Talk:savaging

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--Connel MacKenzie 07:12, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

And related edits. Not in other dictionaries. --Connel MacKenzie 07:16, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Now contains an interWiki link to well-cited page. 69.84.115.58 07:21, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

The OED has the verb savage to mean (of an animal) "to attack with the teeth" - that's the closest I can find. SemperBlotto 07:22, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

The verb form is in widespread used. The example sentence for the noun definition uses "savage" as a verb, not "savaging" as a noun, so if this is a valid it seems like it is a definition of the verb "savage" rather than the definition of a noun. Thryduulf 16:34, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

What SemperBlotto mentioned, or what the entry has, or the original verb? (The OED's definition is merely redundant with savage#Verb def #1.) The "interwiki linked" article is simply the bizarre 'pedia article, whose references do not convey this sense, rather instead, that of (again) savage#Verb def #1. --Connel MacKenzie 00:10, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

RFV failed, noun section removed. —Ruakh_TALK 19:37, 24 October 2007 (UTC)