Crossword clues for biding
biding
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bide \Bide\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bided; p. pr. & vb. n. Biding.] [OE. biden, AS. b[=i]dan; akin to OHG. b[=i]tan, Goth. beidan, Icel. b[=i]??; perh. orig., to wait with trust, and akin to bid. See Bid, v. t., and cf. Abide.]
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To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay.
All knees to thee shall bow of them that bide In heaven or earth, or under earth, in hell.
--Milton. To remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or state; to continue to be.
--Shak.
Biding \Bid"ing\, n.
Residence; habitation.
--Rowe.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 An awaiting; expectation. 2 (context archaic English) residence; habitation Etymology 2
vb. (present participle of bide English)
Wikipedia
''' Biding ''' is a commune in the Moselle department in Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine in northeastern France.
Usage examples of "biding".
He was using spinning gear, working a variety of plugs and spoons and jigs and plastic worms in all of the spots where a lunker largemouth was likely to be biding his time.
Yet Philip was biding his time in prison, having the life siphoned out of him.
Ambiorix and the Eburones were there beyond the sleety rain, biding their time with the complacence of men who knew the terrain a great deal better than the Romans did.
But Ambiorix and the Eburones were there beyond the sleety rain, biding their time with the complacence of men who knew the terrain a great deal better than the Romans did.
And they knew that they were leaving him with Marl Fidd, who was just biding his time until he could get ahold of Khiindi again when there was no Linyaari girl around to heal him.
The fire always flamed up again while friend Quar stood looking on, biding his time.
Chapter V Renewal of the feud between the Bishop and Don Gregorio -- Wholesale excommunications in Asuncion -- Cardenas in 1644 formulates his celebrated charges against the Jesuits -- The Governor, after long negotiations and much display of force, ultimately succeeds in driving out the Bishop -- For three years Cardenas is in desperate straits -- In 1648 Don Gregorio is suddenly dismissed, Cardenas elects himself Governor, and for a short time becomes supreme in Asuncion -- The Jesuits are forced to leave the town and to flee to Corrientes -- A new Governor is appointed in Asuncion -- He defeats Cardenas on the field of battle -- The latter is deprived of his power, and dies soon after as Bishop of La Paz The Governor, like a prudent soldier, was biding his time.
But when Abu Batn was near, Ibn Dammuk ignored the fair prisoner, and this caused Zora the most apprehension, for it convinced her that the wily Ibn was but biding his time until he might find conditions favorable to the carrying out of some scheme that he already had decided upon, nor did Zora harbor any doubts as to the general purpose of his plan.
Instead of watching Gray Towers, he kept a steady eye on the sprawling mass of Beaverwood, biding his time impatiently.
But just enough of the old obsession had remained to pull him back across that line, and now Marcotte would be drooling at the edge of his sanctuary like a wolf biding his time.
Could it not be that the Aoi have hidden themselves in some distant corner of Earth, biding their time?
Saddam had been biding his time, relying on the strategy of eroding the sanctions that had been working for him since 1996 and avoiding anything but the low-level confrontations in the NFZs.
We, personally, would much liefer be biding back at our Eagle Palace with our Empress and children than riding long, dusty, weary miles every day, then laying our sore, tired body down in the discomfort and reeking, fetid noisomeness of a military camp every night.
Holkar was the most powerful of all the Mahratta chieftains, but he was biding his time, uncertain whether to join Scindia and the Rajah of Berar or whether to sit out the war with his huge forces intact.
He is biding his time, and I hope giving me the benefit of the doubt while he is about it.