See Also: hasting(dictionary)

hasting (iou)



hasting noun & adjective. M16.
[from HASTE verb + -ING2 (prob. orig. as ppl adjective).]
A. noun.
In pl. People making haste or hurrying. M16-L17.
An early-ripening fruit or vegetable; spec. a variety of early pea. obsolete exc. local. L16.
b. adjective.
Of a fruit or vegetable: ripening early. L16-M18.
That hastens or hurries. Now rare or obsolete. L16.