Hissing
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster
Hissing - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
HISS'ING, ppr. Making the noise of serpents.
HISS'ING, n. A hissing sound; an expression of scorn or contempt.
1. The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision.
I will make this city desolate,and a hissing. Jer 19.
Source of the article
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
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