LACKEYING
Verb
lackeying
present participle of lackey
Source: Wiktionary
LACKEY
Lack"ey, n.; pl. Lackeys. Etym: [F. laquais; cf. Sp. & Pg. lacayo; of
uncertain origin; perh. of German origin, and akin to E.lick, v.]
Definition: An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower.
Like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's lackey. Shak.
Lackey caterpillar (Zoöl.), the caterpillar, or larva, of any
bombycid moth of the genus Clisiocampa; -- so called from its party-
colored markings. The common European species (C. neustria) is
striped with blue, yellow, and red, with a white line on the back.
The American species (C. Americana and C. sylvatica) are commonly
called tent caterpillars. See Tent caterpillar,under Tent.
– Lackey moth (Zoöl.), the moth which produces the lackey
caterpillar.
Lack"ey, v. t.
Definition: To attend as a lackey; to wait upon.
A thousand liveried angels lackey her. Milton.
Lack"ey, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lackeyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Lackeying.]
Definition: To act or serve as lackey; to pay servile attendance.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition