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Webster 1828 Edition

Preserving

PRESERV'ING

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ppr.

Keeping safe from injury, destruction or decay; defending from evil.

Definition 2024

preserving

preserving

English

Verb

preserving

present participle of preserve

Noun

preserving ‎(plural preservings)

preservation
- 1924, Wilbur Olin Hedrick, The Economics of a Food Supply (page 26)
  Some preservings of foods, indeed, can scarcely be done to advantage except on a large scale.