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Definition of Maying
1. n. The celebrating of May Day.
Definition of Maying
1. Noun. (context: chiefly historical) The celebrations traditionally held to celebrate May Day. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Maying
1. the gathering of spring flowers [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maying
Literary usage of Maying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Poetry (1170-1892). by John Matthews Manley (1907)
"Come, we'll abroad; and let's obey The proclamation made for May: 40 And sin no
more, as we have done, by staying; But, my Corinna, come, let's go a-maying. ..."
2. Our Young Folks by John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton (1866)
"When the apple-trees blow Like rosy snow, And the humming-bird swings On buzzing
wings, Then we 'll go a-maying, Through the meadows straying, maying, ..."
3. Age of Chivalry; Or, King Arthur and His Knights by Thomas Bulfinch (1900)
"So upon the morn they took their horses with the queen, and rode a-maying in
woods and meadows, as it pleased them, in great joy and delight. ..."
4. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble by Thomas Malory, William Caxton (1903)
"And so upon the morn they took their horses with the queen, and rode a-maying in
woods and meadows as it pleased them, in great joy and delights; ..."
5. Poems of the English Race by Raymond Macdonald Alden (1921)
"30 (1646) CORINNA'S GOING A-maying ROBERT HERRICK Get up, get up for shame!
the blooming morn Upon her wings presents the god unshorn.2 See how Aurora ..."
6. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Chambers (1850)
"To Corinna, to go a maying. Get up, get up for shame, the blooming morn ...
Wash, dress, be brief in praying ; Few beads are best, when once we go a maying. ..."
7. The Leading English Poets from Chaucer to Browning by Lucius Hudson Holt (1915)
"And siu no more, as we have done, by staying; CORINNA'S GOING A-maying GET up,
... Wash, dress, be brief Few beads are best when once we go a-maying. in ..."
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