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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lord \Lord\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lorded; p. pr. & vb. n. Lording.] To play the lord; to domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; -- sometimes with over; and sometimes with it in the manner of a transitive verb; as, rich students lording it over their classmates. [1913 Webster] The whiles she lordeth in licentious bliss. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] I see them lording it in London streets. --Shak. [1913 Webster] And lorded over them whom now they serve. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lording \Lord"ing\, n. [Lord + -ing, 3.] 1. The son of a lord; a person of noble lineage. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. A little lord; a lordling; a lord, in contempt or ridicule. [Obs.] --Swift. [1913 Webster] Note: In the plural, a common ancient mode of address equivalent to "Sirs" or "My masters." [1913 Webster] Therefore, lordings all, I you beseech. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]