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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Tīth'ing, n.

noun

n. [A-S. teódhung, teódhing.]

  1. The act of levying or taking tithe; that which is taken as tithe; a tithe. “To take tithings of their blood and sweat.” Motley.
  2. (Anglo-Sax. Law.) A number or company of ten householders who, dwelling near each other, were sureties or free pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other; a decennary. Blackstone.