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{(° ING. A very common termination of local surnames, for an explanation of which see Preliminary Dissertation. In \Ir. Clark's " Surnames metrically Arranged and Classified," we have the following curious list with this termination, nearly eveiy one of whicli, though of local origin, loolis like the active participle of some well-known verb. "Thus, then, we"ve Standing, Rising, Falling, Curling, Cupping, Gumming, Calling; Budding, Browning, Bedding, Baring, Watering, Weeding, "WHiiting, AVaring ; Codling, Culling, Ayling, Catchuag, Peeling, Paring, Painting, Patching ; Stradliug, Suckling, Swadling, Spending, Living, Loving, Larking, Lending ; Fielding, Farming, Harrowing, Tilling, Bidding, Bending, Banning, Billing ; Bowling, Bidding, Banking, Bunuiug, Going, Laming, Keening, DuuuLng;

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