straining

verb

1. 1

   Also a form of strainpresent participle and gerund of strain

noun

1. 1

   The act by which one strains. (muscles, etc)

   sundry violent gaspings and strainings

2. 2

   filtering, the process of passing something through a strainer.

   Then after that process which Culverwel describes as so many strainings, refinings, and clarifyings, the mind is prepared for a true insight into the real nature of the world by way of intuition.

Forms

plural

strainings