Obs. exc. Sc. [f. as prec. + -ING2.] That gives genial warmth.
c. 1230. Wohunge, in Cott. Hom., 269. Al þat pinende pik ne walde ham þunche bote a softe bekinde bað.
a. 1652. Brome, Queenes Exch., II. ii. Wks. III. 480. Our Masters grudge to give us wood Enough to make a beaking Bonfire.