chiding (chiding)

[ And churlish chiding of the winter's wind. Shak., As you Like it, ii. 1. You see us friends now, Heartily friends, and no more chiding , gentlemen. Fletcher , Spanish Curate, iv. 7. 2. A murmuring or brawling noise. The chidings of the headlong brook. 956 The Governor, together with the Arab chiefs and about twenty of their men, came up to my room. O'Donovan, Merv, x. The pibroch sounds, the bands advance, The broad-swords gleam, the banners dance, Obedient to the Chieftain's glance. Scott , L. of the L., iv. A little from this ground. Shak., J. C., iv. Bid our commanders lead their charges off Let a people's voice... Attest their great commander's claim. chieve 2. Tennyson , Duke of Wellington, vi. Mallet , A Fragment. They bay'd the bear With hounds of Sparta: never did I hear Such gallant chiding. Shak., M. N. D., iv. 1. chidingly (chi'ding-li), adv . In a scolding or wrangling manner.