Noah Webster
Begging
BEG'GING, participle present tense Asking alms; supplicating; assuming without proof.
BEG'GING, noun The act of soliciting alms; the practice of asking alms; as, he lives by begging
BEG'GING, participle present tense Asking alms; supplicating; assuming without proof.
BEG'GING, noun The act of soliciting alms; the practice of asking alms; as, he lives by begging