wilding noun¹ & adjective. ['wʌɪldɪŋ] E16.
[from WILD adjective + -ING³.]
A. noun.
1. A crab-apple; a crab-apple tree. E16.

2. gen. Any wild or uncultivated plant; the fruit or flower of such a plant. L16.

3. A wild person, thing, or (rare) animal. E17.
■ E. Wharton You are not a heathen wilding, but a child of Christ.
b. attrib. or as adjective.
1. wilding apple, a crab-apple. wilding tree, a crab-apple tree. M16.

2. Of a plant: growing wild. Of a fruit or flower: obtained from such a plant. Chiefly poet. L17.

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wilding noun². ['wʌɪldɪŋ] US slang. L20.
[from WILD adjective + -ING¹.]
The activity by a gang of youths of going on a protracted and violent rampage in a public place, attacking or mugging passers-by; an instance of this.

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