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rugining

rugining is the present participle and gerund of rugine.

Meaning of rugine

Verb

rugine (third-person singular simple present rugines, present participle rugining, simple past and past participle rugined)

  1. (transitive) To scrape or rasp (a bone etc.); to scale.
    • if you do not rugine that away, the Callus will be flow in thrusting out; and if you do rugine it, the deeper you enter into it, the browner and softer the Bone will be.1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC

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Questions about rugining

What is rugining the present participle and gerund of?
Rugining is the present participle and gerund of rugine.

Words near rugining in the dictionary

  1. Rugians
  2. rugine
  3. rugined
  4. rugines
  5. Ruginești
  6. rugining
  7. Ruginoasa
  8. rugins
  9. rugitus
  10. rugless
  11. ruglike

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