i Register
In some senses, onding is marked as UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.
noun
Breathing; smelling.
noun
A heavy, continuous fall of rain or snow; a downpour.
... they inform the rest, with inward sorrow, that it is still "a terrible onding." So the circle is once more formed. Some one now proposes a game o' cairts, and the pack is produced.