▪ I.aiming,vbl.n.|ˈeɪmɪŋ|[f.aim v. + -ing1.]The action of the verb aim: direction, pointing, levelling a gun, etc. (Now mostly gerundial.) aiming point, in Gunnery(seequots.).1587GoldingDe Mornay xviii. 282The true welfare of man consisteth in his true end or..aming point.
a1716SouthSerm.I. xii. (R.)This is always done with forecast and design; with a steady aiming, and a long projecting malice.
1842J. H. NewmanPar.Serm.(ed.2) V. iii. 50Aim at things, and your words will be right without aiming.
1910Encycl.Brit.I. 692/1In war, the target, even if visible, is often indistinct, and in this case..an ‘aiming point’..a conspicuous point quite apart and distinct from the target, has to be employed.
1918E. S. FarrowDict.Mil.Terms 12Aiming Point, in gunnery, a stationary object..upon which the panoramic sight is directed after the proper deflection is set off.
▪ II.aiming,ppl.a.|ˈeɪmɪŋ|[f.aim v. + -ing2.]Directing oneself, or a missile, towards an object; designing, intending, tending towards, with, or as the result of, calculation or design.1643MiltonDivorce i. vi. (1847) 129/1Love..having but one eye, being born an archer aiming.
c1746HerveyMedit.&Contempl.(1818) 24The blow came from an aiming, though invisible hand.
