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▪ I. scaring, vbl. n.|ˈskɛərɪŋ| [f. scare v. + -ing1.] The action of the vb. scare.
1573–80Tusser Husb. (1878) 32 No scaring with dog. 1580Reg. Privy Council Scot. III. 295 Scarring and debarring of the salmound fischeis. 1611Cotgr., Espoventement..a frighting, fraying, skaring. 1852G. W. Johnson Cottage Gard. Dict. s.v. Scares, It is best to employ boys for the short time scaring is required. ▪ II. scaring, ppl. a.|ˈskɛərɪŋ| [f. scare v. + -ing2.] That scares; terrifying.
1641Milton Reform. ii. Wks. 1851 III. 64 As a tender Mother takes her Child and holds it over the pit with scarring words that it may learne to feare, where danger is. 1764Goldsm. Trav. 205 As a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast. 1813Coleridge Night-Scene 37 A rude and scaring note, my friend! 1879Baring-Gould Germany II. 207 Let not women be frightened by the scaring name. |