Pass"ing , adv. Exceedingly; excessively; surpassingly; as, passing fair; passing strange. "You apprehend passing
shrewdly." Shak.
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.
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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