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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lord \Lord\, verb (used without an object) [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; as, rich students lording it over their classmates.
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lording \Lord"ing\, noun [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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