madding

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Mad \Mad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Madded; p. pr. & vb. n. Madding.] To make mad or furious; to madden. [1913 Webster]

Had I but seen thy picture in this plight, It would have madded me. --Shak. [1913 Webster]


Madding \Mad"ding\, a. Affected with madness; raging; furious. -- Mad"ding*ly, adv. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]

Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. --Gray. [1913 Webster]

The madding wheels Of brazen chariots raged. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

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