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Definition of Ligging
1. the act of ligging [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ligging
Literary usage of Ligging
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Verslagen en Mededeelingen by Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Afdeling Natuurkunde (1889)
"5°. de toeneming van de aflezing der schaal, tusschen de eerste en de laatste
aflezing, zoowel a, in de eerste, derde, vijfde ligging als b, in de tweede, ..."
2. The Repressor of Over Much Blaming of the Clergy by Reginald Pecock (1860)
"... and upon peple of al the cuntre ligging west fro Greek cuntre. ... ligging in
west fro Greek lond,) leue forto so do; ..."
3. The Dialect of Leeds and Its Neighbourhood: Illustrated by Conversations and by C. Clough Robinson (1862)
""ligging ont' grund thear." "ligging i' bed an' duing nowt. ... The time of "
ligging-in," is that of confinement. LIG-I'BED. A late riser. LIKE. ..."
4. The Reign of Henry VII from Contemporary Sources by Albert Frederick Pollard (1914)
"... toke the childe ligging in the cradle and caste the said childe into the fire
so that it is in perill of death or elles is dede aired y in evill example ..."
5. Select Cases Before the King's Council in the Star Chamber, Commonly Called by England Court of Star Chamber, Isaac Saunders Leadam, Selden Society (1902)
"... from your said suppliant ligging in the said Messuage xl lode of hey, xv lode
of diuers Cornes and more, withoute any mater or cause rightfull and other ..."
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