vbl. sb. [f. CHANCE v. + -ING1.] The action of the verb CHANCE; † happening, befalling; fortune, luck (obs.).
1583. T. Watson, Poems (Arb.), 195. VVhy liue I wretch in hope of better chancing.
† b. Gambling, playing games of chance. Obs.
1652. Gaule, Magastrom., 220*. Cogging, dicing, or chancing.
