[-ING1.] The action of the verb LAMENT; lamentation.

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1513.  Douglas, Æneis, XI. ii. 7. To be present at the lamentyng Of his fadir, to confort his murnyng.

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1530.  Palsgr., 237/1. Lamentyng, regret.

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1605.  Shaks., Macb., II. iii. 61. Our Chimneys were blowne downe, And (as they say) lamentings heard i’ th’ Ayre.

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1680.  Otway, Orphan, IV. vi. 1562. Should’st thou know the cause of my lamenting.

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1819.  Shelley, Julian & Maddalo, 216. Fierce yells, and howlings, and lamentings keen.

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