straining adjective. ['streɪnɪŋ] LME.
[formed as STRAINING noun + -ING².]
1. Astringent, styptic. rare. LME-M16.

2. That strains. M16.

■ strainingly adverb L15.

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straining noun. ['streɪnɪŋ] LME.
[from STRAIN verb¹ + -ING¹.]
1. The action or an act of straining; the fact of being strained. LME.

2. A substance strained or extracted by straining; esp. a strained liquid. L16.

Comb.:
straining-frame a frame on which paper, canvas, etc. is stretched; straining-post a post from which wire fencing is stretched tight.

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