@Harry -- it's a thought.
I had considered blaming, although that doesn't sound quite right either.
I can't find any word that would fill in "a {space}{missing}daming", even if I still think that partial character is a "d". There ain't no such word, dame it!
This is a book for young teens, so neither one seems quite right. Maybe Mr. Paine invented a word all his very own.
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