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Blarneying
Blarney Blar"ney, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blarneyed (-n[i^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Blarneying.] To influence by blarney; to wheedle with smooth talk; to make or accomplish by blarney. ``Blarneyed the landlord.' --Irving. Had blarneyed his way from Long Island. --S. G. Goodrich.
Cooeying
Cooey Coo"ey, Cooee Coo"ee, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cooeyed or Cooeed; p. pr. & vb. n. Cooeying or Cooeeing.] To call out cooee. [Australia] I cooeyed and beckoned them to approach. --E. Giles.
Eying or Eyeing
Eye Eye, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Eying or Eyeing.] To fix the eye on; to look on; to view; to observe; particularly, to observe or watch narrowly, or with fixed attention; to hold in view. Eye me, blest Providence, and square my trial To my proportioned strength. --Milton.
Hackneying
Hackney Hack"ney, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hackneyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hackneying.] 1. To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as, a hackneyed metaphor or quotation. Had I lavish of my presence been, So common-hackneyed in the eyes of men. --Shak. 2. To carry in a hackney coach. --Cowper.
Honeying
Honey Hon"ey, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Honeyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Honeying.] To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments; also, to be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn. ``Honeying and making love.' --Shak. Rough to common men, But honey at the whisper of a lord. --Tennyson.
Jockeying
Jockey Jock"ey, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jockeyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Jockeying.] 1. `` To jostle by riding against one.' --Johnson. 2. To play the jockey toward; to cheat; to trick; to impose upon in trade; as, to jockey a customer.
Jockeying
Jockeying Jock"ey*ing, n. The act or management of one who jockeys; trickery. --Beaconsfield.
Journeying
Journey Jour"ney, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Journeyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Journeying.] To travel from place to place; to go from home to a distance. Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. --Gen. xii. 9.
Keying
Key Key, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Keved; p. pr. & vb. n. Keying.] To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges. --Francis. To key up. (a) (Arch.) To raise (the whole ring of an arch) off its centering, by driving in the keystone forcibly. (b) (Mus.) To raise the pitch of. (c) Hence, fig., to produce nervous tension in.
Lackeying
Lackey Lack"ey, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lackeyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Lackeying.] To act or serve as lackey; to pay servile attendance.
Obeyingly
Obeyingly O*bey"ing*ly, adv. Obediently; submissively.
Parleying
Parley Par"ley, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Parleyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Parleying.] To speak with another; to confer on some point of mutual concern; to discuss orally; hence, specifically, to confer orally with an enemy; to treat with him by words, as on an exchange of prisoners, an armistice, or terms of peace. They are at hand, To parley or to fight; therefore prepare. --Shak.
Preying
Prey Prey, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Preyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Preying.] [OF. preier, preer, L. praedari, fr. praeda. See Prey, n.] To take booty; to gather spoil; to ravage; to take food by violence. More pity that the eagle should be mewed, While kites and buzzards prey at liberty. --Shak. To prey on or upon. (a) To take prey from; to despoil; to pillage; to rob. --Shak. (b) To seize as prey; to take for food by violence; to seize and devour. --Shak. (c) To wear away gradually; to cause to waste or pine away; as, the trouble preyed upon his mind. --Addison.
Purveying
Purvey Pur*vey", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purveyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Purveying.] [OE. purveien, porveien, OF. porveeir, porveoir, F. pourvoir, fr. L. providere. See Provide, and cf. Purview.] 1. To furnish or provide, as with a convenience, provisions, or the like. Give no odds to your foes, but do purvey Yourself of sword before that bloody day. --Spenser. 2. To procure; to get. I mean to purvey me a wife after the fashion of the children of Benjamin. --Sir W. Scot.
Surveying
Survey Sur*vey", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surveyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Surveying.] [OF. surveoir, surveer; sur, sor, over, E. sur + veoir, veeir, to see, F. voir, L. videre. See Sur-, and Vision, and cf. Supervise.] 1. To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country. Round he surveys and well might, where he stood, So high above. --Milton. 2. To view with a scrutinizing eye; to examine. With such altered looks, . . . All pale and speechless, he surveyed me round. --Dryden. 3. To examine with reference to condition, situation, value, etc.; to examine and ascertain the state of; as, to survey a building in order to determine its value and exposure to loss by fire. 4. To determine the form, extent, position, etc., of, as a tract of land, a coast, harbor, or the like, by means of linear and angular measurments, and the application of the principles of geometry and trigonometry; as, to survey land or a coast. 5. To examine and ascertain, as the boundaries and royalties of a manor, the tenure of the tenants, and the rent and value of the same. [Eng.] --Jacob (Law Dict.).
Volleying
Volley Vol"ley, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Volleyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Volleying.] To discharge with, or as with, a volley.

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- crown princess. He was 14 and she was 12. They had one daughter, Yuwen Eying (宇文娥英), although her birth year is not clear. After Emperor Wu died in June...
- 2009. Retrieved August 5, 2009. Singersroom.com (June 11, 2009). "R Kelly Eying Busy September For 'Untitled' Album ?". Singersroom.com. Archived from the...
- people David Frink, Jan Horstmann, Thomas Veismann, Heiner Brüning, Martin Eying Products Agricultural machinery technology Revenue over €1 billion (2022/23)...
- 2010. Kimble, Lindsay. "Amanda Bynes Reveals She's Three Years Sober and Eying a Return to Acting: 'I Want to Do TV'". People. Archived from the original...
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- Commonwealth". allvoices.com. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013. "Suriname eying membership of Commonwealth". Stabroek News. 14 June 2012. "Strengthening...
- 23, 2024). "Bucks fire coach Adrian Griffin after 43 games, reportedly eying Doc Rivers as potential replacement". CBS Sports. Retrieved February 20...
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