[f. CONDITION v. + -ING1.]
1. The making of conditions, stipulations, etc.; subjecting to conditions.
1530. Palsgr., 149. Some [conjunctions] betoken condisionyng if a dede be done, as si if.
1699. Brown, Erasm. Colloq., 5/1. I don’t like your way of conditioning and contracting with the Saints.
1875. Veitch, Lucretius, 56. The series of conditionings of the Visible Universe.
2. Comm. The testing of the condition of silk and other goods: see CONDITION v. 7. Conditioning house: an establishment where this is done.
1858. Simmonds, Dict. Trade, Conditioning Houses, trade establishments in London and Manchester, where silk is assayed.
1884. Manch. Exam., 21 March, 4/5. A report from the Milan silk market states that the conditioning returns remain very high.
1887. Yorksh. Post, 8 Jan., 8 (heading). A Conditioning House for Bradford … Its principal object is to estimate with as perfect accuracy as possible the weight, measure, or purity which may form the basis of a contract concerning textile materials … Goods which go forth with the warranty of a certificate from the conditioning house manager … Larger premises, specially adapted to the business of conditioning, will be necessary.
