Sc. Also 6 bynge, 8 beenge, 9 beenje. [Of late formation, app. with a feeling for the initial sound of bow, bend, beck, and the closing sound of cringe; cf. whinge. The dial. binge to soak (Lincoln.) appears to be a different word.]
intr. To make a low obeisance, to curtsey; also to fawn, cringe. Bingeing vbl. sb. and ppl. a.
1562. A. Scott, N. Yere Gift Quene. Thay bad thame bek and bynge at deid mennis banes.
1712. Arbuthnot, John Bull, II. iv. (1755), 51. I mun stand becking and binging, as I gang out and into the hall.
1724. Ramsay, Tea-t. Misc. (1729), 17. The Maiden blusht and bing’d fu’ law.
1805. J. Nicol, Poems, I. 187 (Jam.). Beenjin slaves ca’ them divine.
1879. Jamieson, Sc. Dict., s.v. Beck, ‘A great deal of becking and beenging’ is a phrase still used among the vulgar.
