[f. CONFINE v. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. CONFINE.
† a. Bordering; b. Restricting within bounds.
1599. Sandys, Europæ Spec. (1632), 156. By reason of their neere and dangerous confining with the Great Turke.
1608. Hieron, Wks., I. 685. Set formes of prayer … are aiudged to be a kinde of confining and limiting of Gods Spirit.
