[f. AIM v. + -ING1.] The action of the verb AIM: direction, pointing, levelling a gun, etc. (Now mostly gerundial.)
1587. Golding, De Mornay, xviii. 282. The true welfare of man consisteth in his true end or … aming point.
a. 1716. South, Serm., I. xii. (R.). This is always done with forecast and design; with a steady aiming, and a long projecting malice.
1842. J. H. Newman, Par. Serm. (ed. 2), V. iii. 50. Aim at things, and your words will be right without aiming.
