Fading

Definitions

1. The process by which something fades; gradual diminishment.
2. An Irish dance.
   obsolete
3. The burden of a song.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] the rude earth of the wall had no painted lustre to shed⟳ off all fadings and tarnish […]”

“Fading is a fine jig.”

“He has the prettiest love⟳ songs for maids, so without bawdry, which is strange with such delicate burdens of dildos and fadings”

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