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▪ I. clashing, vbl. n.|ˈklæʃɪŋ|
[f. clash v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. clash. a. Noisy concussion.
1618Bolton Florus ii. vi. 97 The extraordinary lowd clashing of their weapons. 1697W. Dampier Voy. (1698) I. xvi. 448 We heard a clashing in the Water, like Boats rowing. 1882Besant All Sorts 95 The bells..with a clanging and a clashing which ring like a cry of despair.
b. Collision, conflict, hostile passage.
1642Sir J. Meldrum in Rushw. Hist. Coll. iii. (1692) I. 628 Until..France and Spain (by their mutual Clashings) have so far debilitated each other, that, etc. 1701J. Logan in Pa. Hist. Soc. Mem. IX. 66 Some clashing between the admiralty and the civil powers. 1885Athenæum 6 June 721/3 Shelley and Mary continued, though not without divergences and clashings, to be genuinely attached to each other.
c. Conflict, disagreement, variance.
1656Artif. Handsom. 22 We shall never be able to reconcile the clashings and diversities of the Scripture style and expressions. c1680in Somers Tracts II. 436 There is no clashing of Oaths. 1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. viii. 310 Concerning the drinking of Spaw-waters there is no small clashing among Authours. 1836W. Irving Astoria I. 42 A clashing of claims.
d. A shaking or jolting. dial.
1855Robinson Whitby Gloss., A Clashing, a shaking in a carriage; concussion, contact. 1877Holderness Gloss., Clashin, a jolting, as of a vehicle.
▪ II. ˈclashing, ppl. a.
That clashes, that clash. a. Striking noisily together or against.
1618Bolton Florus iii. vi. 192 The beak-heads of our clashing Gallies charge in ring upon them. 1643Denham Poems 33 His dreadful challenge and his clashing beam [a stag's horn]. 1808J. Barlow Columb. iii. 590 The conflict of the clashing war.
b. Conflicting; disagreeing; mutually interfering.
1660Milton Free Commw. Wks. (1847) 446/2 Till all Law be lost in the multitude of clashing statutes. 1714Spect. No. 595 ⁋3 Every time that clashing metaphors are put together. 1869Rawlinson Anc. Hist. 386 A consciousness of clashing interests.
c. Tattling, maliciously gossiping. Sc.
1765Ogilvie & Nairn's Trial 52 (Jam.) He..has heard the clashing people of the country report that, etc.
d. Of colours: disagreeing, going badly together.
1894Daily News 4 June 9/1 The Royal ladies' dresses were not of clashing hues. |