Tongue of the by Robert Forby (1830)
"Our word, however, is a corruption or mispronunciation of gressings, qd steppings ;
or of grte-stones, qd step-stones, from old Fr.gre ..."
3. Records of the Borough of Nottingham: Being a Series of Extracts from the by Nottingham (England) (1889)
"The stairs (' gressings') going up to the Hall door, for which a chief rent of 5s.
was due to the Amyas Chantry. They are described at 116, 1o as the stairs ..."
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