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fraying, vbl. n.|ˈfreɪɪŋ|
[f. fray v.2]
1. Of a deer: The action of the vb. fray. Also that which is rubbed off in fraying; ‘peel’.
1576Turberv. Venerie 243 Then he rubbeth of that pyll and that is called fraying of his head. 1637B. Jonson Sad Sheph. i. ii, For by his Slot, his Entries, and his Port, His Frayings, Fewmets, he doth promise Sport. 1825Scott Betrothed xvii, To track mischief from light words, as I would find a buck from his frayings.
b. Comb.: fraying-post, † -stock, the tree or other object against which a deer frays.
1674N. Cox Gentl. Recreat. i. (1677) 68 All Stags as they are burnish'd, beat their Heads dry against some Tree or other, which is called their *Fraying-post. 1884Jefferies Red Deer vii. 113 A fir, which was used as a fraying post.
1576Turberv. Venerie 69 When the huntsman hath founde his *frayingstocke, he must marke the heyght where the ende of his croches..hath reached. 1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Nauy Land Ships Wks. i. 93/1 Pores, and Entryes, Abatures, and Foyles, Frayen-stockes.
2. Ravellings.
1855Dickens Dorrit i. xxix, Picking threads and fraying of her work from the carpet. |