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narrowing
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Narrowing \Nar"row*ing\, n.
1. The act of contracting, or of making or becoming less in
breadth or extent.
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2. The part of a stocking which is narrowed.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Narrow \Nar"row\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Narrowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Narrowing.] [AS. nearwian.] 1. To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster] 2. To contract the reach or sphere of; to make less liberal or more selfish; to limit; to confine; to restrict; as, to narrow one's views or knowledge; to narrow a question in discussion. [1913 Webster] Our knowledge is much more narrowed if we confine ourselves to our own solitary reasonings. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster] 3. (Knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one. [1913 Webster]
