[f. as prec. + -ING1.]
1. Inclination towards one side; propension.
1646. J. Hall, Horæ Vac., 7. The best course to keepe his judgement from biasing.
1865. Carlyle, Fredk. Gt., V. XIII. vii. 74. The question is intricate, and there are many secret biassings concerned in the solution of it.
2. In needlework: A kind of work resembling ‘gathering.’
1838. [Sarah J. B. Hale], Workwoman’s Guide, I. i. 6–7.
