Definition of Duckeng
Duck"ing, n. & a., from
Duck, v. t. & i.
Ducking stool, a stool or chair in which
common scolds were formerly tied, and plunged into water, as a
punishment. See Cucking stool. The practice of ducking began
in the latter part of the 15th century, and prevailed until the early
part of the 18th, and occasionally as late as the 19th century.
Blackstone. Chambers.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Present participle of to duck.
- (uncountable) The action of the verb to duck.
- (countable) An instance of ducking (a person in water, etc).
They gave him a ducking in the river as a punishment.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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