mooting

For the islanders, having just left the court of the mooting, were none of them armed.

They know the danger of mooting questions between landlord and tenant; and it is the very danger which tempts them to it.

The government, indeed, attempts to combat all nuisances by mooting and fostering a variety of agitations.

The unbiassed inquirer is driven to suspect that 'case-putting' soon became an idle ceremony, and 'mooting' a mere pastime.

The period when 'readings,' 'mooting,' and 'case-putting' fell into disuse or contempt, is known with sufficient accuracy.

He seems to think he is mooting to me a spick and span new idea—that he has invented something.

And now, if your words have the meaning I read into them, you are mooting precisely the same drivelling scheme.