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dawing
n. (context obsolete outside Scotland English) dawn, daybreak. vb. (present participle of daw English)
Usage examples of "dawing".
Feldrin was lying lifeless on the floor, his arms two scorched stumps and his face burned away, and Tholone was on his back, dawing feebly at gilding from the smoldering banner that had melted onto his face.