stropping

verb

Meaning

To strap.
(recorded since 1842; now most used) To hone (a razor) with a strop.
To mark a sequence of letters syntactically as having a special property, such as being a keyword, e.g. by enclosing in apostrophes as in 'foo' or writing in uppercase as in FOO.
The process by which a razor is stropped.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

razor strop(English)strap(English)razor paste(English)strokings(English)strippage(English)trimming(English)paring(English)open razor(English)

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Sources

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