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ondings

ondings is the plural of onding.

Meaning of onding

Noun (1)

onding (plural ondings)

  1. Breathing; smelling.

Noun (2)

onding (plural ondings)

  1. (UK, dialectal) A heavy, continuous fall of rain or snow; a downpour.
    • ... they inform the rest, with inward sorrow, that it is still "a terrible onding." So the circle is once more formed. Some one now proposes a game o' cairts, and the pack is produced.1891, Alexander Gordon, The Folks O' Carglen: Or, Life in the North, page 142

Questions about ondings

What is ondings the plural of?
Ondings is the plural of onding.

Words near ondings in the dictionary

  1. ondes martenot
  2. ondine
  3. Ondine's curse
  4. ondines
  5. onding
  6. ondings
  7. ondiola
  8. ondiolas
  9. ondioline
  10. ondiolines
  11. ondist

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