English

Proper noun

Golding

1. A surname​.

Derived terms

• golding²

English

Noun

golding ‎(plurals include the standard and regularly formed goldings, as well as the obsolete goldinges)

1. (obsolete) A gold coin.
2. (obsolete) A kind of apple; a goldling.
3. (Britain, North Midlands dialects) The corn marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum).
4. (in the Kent dialect) The ladybird (familia Coccinellidae).

References

• “† Go·lding” listed on page 282 of volume IV (F and G), § ii (G) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1901]
    † Go·lding. Obs. [f. Gold¹ + -ing³. [¶] The form still occurs in north midland dialects as a name of the marigold, in Kent of the ladybird.] [¶] 1. A gold coin. [¶] c 1580 Jefferie Bugbears i. i. 77 in Archiv Stud. d. neu. Spr. (1897) XCVIII. 306 His goldinges that he kepes in prison. [¶] 2. A kind of apple. (See Goldling.) [¶] 1589 Rider Eng.–Lat. Dict. s.v. Apple, Summer Goldings..Winter Goldings. 1648–60 Hexham Dutch Dict., Guldelingh, A Golding, an apple so called.
• “†ˈgolding¹” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]

Etymology 2

First attested in 1798; from the surname (Golding) of the man who developed the sub-variety (in 1790).

Noun

golding ‎(plural goldings)

1. A kind of red hop, a sub-variety of the Canterbury hop.

Synonyms

• (hop): golding hop, golding vine

References

• “ˈgolding²” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]

Etymology 3

gold ‎(“pyrolyse food to a golden brown”) +‎ -ing

Verb

golding

1. present participle of gold