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Grammar : Noun
Spell : rey-zing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈreɪ zɪŋ



Definition of raisings

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "an act of elevating," verbal noun from raise (v.). Specifically in American English, "the erecting of a building," by 1650s.
  • RAISING. In New England and the Northern States, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building. [Webster, 1830]
  • As in raise : noun increase in salary or position
  • As in breeding : noun cultivation of person
  • As in construction : noun creation, building
  • As in adoption : noun legal taking of another's child
  • As in culture : noun development of land
  • As in amplification : noun increase in size or effect
Example sentences :
  • After five raisings the revolver was mine and the cartridges too.
  • Extract from : « The Duel » by A. I. Kuprin
  • No more huskings or quiltings, or apple cuts, or raisings or "bees" of any sort.
  • Extract from : « My Boyhood » by John Burroughs
  • We had "raisings" in those days, when a new building was put up.
  • Extract from : « My Boyhood » by John Burroughs
  • With her raisings, what does she probably like the best in the world?
  • Extract from : « J. Poindexter, Colored » by Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
  • These are the operations gone through for the two raisings of worms on the second and third day of the hatching.
  • Extract from : « The Insect World » by Louis Figuier
  • Both were framers, both famous captains, and more than once had they led the opposing forces at raisings.
  • Extract from : « The Doctor » by Ralph Connor
  • We here consider only the raisings which restored to the virtually dead their interrupted mortal life.
  • Extract from : « Miracles and Supernatural Religion » by James Morris Whiton
  • In the work of these raisings the highest as well as the humblest citizens took part.
  • Extract from : « Home Life in Colonial Days » by Alice Morse Earle
  • But then, of course, that's due to the ignorance of their raisings and probably they is not to blame so much after all.
  • Extract from : « J. Poindexter, Colored » by Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb

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