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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

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Passing

Passing (passing)
n.(?)
Pass"ing
  1. The act of one who, or that which, passes; the act of going by or away.

    Passing bell, a tolling of a bell to announce that a soul is passing, or has passed, from its body (formerly done to invoke prayers for the dying); also, a tolling during the passing of a funeral procession to the grave, or during funeral ceremonies. Sir W. Scott. Longfellow.

Passing

Passing (passing)
a.
Pass"ing
  1. Relating to the act of passing or going; going by, beyond, through, or away; departing.
  2. Exceeding; surpassing, eminent.
    Chaucer. "Her passing deformity." Shak.

    Passing note (Mus.), a character including a passing tone. -- Passing tone (Mus.), a tone introduced between two other tones, on an unaccented portion of a measure, for the sake of smoother melody, but forming no essential part of the harmony.

Passing

Passing (passing)
adv.
Pass"ing
  1. Exceedingly; excessively; surpassingly; as, passing fair; passing strange.
    "You apprehend passing shrewdly." Shak.












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