[f. as prec. + -ING1.]
† 1. Abatement of violence; moderation; cessation.
1635. Swan, Spec. Mundi, v. § 2 (1643), 168. The storms and showers which often happen upon the allaying of a wind.
2. Dilution with water, etc.; mitigation, modification.
1528. Paynell, Salernes Regim., L ij b. To moche alayenge with water wolde distroye naturall heate.
1648. Sanderson, Serm., II. 237. Advice towards the allaying of those heats and distempers.
1802. Lamb, J. Woodvil, III. 616. These high and gusty relishes of life, sure Have no allayings of mortality in them.
† 3. Admixture of an inferior metal; = ALLOYING.
1796. [See ALLAY v.2 1.]
