The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Madding \Mad"ding\, a.
   Affected with madness; raging; furious. -- Mad"ding*ly,
   adv. [Archaic]
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         Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. --Gray.
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         The madding wheels
         Of brazen chariots raged.                --Milton.
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