\-ing\
1. [For OE. -and, -end, -ind, AS. -ende; akin to Goth. -and-,
   L. -ant-, -ent-, Gr. ?.] A suffix used to from present
   participles; as, singing, playing.
2. [OE. -ing, AS. -ing, -ung.] A suffix used to form nouns
   from verbs, and signifying the act of; the result of the
   act; as, riding, dying, feeling. It has also a secondary
   collective force; as, shipping, clothing.
Note: The Old English ending of the present participle and
      verbal noun became confused, both becoming -ing.
3. [AS. -ing.] A suffix formerly used to form diminutives;
   as, lording, farthing.

\Ing\, n. [AS. ing.]
A pasture or meadow; generally one lying low, near a river.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]