858. For spoiling of. For fear of ruining. Cf. Shakespeare, Sonn. 52. 4: "The which he will not every hour survey, For blunting the fine point of seldom pleasure; T. G. of V. i. 2. 136: "Yet here they shall not lie for catching cold;" Beaumont and Fletcher, Captain, iii. 5: "We'll have a bib for spoiling of thy doublet," etc.