Definition of touching

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Touching (a.) Affecting; moving; pathetic; as, a touching tale..

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Touching :: Touching (a.) Affecting; moving; pathetic; as, a touching tale..
Touch :: Touch (v.) The act of touching, or the state of being touched; contact..
Assault :: Assault (n.) An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery..
Reach :: Reach (n.) The act of stretching or extending; extension; power of reaching or touching with the person, or a limb, or something held or thrown; as, the fruit is beyond my reach; to be within reach of cannon shot..
Touching :: Touching (n.) The sense or act of feeling; touch.
Feel :: Feel (v. t.) To touch; to handle; to examine by touching; as, feel this piece of silk; hence, to make trial of; to test; often with out..
Conjoined :: Conjoined (a.) Joined together or touching.
Feel :: Feel (n.) A sensation communicated by touching; impression made upon one who touches or handles; as, this leather has a greasy feel..
Baseboard :: Baseboard (n.) A board, or other woodwork, carried round the walls of a room and touching the floor, to form a base and protect the plastering; -- also called washboard (in England), mopboard, and scrubboard..
Explode :: Explode (v. t.) To cause to explode or burst noisily; to detonate; as, to explode powder by touching it with fire..
Contaction :: Contaction (n.) Act of touching.
Interosculant :: Interosculant (a.) Mutually touching or intersecting; as, interosculant circles..
Contingency :: Contingency (n.) Union or connection; the state of touching or contact.
Pulsation :: Pulsation (n.) Any touching of another's body willfully or in anger. This constitutes battery.
Examine :: Examine (v. t.) To interrogate as in a judicial proceeding; to try or test by question; as, to examine a witness in order to elicit testimony, a student to test his qualifications, a bankrupt touching the state of his property, etc..
Moving :: Moving (a.) Exciting movement of the mind; adapted to move the sympathies, passions, or affections; touching; pathetic; as, a moving appeal..
Touching :: Touching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Touc.
Palpation :: Palpation (n.) Act of touching or feeling.
Caress :: Caress (n.) An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness..
Touch :: Touch (v.) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers; as, a heavy touch, or a light touch; also, the manner of touching, striking, or pressing the keys of a piano; as, a legato touch; a staccato touch..
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