kicking

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

KICK'ING, participle present tense Striking with the foot; thrusting out the foot with violence. KICK'ING, noun The act of striking with the foot, or of yerking the foot with violence. What cannot be effected by kicking may sometimes be done by coaxing.
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