2. Noun. strippings; the last milk drawn from a cow at a milking ¹
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Definition of Strokings
1. stroking [n] - See also: stroking
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strokings
Literary usage of Strokings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"To STRIPE, va To cleanse by drawing between the finger and thumb compressed, Ettr.
" Stripping*, after-milkings, strokings, North. ..."
2. Practical Massage and Corrective Exercises by Hartvig Nissen (1916)
"The strokings and also circular kneading with the tips of one or more fingers
... If strokings are directed from below and upward, congestion may set in and ..."
3. Hand-book of Medical and Orthopedic Gymnastics by Anders Gustaf Wide (1909)
"The above described gymnastic strokings have nothing in common with the ...
that the strokings are often given in a centrifugal direction and often over the ..."
4. Hand-book of Medical and Orthopedic Gymnastics by Anders Gustaf Wide (1902)
"The above described gymnastic strokings have nothing in common with the ...
that the strokings are often given in a centrifugal direction and often over the ..."
5. Practical Massage in Twenty Lessons by Hartvig Nissen (1905)
"the same kind of strokings on the inside of the upper arm, as this will, quicker
than any other manipulation, produce absorption through the big veins from ..."
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