gooding verbal noun.
['gʊdɪŋ] L15.[from GOOD verb + -ING1. Sense 2 prob. from GOOD noun.]1. The action of improving something (esp. land by manuring); manure.
obsolete exc.
Scot. L15.2. Orig., the practice of begging. Now only
local, the custom of collecting alms on St Thomas's Day (21 December).
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