Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SCRAPING
ppr. Rubbing the surface with something sharp or hard; cleaning by a scraper; removing by rubbing; playing awkwardly on a violin.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SCRAPING
SCRAPING Scrap "ing, n.
1. The act of scraping; the act or process of making even, or reducing to the proper form, by means of a scraper.
2. Something scraped off; that which is separated from a substance, or is collected by scraping; as, the scraping of the street.
SCRAPING
SCRAPING Scrap "ing, a.
Defn: Resembling the act of, or the effect produced by, one who, or that which, scrapes; as, a scraping noise; a scraping miser. -- Scrap "ing *ly, adv.
New American Oxford Dictionary
scraping
scrap ing |ˈskrāpiNG ˈskreɪpɪŋ | ▶noun the action or sound of something scraping or being scraped: the scraping of the spoon in the bowl | [ in sing. ] : there was a scraping of chairs. • (usu. scrapings ) a small amount of something that has been obtained by scraping it from a surface: I got some scrapings from under the girl's fingernails.
Oxford Dictionary
scraping
scrap ¦ing |ˈskreɪpɪŋ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action or sound of something scraping or being scraped: the scraping of the spoon in the bowl | [ in sing. ] : there was a loud scraping of chairs. • [ count noun ] (usu. scrapings ) a small amount of something that has been obtained by scraping it from a surface: I got some scrapings from under the girl's fingernails.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
scraping
scr á p ing 名詞 1 U こすること ; C こする音 .2 〖～s 〗削り落とされたもの, 削りくず [かす ].
The Wordsmith Dictionary