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blazing 
n. See 1853 quote.
- 1794 (1905) May I request . . . a report of . . . the mode of blazing. . . .
- 1853 Blazing is a term used by the backwoodsman for chopping off a portion of the bark from each side of a tree to mark a surveyor's line through the woods.
- 1963 . . . blazing [of] narrow trails . . . was undertaken, as well as the putting up of some tiny patrol cabins.
- 1794 (1905) May I request . . . a report of . . . the mode of blazing. . . .