n. The act of laying small gathers in cloth in regular order.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of rubbing gently with the hand, or of smoothing; a stroke.
n. The act of laying small gathers in cloth in regular order.
n. See Stripping, 2.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of passing the hand over a surface.
n. plural The last milk drawn from a cow, pressed out by gentle stroking; strippings.
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n. a light touch with the hands
Word Usage
"And I certainly don't recall feeling like I succeeded particularly in stroking my own ego by emblazoning every found object in my room (and the laundry) with my scarlet letter Gs. To this day I am still attracted to things with the letter G on them."