Definition of "suing"

suing¹

verb
1. present participle and gerund of sue

suing²

noun
countable and uncountable, plural suings
1. The act of one who sues for something.
  Quotations
  […] her husband's increased and more frequent storms of passion, unfollowed by any halcyon and honeymoon suings for forgiveness […]
  1834, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Pilgrims of the Rhine
2. (obsolete) The process of soaking through anything.
  Quotations
  In this instance, there is, upon the by, to be noted, the percolation or suing of the verjuice through the wood; for verjuice of itself would never have passed through the wood: so as, it seemeth, it must be first in a kind of vapour, before it pass.
  1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […]