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English Dictionary: stroking by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stroking
n
  1. a light touch with the hands
    Synonym(s): stroke, stroking
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stroking \Strok"ing\, 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.                           --Milton.
  
      2. (Needlework) The act of laying small gathers in cloth in
            regular order.
  
      3. pl. See {Stripping}, 2. --Smollett.
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