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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Shadowing

· Shad·ow·ing · IPA /ʃædoʊɪŋ/
01 n. Shade, or gradation of light and color; shading.
  1. 1.
    Shade, or gradation of light and color; shading.
  2. 2.
    A faint representation; an adumbration.
    “There are . . . in savage theology shadowings, quaint or majestic, of the conception of a Supreme Deity.” — Tylor.