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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BEHOLDING

ppr. Fixing the eyes upon; looking on; seeing. 1. Fixing the attention; regarding with attention.
2. Obligation. [Not used. ]
3. Obliged. Bacon on Love. A mistaken use of the word for beholden.

BEHOLDINGNESS

n.The state of being obliged. [An error, and not in use. ]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BEHOLDING

BEHOLDING Be *hold "ing, a.

Defn: Obliged; beholden. [Obs. ] I was much bound and beholding to the right reverend father. Robynson (More's Utopia ). So much hath Oxford been beholding to her nephews, or sister's children. Fuller.

BEHOLDING

BEHOLDING Be *hold "ing, n.

Defn: The act of seeing; sight; also, that which is beheld. Shak.

BEHOLDINGNESS

BEHOLDINGNESS Be *hold "ing *ness, n.

Defn:, The state of being obliged or beholden. [Obs. ] Sir P. Sidney.