Obs. exc. dial. [f. KEEL v.1 + -ING1.] The action of the vb. KEEL; cooling.
1382. Wyclif, Acts iii. 20. Whanne the tymes of kelynge [gloss or refreischinge] … schulen come.
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., V. xix. (MS. Bodl.), lf. 10/1. Wiþoute keling þerof þe hert schuld be brende.
1573. Art Limning (1588), 106. Stirre it [Vermilion] well together in the keeling.
1657. R. Ligon, Barbadoes (1673), 90. After much keeling, they take it out of the tach.
Keeling, vbl. sbs.2 and 3: see KEEL vbs.3 and 4.
