scraping

noun

The act of one who scrapes.

That which is scraped off from a substance, or is collected by scraping or raking: generally used in the plural.

Plural Savings; hard earnings; hoardings.

The act of scraping; the act or process of making even, or reducing to the proper form, by means of a scraper.

Something scraped off; that which is separated from a substance, or is collected by scraping.