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stroking, vbl. n.|ˈstrəʊkɪŋ|
[-ing1.]
1. The action of stroke v.1, in various senses.
In the 17th c. often spoken of as a process of healing.
1587L. Mascall Govt. Cattle, Sheepe (1627) 206 Yee shall draw the Ewe a little, which the Heard men doe call stroking. 1626Sandys Ovid's Met. x. 198 A Stag..who..well pleas'd, would stand The gentle strokings of a stranger's hand. 1632J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Eromena To Rdr. (b) 1, I expect not the least stroaking of applause. 1633Wotton Lett. (1907) II. 343 The manner of his cure..is somewhat strange; he useth no bindings, but oils and strokings. 1666H. Stubbe Mirac. Conformist Ep. Ded. 2 Upon his first stroaking the Patient should be worse, and cured by a second. 1713Gay Rural Sports 94 When the big udder'd Cows with Patience stand, Waiting the Stroakings of the Damsel's Hand. 1842Gwilt Archit. §1910 This operation produces a sort of fluted surface, and is called stroking. 1880[Mrs. Floyer] Plain Hints Needlework 19 The stroking should be done above the gathering thread, as well as below. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 489 A more or less forcible stroking of the skin with a pointed instrument.
2. pl. The last milk drawn from a cow; ‘afterings’. Cf. strapping vbl. n.2, streaking vbl. n. (after streak v.1), stripping vbl. n.2 b.
1602Entert. Harefield in Lyly's Wks. (1902) I. 492 You shall haue..stroakings, in good faith, redd cowes milk. 1658Compl. Cook 76 Take a Gallon of Stroakings and a Pint of Creame as it comes from the Cow. 1748Smollett Rod. Rand. xl, The cook entertained me with choice bits, the dairy-maid with stroakings. 1844H. Stephens Bk. Farm III. 913 The afterings or strokings are well known to be the richest part of the milk.
3. Comb.: † stroking needle [G. streichnadel], a touch-needle (see touch-); stroking pin, a pin used to stroke gathers.
1683Pettus Fleta Minor i. i. i. 3 How..to make stroking or touching Needles, or Ingots of Silver for distinguishing the fine from the less fine Silver. 1880[Mrs. Floyer] Plain Hints Needlework 46, 1 stroking pin. |
