schooling

schooling is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.Discipline; reproof; reprimand; as, he gave his son a good schooling. Sir W. Scott.
  2. 2.Compensation for instruction; price or reward paid to an instructor for teaching pupils.
  3. 3.Collecting or running in schools or shoals. Schooling species like the herring and menhaden. G. B. Goode. SCHOOLMA'AM School"ma'am, n. A schoolmistress. [Colloq.U.S.]

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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