Pass"ing (?), n.
The act of one who, or that which, passes; the act of going by or away.
Passing bell, a tolling of a bell to announce that a soul is passing, or has passed, from its body (formerly done to invoke prayers for the dying); also, a tolling during the passing of a funeral procession to the grave, or during funeral ceremonies.
Sir W. Scott. Longfellow.
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Pass"ing, a.
1.
Relating to the act of passing or going; going by, beyond, through, or away; departing.
2.
Exceeding; surpassing, eminent.
Chaucer. "Her
passing deformity."
Shak.
Passing note Mus., a character including a passing tone. -- Passing tone Mus., a tone introduced between two other tones, on an unaccented portion of a measure, for the sake of smoother melody, but forming no essential part of the harmony.
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Pass"ing, adv.
Exceedingly; excessively; surpassingly; as, passing fair; passing strange.
"You apprehend
passing shrewdly."
Shak.
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