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Definition of Singeing
1. singe [v] - See also: singe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Singeing
Literary usage of Singeing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"A process preliminary to bleaching is singeing.—Gray calico as received from the
... These long lengths are then submitted to the operation of singeing, ..."
2. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines by Andrew Ure (1858)
"singeing OK WEBS. The old furnace for singeing cotton goods is represented in
longitudinal section, fig. 1299., and in a transverse one ia ßg. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1853)
"singeing OF WEBS. The old furnace for singeing cotton goods is represented in
longitudinal section, fig. 1299., and in a transverse one in fig. ..."
4. Bleaching and Related Processes as Applied to Textile Fibers and Other Materials by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1921)
"For goods that are to be sent into the market in the white condition, the singeing
operation is frequently omitted, and the boiling is sometimes carried out ..."
5. The Cotton Manufacture of Great Britain Systematically Investigated by Andrew Ure (1836)
"SECTION V. The singeing or Gassing of Yarn, The fine cotton yarns which are used
for making bobbin-net lace-thread, and for the hosiery trade, are generally ..."
6. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of the by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords (1841)
"... relinquished his singeing husiness, and " whole departments thereof, as carried
on hy him in Canon Street, under the firm of ..."
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