jostling

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

JOS'TLING, participle present tense Running against; pushing. JOS'TLING, noun A running against; a crowding.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI

More founding-era words: liberty · virtue · republic · justice · providence · commerce · militia · arms · prudence · establishment · religion · usurpation · tyranny · citizen · unalienable · sovereign