wrapping

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Rhymes with -æpɪŋ

From Middle English wrappinge, wrappynge, equivalent to wrap + -ing.

The material in which something is wrapped. Cattle are shot with stones and can only be cured by a "fairy dart" or ancient stone arrowhead. These objects are kept in numerous wrappings by every properly qualified "fairy doctor," who rub[s] them on the sick beasts with appropriate charms ...
The breaking of a section of text into lines so that it will fit into the available width of a display area. See also: autowrap, backwrap, line break, word wrap, and wraparound

Rhymes with -æpɪŋ

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