Scraping
['skreɪpɪŋ] or ['skrepɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) (usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected; 'they collected blood scrapings for analysis'.
Editor: Madge--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scrape
(n.) The act of scraping; the act or process of making even, or reducing to the proper form, by means of a scraper.
(n.) Something scraped off; that which is separated from a substance, or is collected by scraping; as, the scraping of the street.
(a.) Resembling the act of, or the effect produced by, one who, or that which, scrapes; as, a scraping noise; a scraping miser.
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Examples
- The exultation and joy of the Pickwickians knew no bounds, when their patience and assiduity, their washing and scraping, were crowned with success. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Again, a minute bit of bark has been upturned by the scraping hand, and the direction of the break indicates the direction of the passage. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Scraping up a quantity of sand into a little heap, he grasps it with three of the legs on one side and hurries away with it to some little distance. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- His right leg was dragging, the side of the shoe scraping on the road as they walked him. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But I say,' resumed Lowten, scraping the back of the pen preparatory to making a fresh split, 'what a soft chap that other is! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- John Bull was the appropriate name of the man who first patented a scraping machine in England, about 1780, and Joseph Weeks the next one, some years later. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It was more likely that Madame Fosco would hear the scraping of my pen than that I should hear the rustling of her dress. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It is obtained by scraping the pulp from the long fibers, drying these when thoroughly cleaned, and baling them for market. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But I was then deeply absorbed in my letters, and I write with a heavy hand and a quill pen, scraping and scratching noisily over the paper. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I easily got rid of these by scraping away the stuff of the flannel. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- A sudden scraping of feet, mingled with the sound of suppressed laughter, was heard from behind the partition. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mr Flintwinch, after scraping his chin, and looking about with caustic disparagement of the Pig-Market, nodded to Arthur, and followed. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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