The action of the vb. BLIGHT; the fact of being blighted.
1669. Worlidge, Syst. Agric. (1681), 214. Very much differing from Mil-dews is the blighting of Corn, the Mil-dews … happening only in dry Summers, when on the contrary Blighting happens in wet.
1693. Evelyn, De la Quint. Compl. Gard., Dict., Bligh[t]ing is said of Flowers or Blossoms, that shed or fall without knitting for Fruit.
