breathing (1 cf. ‘Hide not thy ear at my breathing, at my cry’ Lamentations iii. 55)
1.
utterance
Ant. I. iii. 14
“to give to my
purpose.”
2.
pause, rest, delay
Ado II. i. 380
“so long a
breathing,”
Lucr. 1720
“Untimely
breathings.”
3.
exercise
All'sW. I. ii. 17
“sick For breathing and
exploit,”
Per. II. iii. 101; so
breathing-time
“of day”
Ham. V. ii. 181.
