touching

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

TOUCHING, participle present tense tuch'ing. Coming on contact with; hitting; striking; affecting. 1. Concerning; relating to; with respect to. Now as touching things offered to idols-- 1 Corinthians 8:1. 2. adjective Affecting; moving; pathetic. TOUCHING, noun tuch'ing. Touch; the sense of feeling.
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