[f. CLOY v.1 + -ING1.] The action of the verb CLOY, in its different senses.
1548. Udall, Erasm. Par. Luke v. lvi b (R.). Lest … to muche presence maie bee a cloiyng to theim.
1572. Mascall, Govt. Cattle, Horses (1627), 142. The cloying of a horse is an ill hurt, which commeth by euill-shooing.
1625. Markham, Souldiers Accid., 8. Vpon Cloying, how to vnbreetch them [guns].
1710. Brit. Apollo, III. No. 84. 3/1. When Enjoyment comes to Cloying There’s an end then of Enjoying.
