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APPENDIX<br />

Earliest attestation<br />

Example<br />

Tokens<br />

1340 (OED)<br />

The ioyce of this herbe and it be put in the eeres of a man/ it wyll<br />

slee the wormes in a mannes heed/ and conforteth the stomake/<br />

and helpeth to defy it. And it withdraweth castynge. Anonymous,<br />

Grete.<br />

4 (one of them a verbal gerund)<br />

Nominalization Catching<br />

Base<br />

Catch (v)<br />

Definition OED Catching n. a. The action of catch, in various senses.<br />

Earliest attestation 1297 (OED)<br />

Example<br />

And considering withall its malignity and catching nature, it may<br />

be connumerated (numbred) with the worst of Epidemicks<br />

(popular diseases,) since next to the Plague, Pox, and Leprosy it<br />

teilds to none in point of Contagion (catching;) for it’s no rare<br />

observation here in England, (...). Harvey, Morbus.<br />

Tokens 1<br />

Nominalization<br />

Base<br />

Definition<br />

Earliest attestation<br />

Example<br />

Tokens<br />

Nominalization<br />

Base<br />

Definition<br />

Earliest attestation<br />

Example<br />

Tokens<br />

Causing<br />

Cause (v)<br />

OED Causing n. The action of cause. (Now chiefly gerundial.)<br />

1651 (OED)<br />

(...) but accidentally they may do it, by causing an intestin motion<br />

or fermentation, wherby the Cement of the Blood being loosned,<br />

and its Texture much spoiled, this Flame is at liberty to burn<br />

more furiously. Colbatch, Novum.<br />

1 (verbal gerund)<br />

Chafing<br />

Chafe (v)<br />

OED Chafing n. The action of the verb chafe, in its various<br />

senses.<br />

1398 (OED)<br />

A branch or rod thereof caried in the hand, defendeth the bearer<br />

from chafing and wearinesse. Langham, Garden.<br />

2 (one of them a verbal gerund)<br />

Nominalization Charring<br />

Base<br />

Char (v)<br />

Definition OED Charring n. The action of char; burning to charcoal. Also<br />

attrib.<br />

Earliest attestation 1665 (PPCEME)<br />

Example<br />

Thirdly, from the Experiment of charring of Coals whereby we<br />

see that notwithstanding the great heat, and the duration of it, the<br />

solid parts of the Wood remain, (...). Hooke, Micrographia.<br />

Tokens 4<br />

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