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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Going \Go"ing\, n.
     1. The act of moving in any manner; traveling; as, the going
        is bad.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Departure. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Pregnancy; gestation; childbearing. --Crew.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. pl. Course of life; behavior; doings; ways.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all
              his goings.                           --Job xxxiv.
                                                    21.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Going barrel. (Horology)
        (a) A barrel containing the mainspring, and having teeth
            on its periphery to drive the train.
        (b) A device for maintaining a force to drive the train
            while the timepiece is being wound up.
  
     Going forth. (Script.)
        (a) Outlet; way of exit. ``Every going forth of the
            sanctuary.'' --Ezek. xliv. 5.
        (b) A limit; a border. ``The going forth thereof shall be
            from the south to Kadesh-barnea.'' --Num. xxxiv. 4.
  
     Going out, or Goings out. (Script.)
        (a) The utmost extremity or limit. ``The border shall go
            down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at
            the salt sea.'' --Num. xxxiv. 12.
        (b) Departure or journeying. ``And Moses wrote their
            goings out according to their journeys.'' --Num.
            xxxiii. 2.
  
     Goings on, behavior; actions; conduct; -- usually in a bad
        sense.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Going \Go"ing\, n.
     1. The act of moving in any manner; traveling; as, the going
        is bad.
  
     2. Departure. --Milton.
  
     3. Pregnancy; gestation; childbearing. --Crew.
  
     4. pl. Course of life; behavior; doings; ways.
  
              His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all
              his goings.                           --Job xxxiv.
                                                    21.
  
     Going barrel. (Horology)
        (a) A barrel containing the mainspring, and having teeth
            on its periphery to drive the train.
        (b) A device for maintaining a force to drive the train
            while the timepiece is being wound up.
  
     Going forth. (Script.)
        (a) Outlet; way of exit. ``Every going forth of the
            sanctuary.'' --Ezek. xliv. 5.
        (b) A limit; a border. ``The going forth thereof shall be
            from the south to Kadesh-barnea.'' --Num. xxxiv. 4.
  
     Going out, or Goings out. (Script.)
        (a) The utmost extremity or limit. ``The border shall go
            down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at
            the salt sea.'' --Num. xxxiv. 12.
        (b) Departure or journeying. ``And Moses wrote their
            goings out according to their journeys.'' --Num.
            xxxiii. 2.
  
     Goings on, behavior; actions; conduct; -- usually in a bad
        sense.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  going barrel
     n.
     1 (lb en horology) A barrel containing the mainspring, with teeth on
  its periphery to drive the train.
     2 (lb en horology) A device for maintaining a force to drive the
  train while the timepiece is being wind up.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  going barrel
     n.
     1 (lb en horology) A barrel containing the mainspring, with teeth on
  its periphery to drive the train.
     2 (lb en horology) A device for maintaining a force to drive the
  train while the timepiece is being wind up.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  going barrel
     n.
     1 (lb en horology) A barrel containing the mainspring, with teeth on
  its periphery to drive the train.
     2 (lb en horology) A device for maintaining a force to drive the
  train while the timepiece is being wind up.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  going barrel
     n.
     1 (lb en horology) A barrel containing the mainspring, with teeth on
  its periphery to drive the train.
     2 (lb en horology) A device for maintaining a force to drive the
  train while the timepiece is being wind up.

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