Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lording"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lord \Lord\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lorded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Lording}.]
To play the lord; to domineer; to rule with arbitrary or
despotic sway; -- sometimes with over; and sometimes with it
in the manner of a transitive verb.
The whiles she lordeth in licentious bliss. --Spenser.
I see them lording it in London streets. --Shak.
And lorded over them whom now they serve. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lording \Lord"ing\, n. [Lord + -ing, 3.]
1. The son of a lord; a person of noble lineage. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
2. A little lord; a lordling; a lord, in contempt or
ridicule. [Obs.] --Swift.
Note: In the plural, a common ancient mode of address
equivalent to ``Sirs'' or ``My masters.''
Therefore, lordings all, I you beseech.
--Chaucer.
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