Definition of tripping

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Tripping (n.) The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means of its cable or buoy rope.

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Delibration :: Delibration (n.) The act of stripping off the bark.
Decortication :: Decortication (n.) The act of stripping off the bark, rind, hull, or outer coat..
Strip :: Stripping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stri.
Divestiture :: Divestiture (n.) The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc..
Forage :: Forage (v. i.) To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp. forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the country; to ravage; to feed on spoil..
Excortication :: Excortication (n.) The act of stripping off bark, or the state of being thus stripped; decortication..
Washerwoman :: Washerwoman (n.) The pied wagtail; -- so called in allusion to its beating the water with its tail while tripping along the leaves of water plants.
Outstripping :: Outstripping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Outstri.
Tripping :: Tripping (a.) Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.
Excoriation :: Excoriation (n.) Stripping of possession; spoliation.
Tripping :: Tripping (a.) Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if he were trotting; trippant; -- said of an animal, as a hart, buck, and the like, used as a bearing..
Strolled :: Stroking (n.) See Stripping, 2..
Frondation :: Frondation (n.) The act of stripping, as trees, of leaves or branches; a kind of pruning..
Dance :: Dance (v. i.) The leaping, tripping, or measured stepping of one who dances; an amusement, in which the movements of the persons are regulated by art, in figures and in accord with music..
Despoliation :: Despoliation (n.) A stripping or plundering; spoliation.
Scarifier :: Scarifier (n.) An implement for stripping and loosening the soil, without bringing up a fresh surface..
Tripping :: Tripping (n.) The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means of its cable or buoy rope.
Husking :: Husking (n.) The act or process of stripping off husks, as from Indian corn..
Snotter :: Snotter (n.) A rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also, the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat..
Trippant :: Trippant (a.) See Tripping, a., 2..
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