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Definition of Clashing
1. Adjective. Sharply and harshly discordant. "Clashing colors"
Definition of Clashing
1. Verb. (present participle of clash) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clashing
1. clash [v] - See also: clash
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clashing
Literary usage of Clashing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... Beat clashing on the breast of mailed men, Dinted with swords and pointed
spiked spears. ... clashing ..."
2. A History of English Law by William Searle Holdsworth, John Burke (1903)
"Perhaps the worst anomaly of all was caused by the clashing jurisdiction of the
various courts which administered the law. Courts of Common Law and Equity, ..."
3. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1875)
"... DEFENCES—STRENGTH OF PENNEFATHER—ARRANGEMENT OF THE PICKET SYSTEM —THE ENEMY'S
CONFUSED AND clashing COUNSELS—HIS FINAL DETERMINATION. ..."
4. Poetry as a Representative Art: An Essay in Comparative Aesthetics by George Lansing Raymond (1899)
"These Effects as combined in Various Illustrations of Carving ; Dashing, Rippling,
and Lapping Water ; Roaring ; clashing ; Cursing ; Shrieking ; Fluttering ..."
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