Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
slub .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- a. & n. from
slub . - the machine by which slubs are formed.
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- verb Present participle of
slub .
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Examples
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The best plan is undoubtedly to dye the fibre after it has been carded and partly spun into what is known as slubbing or sliver.
The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student Franklin Beech
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The best plan is undoubtedly to dye the fibre after it has been carded and partly spun into what is known as slubbing, or sliver.
The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics Franklin Beech
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The product is now "slubbing" and is wound upon large bobbins to be ready for the next process.
From the Cotton Field to the Cotton Mill: A Study of the Industrial Transition in North Carolina 1906
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Loose wool and worsted slubbing can be entered at 60° C. (140° F.).
Scientific American Supplement, No. 530, February 27, 1886 Various
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The working of the machine is as follows: the slubbing or sliver is placed in the space between C and D rather tightly, so that it will not move about.
The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics Franklin Beech
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Wool is dyed in a variety of forms, raw, loose wool; partly manufactured fibre in the form of slubbing or sliver; spun fibres or yarns, in hanks or skeins and in warps, and lastly in the form of woven pieces.
The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics Franklin Beech
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These different forms necessitate the employment of different forms of machinery and different modes of handling, it is evident to the least unobservant that it would be quite impossible to subject slubbing or sliver to the same treatment as yarn or cloth, otherwise the slubbing would be destroyed and rendered valueless.
The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics Franklin Beech
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But Jud Carpenter did not finish his work by starting the slubbing machine.
The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills John Trotwood Moore
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On the other hand, as it is necessary to keep the sliver or slubbing straight and level, no working about in the dye-liquors can be allowed to take place, and so such must be dyed in specially constructed machines, and one of the best of these is the
The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics Franklin Beech
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The slubbing or sliver may be scoured, bleached, rinsed, dyed, washed, soaped, or otherwise treated without removing it from the machine, which is a most decided advantage.
The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics Franklin Beech
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