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Webster 1913 Edition
Fighting
Fight′ing
,Adj.
1.
Qualified for war; fit for battle.
An host of
fighting
men. 2 Chron. xxvi. 11.
2.
Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle;
as, a
. fighting
fieldPope.
A fighting chance
, one dependent upon the issue of a struggle.
[Colloq.]
– Fighting crab
(Zool.)
, the fiddler crab.
– Fighting fish
(Zool.)
, a remarkably pugnacious East Indian fish (
Betta pugnax
), reared by the Siamese for spectacular fish fights.Webster 1828 Edition
Fighting
FIGHTING
, ppr.1.
Contending in battle; striving for victory or conquest.2.
a. Qualified for war; fit for battle.A host of fighting men. 2Chron. 26.
3.
Occupied in war; being the scene of war; as a fighting field.FIGHTING
,Noun.
Without were fightings, within were fears. 2Cor. 7.