trimming

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

TRIM'MING, participle present tense Putting in due order; dressing; decorating; pruning; balancing; fluctuating between parties. TRIM'MING, noun Ornamental appendages to a garment, as lace, ribbons and the like.
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