[f. EXCEL + -ING1.] The action of the vb. EXCEL; also an instance of the same.

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1561.  Daus, trans. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573), 125. Their excellyng is but in mouth and in boastyng.

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1824.  Scott, Redgauntlet, let. v. They [thy two last letters] excel (though the task was difficult) thy usual excellings.

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