sweeting

[Eng.sweet; -ing.] 1. A kind of sweet, luscious apple. "A child will chuse a sweeting , because it is presently fair and pleasant, and refuse a runnet, because it is then green, hard, and sour."- Ascham . Schoolmaster . *2. A term of endearment. "Ay, marry, sweeting , if we could do that." Shakesp.. Henry VI., Pt. I. , iii. 3. sweet-Ish, a. [Eng.sweet; -ish.] Rather sweet; somewhat or moderately sweet. "Neither ill-scented, nor in taste corrosive, or alkali. zate, but very mild and somewhat sweetish."-Boule Works, iv. 302. sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. sweetishne sweet-Ish-ne , s. [Eng. sweetish; -ne .] The quality or state of being sweetish. "Tar water being made in an earthen ve el unglazed, or that hath lost part of its glazing, may extract (as it is a strong menstruum) from the clay, a fade sweetishne , offensive to the palate."- Berkeley : Farther Thoughts on Tar Water. *sweet'-kin, a. [Eng. sweet , a.; -kin .] Delicate, lovely. "The sweetkin madams."-Nashe: Lenten Stuffe. sweet-lý, *swete-ly, *sweete-ly, adv . [Eng. sweet; -ly. In a sweet manner; gratefully, agreeably, harmoniously. "Thou, sweetly severe! I would make thee appear." Cowper : Simple Trust .