Bible Dictionaries
Stroking

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The act of laying small gathers in cloth in regular order.

(2):

(n.) See Stripping, 2.

(3):

(n.) The act of rubbing gently with the hand, or of smoothing; a stroke.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Stroking'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/stroking.html. 1828.