▪ I. clashing, vbl. n.
(ˈklæʃɪŋ)
[f. clash v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. clash. a. Noisy concussion.
| 1618 Bolton Florus ii. vi. 97 The extraordinary lowd clashing of their weapons. 1697 W. Dampier Voy. (1698) I. xvi. 448 We heard a clashing in the Water, like Boats rowing. 1882 Besant All Sorts 95 The bells..with a clanging and a clashing which ring like a cry of despair. |
b. Collision, conflict, hostile passage.
| 1642 Sir J. Meldrum in Rushw. Hist. Coll. iii. (1692) I. 628 Until..France and Spain (by their mutual Clashings) have so far debilitated each other, that, etc. 1701 J. Logan in Pa. Hist. Soc. Mem. IX. 66 Some clashing between the admiralty and the civil powers. 1885 Athenæum 6 June 721/3 Shelley and Mary continued, though not without divergences and clashings, to be genuinely attached to each other. |
c. Conflict, disagreement, variance.
| 1656 Artif. Handsom. 22 We shall never be able to reconcile the clashings and diversities of the Scripture style and expressions. c 1680 in Somers Tracts II. 436 There is no clashing of Oaths. 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. viii. 310 Concerning the drinking of Spaw-waters there is no small clashing among Authours. 1836 W. Irving Astoria I. 42 A clashing of claims. |
d. A shaking or jolting. dial.
| 1855 Robinson Whitby Gloss., A Clashing, a shaking in a carriage; concussion, contact. 1877 Holderness Gloss., Clashin, a jolting, as of a vehicle. |
▪ II. ˈclashing, ppl. a.
That clashes, that clash. a. Striking noisily together or against.
| 1618 Bolton Florus iii. vi. 192 The beak-heads of our clashing Gallies charge in ring upon them. 1643 Denham Poems 33 His dreadful challenge and his clashing beam [a stag's horn]. 1808 J. Barlow Columb. iii. 590 The conflict of the clashing war. |
b. Conflicting; disagreeing; mutually interfering.
| 1660 Milton Free Commw. Wks. (1847) 446/2 Till all Law be lost in the multitude of clashing statutes. 1714 Spect. No. 595 ¶3 Every time that clashing metaphors are put together. 1869 Rawlinson Anc. Hist. 386 A consciousness of clashing interests. |
c. Tattling, maliciously gossiping. Sc.
| 1765 Ogilvie & Nairn's Trial 52 (Jam.) He..has heard the clashing people of the country report that, etc. |
d. Of colours: disagreeing, going badly together.
| 1894 Daily News 4 June 9/1 The Royal ladies' dresses were not of clashing hues. |