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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The process of steeping cloth before or after dyeing, or skins preparatory to tanning, in a bath or vat of bran-water.
  • noun The process of removing the oil from tin plates during their manufacture, by passing them through a mixture of bran and slaked lime.

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