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Definition of Feltings
1. felting [n] - See also: felting
Lexicographical Neighbors of Feltings
Literary usage of Feltings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Town of Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: From Its by Charles Brooks (1855)
"... feltings, &c., employing eighteen or twenty men. Once only he counted ; and
in that year he formed 83000 hat-bodies. This work was done by the use of ..."
2. Illustrated Boston, the Metropolis of New England. 1889 by American publishing and engraving co. (1889)
"Among influential houses now to he found in new premises may he mentioned AB
Crocker & Co., the well-known manufacturers and commission dealers in feltings, ..."
3. Exhibition ...: Hebron city of the patriarchs : list of exhibits at the by Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, Boston, Ruth Lehrer, A. Harold Fisch, Murray Roston (1888)
"(AB Crocker & Co., Selling Agents, Botton.) — Exhibit feltings of all descriptions.
... grades of feltings and felt draperies in full range of colors. ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1855)
"Time feltings made by Messrs. Charles were in the highest repute, both in this
country and abroad. The body of Mr. Charles was interred at Boxley on the ..."
5. Household Manufactures in the United States, 1640-1860: A Study in by Rolla Milton Tryon (1917)
"... brands, and feltings. Occasionally the white locks that had been carefully
separated were dyed at this stage of the process. ..."
6. Home Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle (1898)
"Fleeces had to be opened with care, and have all pitched or tarred locks, dag-
locks, brands, and feltings cut out. These cuttings were not wasted, ..."
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