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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

The act of scraping; the act or process of making even, or reducing to the proper form, by means of a scraper.

Something scraped off; that which is separated from a substance, or is collected by scraping;

as, the

scraping

of the street

Adj.

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.

ppr.

Rubbing the surface with something sharp or hard; cleaning by a scraper; removing by rubbing; playing awkwardly on a violin.