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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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
stroking
n : a light touch with the hands [syn: {stroke}]
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