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Man(n)as(s)ing, Minassing, Menacing, vbl. n. Also: man(n)assyng, -ascing, -is(s)ing, -ysing, -es(s)ing, -esyng, -esching, maynyseynge; minacing, -ashing, -issing, mynassing; menassing, -esinge, mennising. [ME. manasing (1352), meanashing (1451), e.m.E. menacing, f. manas Man(n)ace v.] The uttering of threats, threatening. b. An instance of this, a threat. = Mannace n., Man(n)ance n.For further examples see Bost n. 2, Bosting vbl. n. 1.(a) 1375 Barb. iv. 528.
God forbeid that it suld fall Till vs as thai mak mannasyng [E. manassyng] Ib. vi. 621, viii. 408. a1400 Leg. S. vii. 334.
For the prechinge Of the apostolis na maynyseynge ?1438 Alex. i. 3091. c1460 Thewis Wysmen 368.
Thai mak … Gret wous and gret manasing a1500 Rauf C. 200. 1490 Irland Mir. I. 53/28.
Manysing Ib. fol. 144 b.
Thai that war befor vnder our … thrildome … makis ws gret dreid and mannasing of thar liberacioun a1500 Seven S. 1974.
Mannasing 1531 Bell. Boece II. 211.
Better wes … to regne with … benevolence … than … with mannassing and terrour Ib. 214.
Thir armit men schawis na mannassing, bot defence of your singulare and common proffet Ib. (M) I. 327.
Havand na litill suspicioun of sa grete powere of Saxonis cumin in thair land, to thair grete manassing Ib. 343.
Mannessing 1533 Boece iv. v. 132. 1540 Elgin Rec. I. 49.
Manessing 1543 Reg. Morton II. 291.
Manising 1547 Reg. Privy C. I. 60.
Mannascing 1549 Compl. 140/1.
Lyik the brutal scheip that vil nocht pas throucht the slop of ane dyik for the mannessing of ther hyrd 1556 Perth Convener Ct. Bk. No. 26.
Ane man … quha maid mannising in jugment with ane knyfe 1561 St. A. Kirk S. 84.
Manesyng Ib. 86.
Manesing 1565 Ib. 237.
The deponar examinat upon the manesyng of Patrik c1568 Lauder Minor P. iii. 8. 1568 Hay Fleming Q. Mary 512.
Part be mannesching and boisting 1577 Inverness Rec. I. 259.
Manessing 1591–2 Cal. Sc. P. X. 648.
Mannesing 1639 Aberd. Council Lett. II. 125.
Prevening the inundatioun of the sey and [its] manassing the owerthrow of the church [at Kirkcudbright](b) 1531 Bell. Boece I. 81.
Be his awfull minassing Ib. 127. Ib. (M) I. 223. Id. Livy I. 138/23.
Euery ane of thame, boldin with grete mynassing Ib. 197/9.
Howbeit thow was full of mynassing [B. minissing] Ib. 202/15.
Apperit certane hevinlie prodigis to the daly terroure and mynassing of pepill 1533 Boece xvii. vii. 632 b. 1542 Elgin Rec. I. 70.
And attour minassing of the said David Gaw with ii stanis in his handis 1568 Hosack Mary Q. of Scots 547.
Rigorous minassing 1570 Bk. Univ. Kirk I. 178.
Minacing 1576 Orkney Oppress. 82.
Persuadit … partlie be feir and minacing 1586 Misc. Wodrow Soc. 442.
Minashing 1609 Aberd. Eccl. Rec. 67. 1638 Protestation of General Assembly 18 Dec.(c) 1543–4 Acta Conc. & Sess. (Stair S.) 133.
Mennising and bosting maid aganis the remanent of the said consell 1549 Compl. 24/2.
Menassing 1559 Cal. Sc. P. I. 260. 1570 Prot. Bk. W. Cumming 120.
Menacing 1628 Dundonald Par. Rec. 247.
Anent the menassing of John Legat … vttered be John Neilb. c1520-c1535 Nisbet Acts iv. 29.
Lord, behald into the mannassingis of thame 1533 Bell. Livy I. 124/21.
Be this last mynassing Ib. II. 155/29.
To assaleȝe ȝoure mynassingis 1543 Reg. Morton II. 291.
It is weill knawin that our said umquhile soverane … usit to put his manisingis to executioun 1563–4 Acts & Decr. in Sc. Ant. XVI. 81.
Manessingis 1574 Reg. Privy C. II. 406.
Minassingis a1578 Pitsc. II. 60/29. Ib. 58/9.
Quhen they had red throw all his lang manassingis 1626 Garden Worthies 56.
[Thee] noe faire means nor could menassings move 1629 Justiciary Cases I. 98.
The allegit predictioun lybellit ane minassing uset aganis the said George