sistering

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle of sister. Use this form when the action is happening now or to name the activity itself.

   Sistering the weak floor beam made the whole room feel solid again.

   The builders are sistering the cracked joists under the kitchen this week.

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2. 2
   adjectiveobsolete

   Lying right next to another thing and touching it, with no gap between.

   Like two pages of a book that lie flat against each other, touching all along the edge.

   The sistering houses shared one long garden wall between them.

   A plaintfull ſtory from a ſiſtring vale

   1609, William Shakespeare, “A Louers Complaint”Here, sistring means lying right next to another, touching it.

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