Present participle of grangerise; the ongoing act of mutilating books to collect illustrations.
From 'grangerise' + '-ing' (present participle marker). Describes the active process of the collecting hobby.
The very existence of a word for 'grangerising' shows how common and socially recognized the practice was in Victorian England—it was treated almost like a legitimate craft!
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