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fleecing, vbl. n.|ˈfliːsɪŋ|
[f. fleece v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the vb. fleece.
1593Nashe Christ's T. 46 b, They [Vsurers] haue enforst him thereunto by their fleecing. 1641Milton Reform. ii. 85 The whipping, fleecing, and fleaing us. 1783Fox Sp. E. India Bills 18 Nov., The poor unhappy natives must undergo a second fleecing for the benefit of the proprietors.
2. concr. A fleecy streak.
1781S. J. Pratt Emma Corbett II. 173 She is surrounded with sunbeams softened by tender fleecings of sky which form her chariot. |