[f. as prec. + -ING1.] Blandishment, flattery.
c. 1305. St. Kath., 165, in E. E. P. (1862), 94. Al þi blandisinge Ne þi tourmentz ne schulle ene fram him myn hurte bringe.
a. 1340. Hampole, Psalter, ii. 3. Dispise we thaire bloundisynges & thaire manaunces.
1485. Caxton, Curial, I b. Fayr langage … or blandysshing of flaterers.
1648. Jos. Beaumont, Psyche, VI. iii. (T.). Double-hearted friends, whose blandishings Tickle our ears, but sting our bosoms.
