What is "loaning"

Loan \Loan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Loaned; p. pr. & vb. n. Loaning.] To lend; -- sometimes with out.
--Kent.

By way of location or loaning them out.
--J. Langley (1644).

Loanin \Loan"in\, Loaning \Loan"ing\, n. [From Scotch loan, E. lawn.] An open space between cultivated fields through which cattle are driven, and where the cows are sometimes milked; also, a lane. [Scot.]
--Sir W. Scott.

n. (context obsolete Scottish and Northern English English) A lane vb. (present participle of loan English)

n. disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned [syn: lending]