Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scraping"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scrape \Scrape\ (skr[=a]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scraped}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Scraping}.] [Icel. skrapa; akin to Sw. skrapa,
Dan. skrabe, D. schrapen, schrabben, G. schrappen, and prob.
to E. sharp.]
1. To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or
rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens
by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly
over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required
condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an
instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure,
cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make
smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to
scrape a metal plate to an even surface.
2. To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above).
I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her
like the top of a rock. --Ezek. xxvi.
4.
3. To collect by, or as by, a process of scraping; to gather
in small portions by laborious effort; hence, to acquire
avariciously and save penuriously; -- often followed by
together or up; as, to scrape money together.
The prelatical party complained that, to swell a
number the nonconformists did not choose, but
scrape, subscribers. --Fuller.
4. To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as
a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the
floor; -- usually with down. --Macaulay.
{To scrape acquaintance}, to seek acquaintance otherwise than
by an introduction. --Farquhar.
He tried to scrape acquaintance with her, but failed
ignominiously. --G. W. Cable.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scraping \Scrap"ing\, n.
1. The act of scraping; the act or process of making even, or
reducing to the proper form, by means of a scraper.
2. Something scraped off; that which is separated from a
substance, or is collected by scraping; as, the scraping
of the street.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scraping \Scrap"ing\, a.
Resembling the act of, or the effect produced by, one who, or
that which, scrapes; as, a scraping noise; a scraping miser.
-- {Scrap"ing*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
scraping
n 1: a fragment scraped off of something and collected (usually
plural); "they collected blood scrapings for analysis"
2: a harsh noise made by scraping; "the scrape of violin bows
distracted her" [syn: {scrape}, {scratch}, {scratching}]
3: a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating
excessive humility); "all that bowing and scraping did not
impress him" [syn: {scrape}]
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