scrapingn.
/ˈskreɪpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈskreɪpɪŋ/ 1.
a. The action of scrape v. in various senses. Also in figurative phrase scrapings of the barrel (see scrape v. 5d).
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > rubbing or friction > [noun] > scratching, scraping, or abrasion
clawing1398
razinga1400
scrattinga1400
scrapingc1440
scrape1483
raze1530
rasure1596
rasion1617
scrub1621
scrubbing1622
scrapelet1625
grazing1698
scratch1765
rake1869
the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > [noun] > by scraping
rasure1433
scraping1577
dischiseling1652
derasion1684
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing stringed instrument > [noun] > playing fiddle
fiddlingc1450
fiddlery1588
scraping1612
tweetling1850
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > manifestation of respect > bowing, kneeling, or curtseying
kneelingc1200
louting1340
inclining?a1425
ducking1539
becking1542
lowingc1600
incurvation1607
couchinga1616
bowing1617
congeeing1622
curtsying1668
bingeing1805
salaaming1816
scraping1836
legging1871
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 450/2 Scrapynge, or schawynge, rasura, abrasio.
1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1189/1 The Abbot of saint Albons sent the boke so disfigured with scrapings & blotting out..vnto the king.
1612 T. Dekker If it be not Good ii. i. 38 Each one sweares (By Orpheus fiddle-case) they will tickle your eares If they can doo 't with scraping.
1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 27 All your learned scraping in antiquity.
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. ii. 37 They [the poultry] haud siccan a skarting and scraping in the yard, that there's nae getting a bean or pea keepit for them.
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 296 Here the scraping [i.e. bowing] was renewed.
1842 R. Browning Pied Piper of Hamelin in Bells & Pomegranates No. III: Dramatic Lyrics iv Only a scraping of shoes on the mat.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) x. 72 The scraping of my pen over the paper.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 430 It is better to treat each focus independently by scraping or by the excision of a wedge.
1959 Listener 22 Jan. 154/1 I think Bill Slim was a very great man, because he made do with practically the scrapings of the barrels.
b. The noise produced by drawing something roughly over a surface. †Also, the action of expressing disapproval of a speaker by shuffling the feet (see scrape v. 7d).
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [noun] > scratching or scraping
scraping1561
scrabbling1582
screed?a1669
scratching1776
scratch1787
scritch-scratch1842
scrooping1849
scroopa1859
scrattling1861
scritch-scratching1881
scrape1886
scritch1953
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [noun] > expression of disapproval > by sounds or exclamations
hootinga1225
hissingc1384
fie?1550
acclamation1602
hiss1602
hoot1612
catcall1749
catcallingc1781
scraping1785
sibilation1822
the big bird1825
boo hoo1825
booing1830
Kentish fire1834
boo-hooing1865
boo1884
slow handclap1904
tutting1929
slow handclapping1932
slow clap1937
1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer i. sig. K.iiv Then was there hard a great scraping of fete in the floore.
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Scraping, a mode of expressing dislike to a person or sermon, practised at Oxford by the students, in scraping their feet against the ground during the preachment.
a1801 G. Wakefield Mem. (1804) I. 94 A comical incident..respecting that scraping of the Proctor, Mr. Wilgress, whilst preaching.
1894 H. Caine Manxman 436 There was the scraping of a chair behind the speaker.
1897 ‘A. Hope’ Phroso (1905) xvii. 327 The scraping of men's limbs and the rasping of cloth on the rock.
2. plural. concrete. That which is scraped off, up, or together. Rarely singular.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment > a) scraping(s) or shaving(s)
shavingc1386
rasurea1400
razing?a1425
scrapings1511
rasing1552
scaling1651
ramentum1658
raments1670
abrasion1684
scrapeage1851
1511–12 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 321 The scrapenis of certane giltin weschele.
?1553 Respublica (1952) i. i. 4 The fliettance, the scrapinges,..The skimmynges, the gubbins of booties and praies.
1575 G. Gascoigne Flowers in Posies 33 Catche, snatche, and scratche for scrapings and for crommes.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 391 The scraping of the inward parts of his own hooues beaten into powder and mingled with wine.
1679 Philos. Trans. 1677 (Royal Soc.) 12 1063 A fourth sort we have which we call Scrapings, that is a course sort of Salt..that cleaves to the tops of the sides of the Phats.
1730 J. Swift Lady's Dressing-room 40 The Bason takes whatever comes, The Scrapings from her Teeth and Gums.
1790 Speechly Culture Vine 33 The dust and scrapings from roads.
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 12 The apprentice..thinking of..the miseries of thin milk and water, and thick bread and scrapings.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 704 The microscopic examination of scrapings reveals at once their [sc. certain diseases'] characteristic fungi.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
scraping-iron n.
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1717 Protestant Merc. 16 Aug. 4 The Tree..scraped on the Bark, as if it had been done with a Scraping-Iron or Addice.
1906 Daily Chron. 16 Feb. 6/6 The pressure of the scraping-iron used by the workman was sufficient to knock a huge hole in the vessel.
scraping-knife n.
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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xxxvi. 23 He kutte it with a scraping knife of the scribe.
1662 J. A. Comenius Janua Linguarum Trilinguis 87 A Butcher..scalds swine all over first with hot water, and scrapes them with a scraping knife.
1852 C. Morfit Art of Tanning, Currying, & Leather-dressing (1853) 166 For removing the hair, the scraping-knife alone must be used.
scraping machine n.
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1886 Encycl. Brit. XX. 588/1 A horse scraping machine which delivers the mud at the side is also used, the blades of the scrapers being mounted obliquely.
scraping-plane n.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > shaping tools or equipment > plane > [noun] > other planes
rabat1440
long plane1665
strike-block1678
mitre plane1688
straight block1812
ice plane1823
side fillister1841
upright1842
scraping-plane1846
sun plane1846
beading plane1858
bead-plane1858
fluting-plane1864
panel plane1873
badger plane1874
shooting-plane1875
whisk1875
block planea1884
scraper-plane1895
chariot plane1909
shoulder plane1935
1846 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. II. 483 This tool is called a scraping plane, and is used for scraping the ivory keys of piano-fortes, and works inlaid with ivory, brass, and hardwoods.
scraping-tool n.
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1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Escoplo A scraping toole, a plaine for a carpenter.
C2.
scraping-ground n. a place where deer scrape or rub the velvet off their antlers.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > body and parts > antler > skin covering > action of rubbing off > place or object used for
fraying-stock1575
fraying-post1677
scraping-ground1877
1877 C. Hallock Sportsman's Gazetteer 89 The lordly bucks begin their nocturnal rambles over their favourite runways and scraping-grounds.
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scrapingadj.
1. That scrapes, in various senses of the verb scrape v.
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the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [adjective]
go-by-ground?a1300
thrall1398
abjectc1430
manly?c1430
servicious1440
serviceable1483
servile1537
tame1563
slavish1565
demiss1572
submissive1572
cringing1579
fawning1585
incrouching?1593
vassal1594
scraping1599
obsequious1602
spaniel1606
observing1609
deprostrate1610
supplea1616
vernile1623
shrugging1629
wormy1640
compliable1641
thrall-like1641
obeisant1642
inservient1646
truckling1656
cringeling1693
benecking1705
subservient1714
footman-like1776
bingeing1805
sidling1821
toadying1863
crawlsome1904
toadyish1909
crawling1941
ass-kissing1942
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [adjective]
fikingc1230
papelarda1500
gnathonical1540
clawing1574
pickthank1575
slavering1575
claw-back1577
courting1580
fawning1585
adulatory1587
insinuating1592
insinuative1592
scraping1599
adulatorious1612
men-pleasing1615
pickthanking1621
sycophantical1632
gnathonic1637
insinuanta1639
sycophantizing1640
ingratiating1642
led1672
sycophanting1674
sycophantly1680
sycophanta1684
sycophantica1698
pickthankly1702
assiduous1725
foot-licking1786
tuft-hunting1789
sycophantish1821
favour-currying1831
bootlicking1849
toadying1863
creepy-crawly1890
slauming1904
toadyish1909
ass-licking1940
ass-kissing1942
brown-nosing1946
arse-licking1950
sucky1991
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing stringed instrument > [adjective] > playing fiddle
fiddlinga1586
scraping1824
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adjective] > scratching or scraping
raspish1847
scraping1879
scratchy1889
scrapy1890
scritchy1951
1599 1st Pt. Return fr. Parnassus Prol. 2 That scrapinge legg, that dopping curtisie.
1790 R. Burns Let. 8 Aug. (2003) II. 45 A quality rather rare in compliments of these grinning, bowing, scraping times.
1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet III. vi. 189 The blind scraping scoundrel [sc. a fiddler].
1879 Organ Voicing 17 A scraping or chiffing noise is sometimes heard accompanying a note.
1890 H. G. Dakyns in tr. Xenophon Wks. I. Introd. 121 (note) Scraping courtiers and nodding satellites.
2. esp. Money-grubbing, miserly.
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the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective] > miserly
gnedy?c1225
miserable1484
misera1500
muckeringa1525
pinchpence1540
snudging1553
pinchpenny1582
miserly1593
mising1595
scraping1597
chuff-penny1603
wretched1652
nabalitic1653
skinflint1737
nippit1808
Scrooge-like1976
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. iii. 67 He shall spend mine honour, with his shame, As thriftles sonnes, their scraping Fathers gold. View more context for this quotation
a1618 W. Raleigh Prerogatiue Parl. (1628) 27 The Duke of Lancaster was as scraping as shee.
1733 H. Fielding Miser (London ed.) iii. iii. 33 You are never mention'd but by the Names of Covetous, Scraping, Stingy.
1861 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner I. 74 He had always been brought up to be saving and thrifty by the careful scraping old barber, his father.
Derivatives
ˈscrapingly adv. in a scraping manner.
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the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adverb]
narrowlya1250
feeblyc1290
scarcely1340
straitly1340
strait1390
niggardly?1529
nighly1548
pinchingly1561
close-fisted1575
hard1580
niggishly1580
nearly1591
mincingly1593
costively1598
penuriously1616
neara1625
scantingly1627
parsimoniouslya1634
scrapingly1680
stingily1682
scrimply1690
sneakingly1695
churlishly1875
curmudgeonly1879
skinflintily1899
mingily1958
1680 J. Sharp Serm. on Eccl. iii. 10, 26 That live scrapingly and uncharitably,..all their lives long.
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