doling

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of dole

plural dolings

1. The act of one who doles.

   Their charities never have been limited to the necessities of mere subsistence, like the secular dolings out of so-called modern charity.

   1869, Catholic World, volume 8, page 712

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   Alas! we talk of their vanity; we forget that, in doling forth the careless commendation, or as careless sneer, we are bestowing but the passing thought of a moment to that which has been the work of an existence.

   1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 246

1. A surname.