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/ˈmeɪ.ɪŋ/ · noun
(chiefly historical) The celebrations traditionally held to celebrate May Day..
SOo it befelle in the moneth of May / quene Gueneuer called vnto her knyȝtes of the table round / and she gafe them warnynge that erly vpon the morowe she wold ryde on mayeng in to woodes & feldes besyde westmynstre / & I warne yow that there be none of yow but that he be wel horsed / and that ye alle be clothed on grene outher in sylke outher in clothe
[…]sometimes two or three parishes joining together, had their several mayings; and did fetch in maypoles[…].
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Maying means (chiefly historical) The celebrations traditionally held to celebrate May Day..
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SOo it befelle in the moneth of May / quene Gueneuer called vnto her knyȝtes of the table round / and she gafe them warnynge that erly vpon the morowe she wold ryde on mayeng in to woodes & feldes besyde westmynstre / & I warne yow that there be none of yow but that he be wel horsed / and that ye alle be clothed on grene outher in sylke outher in clothe
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