Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stroking"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Stroking \Strok"ing\, n.
1. The act of rubbing gently with the hand, or of smoothing;
a stroke.

I doubt not with one gentle stroking to wipe away
ten thousand tears. --Milton.

2. (Needlework) The act of laying small gathers in cloth in
regular order.

3. pl. See {Stripping}, 2. --Smollett.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

stroking
n : a light touch with the hands [syn: {stroke}]

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