Tith"ing, n. [AS. teoung.]

1.

The act of levying or taking tithes; that which is taken as tithe; a tithe.

To take tithing of their blood and sweat. Motley.

2. O. Eng.Law

A number or company of ten householders who, dwelling near each other, were sureties or frankpledges to the king for the good behavior of each other; a decennary.

Blackstone.

 

© Webster 1913.

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