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(ing), n. [ f., a meadow, eng i, neut., meadow-land, = Dan. eng = Sw. dng, a meadow.] A meadow; especially, alow meadow near a river. The word is found in some local names, as Ingham, Ing thorpe, Dorking, Deeping, Wapping, ete. Coles; Bailey. [{Prov. Eng. ] Bill for dividing and inclosing certain open common fields, ings, common pastures, and other commonable lands, within the manors or manor and township of Hemingby, in the county of Lincoln. Journals of the House of Commons, 1773.. Those alluvial flats which are locally known as ings. E, A. Freeman, Norman Conquest, ITT. 239. In the lowest situation, as in the water-formed base of a rivered valley, or in swampy dips, shooting up among the arable lands, lay an extent of meadow grounds, or ings, to afford a supply of hay, for cows and working stock, in the winter and spring months. Maine, Village Communities, p. 91. -ingl. [ ccd 2. a eee ys Panes oad ~ Inga 3093 The Century Dictionary Vol. IV