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▪ I. extracting, vbl. n.|ɛkˈstræktɪŋ|
[f. extract v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. extract; extraction.
a1626Bacon Phys. Rem. Wks. 1740 I. 217 The drawing one metal or mineral out of another which we call extracting. 1874Mahaffy Soc. Life Greece x. 315 An extracting of thought from the dormant intellect of a pupil.
attrib.1635Sibbes Soul's Confl. (1638) 13 Vapours drawne up by the Sun..(when the extracting force of the Sun leaves them) fall downe again to the earth. 1883Daily News 27 July 2/1 The extracting levers [of these guns] have enormous power.
▪ II. exˈtracting, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
1. That extracts (in senses of the vb.).
1654Gayton Pleas. Notes iv. ii. 181 Such an hirudinous and extracting Lady as Dulcinea.
†2. ? Used for ‘distracting’. Obs. rare—1.
1601Shakes. Twel. N. v. i. 288 They say poore Gentle⁓man, he's much distract. A most extracting frensie of mine owne From my remembrance, clearly banisht his. |