Full record for spacing n.

Definition	the trade of being a spaceman
OED requirements	any evidence 1954
Earliest cite	George O. Smith, 'Spacemen Lost'
Comment	Ralf Brown located a cite in an electronic text of Alan Dean Foster's 1973 "Bloodhype", and David Dyer-Bennet verified it in a paper copy. Fred Galvin submitted a 1954 cite from George O. Smith's "Spacemen Lost". We would like to see further cites of any date from any source
Last modified	6 July, 2008

Citations for spacing n.

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1949 A. Coppel Runaway in Planet Stories Spring 33/1	He was a laconic old soul who loved spacing only a jot better than he loved Martian alky.
1954 G. O. Smith Spacemen Lost in Startling Stories Fall 22/2	Alice was breathing a silent prayer to Commodore Wilson that he make it a quick run. She was sick and tired of spacing already‥.
1956 R. A. Heinlein Time for Stars iii. 36	There would be no spacing for the twin left behind, not even inside the Solar System‥and I had never even been to the Moon.
1970 R. Silverberg Tower of Glass in Galaxy Mag. June 83/1	In this spacious catacomb many types of transportation devices were manufactured, covering all needs that the transmat could not meet: ocean-crawlers, sliders for surface travel, stratospheric gliders, heavy-duty powerhaulers, immersion modules for use on high-pressure worlds, ion-drive systemships for short-hop spacing, interstellar probes, gravity boxes, skydivers, minirailers, sunscoops.
1972 D. Gerrold Yesterday's Children 122	‘Hey, does anybody know what the penalty for mutiny is?’‘Last I heard, it was death by spacing.’
1973 A. D. Foster Bloodhype 79	If you've ever a mind to learn spacing, my ship, the Umbra , is listed in all the registries.
1985 ‘D. Gerrold’ Starhunt 98	‘Hey, does anyone know what the penalty for mutiny is?’‘Last I heard, it was death by spacing.’
1991 D. Stabenow Second Star vi. 128	What I told you about the family firm was true, as far as I went. I've always been more interested in spacing than in building another Terran empire.