suing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of sue

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of one who sues for something.

   “[…] her husband's increased and more frequent storms of passion, unfollowed by any halcyon and honeymoon suings for forgiveness […]”

2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)The process of soaking through anything.

   “In this instance, there is, upon the by, to be noted, the percolation or suing of the verjuice through the wood; for verjuice of itself would never have passed through the wood: so as, it seemeth, it must be first in a kind of vapour, before it pass.”