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Stroking   /strˈoʊkɪŋ/   Listen
noun
Stroking  n.  
1.
The act of rubbing gently with the hand, or of smoothing; a stroke. "I doubt not with one gentle stroking to wipe away ten thousand tears."
2.
(Needlework) The act of laying small gathers in cloth in regular order.
3.
pl. See Stripping, 2.





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"Stroking" Quotes from Famous Books



... put in prison. I admit that," he said, stroking his sparse black beard, "but you ain't goin' to, because I'd feel in duty bound to say that I jest held up the letter in the interests of justice, and turn the hull thing over to the authorities. Old Fussbudget Tom Redmond is jest achin' to make an arrest in this case. ...
— Mystery Ranch • Arthur Chapman
... both divisions he again mounted his horse and once more galloped into the middle. Then, stroking his long beard, he said, "You are in good order, soldiers, and therefore you shall take your part in this glorious day, which is just dawning for our whole Christian armada. We will attack Barbarossa, soldiers. Do ...
— The Two Captains • Friedrich de La Motte-Fouque
... the boat," said Freddy as, after all his stroking and soothing, Rex only lifted his head and emitted a long, mournful howl. "I went down on the lower deck where the big man had left his dogs, and they played with me fine,—shook paws and wagged their ...
— Killykinick • Mary T. Waggaman
... said, stroking his beard, for fear of having discomposed it, "that the Squire were under compulsion to go a bit westward again to-morrow. And when he cometh back he would be glad to find us had managed the job without him. No fear of the weather breaking up afore Friday, and her can't take no harm ...
— Springhaven - A Tale of the Great War • R. D. Blackmore
... Marsden, expanding still further and stroking his chin-whisker as he proceeded. "You see 't wuz this way—Captain Wagstaff—he wuz the portrait's uncle—wall, he wuz in command of a fleet that lay in the harbor up yonder, in the Revolutionary War. When he wuz ashore, he spent most of his time to this haouse; and when his sister down ...
— Flint - His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes • Maud Wilder Goodwin


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