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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

The act of cutting or tearing into shreds.

That which is cut or torn off; a piece.

Hooker.

ppr.

Cutting into shreds.

, That which is cut off; a piece.

shredding ‎(countable and uncountable, plural shreddings)

(uncountable) A style of very fast and very complex guitar playing.
The act of cutting or tearing into shreds.
That which is cut or torn off; a piece.
- Richard Hooker
  It hath a number of short cuts or shreddings, which may be better called wishes than prayers.

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