Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DIS-CRIM'IN-A-TING, ppr.

1. Separating; distinguishing; marking with notes of difference.
2. adj. Distinguishing; peculiar; characterized by peculiar differences; as, the discriminating doctrines of the gospel.
3. adj. That discriminates; able to make nice distinctions; as, a discriminating mind. – Journ. of Science.